Jimmy Adewale Amu, popularly known as DJ Jimmy Jatt , is one of Africa’s hottest and most wanted DJs.

Jimmy was born on Lagos Island and grew up listening to a lot of blues, soul, jazz and indigenous genres, like juju, apala, fuji, highlife, funk, R&B, pop, disco and hip pop.

He happened to collect a lot of early rap albums from the 70′s and 80′s, and developed an interest in hip-hop and rapping.

Jimmy Jatt first ventured into the entertainment industry as a rapper, known as Master J.
With the support of his brothers, Jimmy was able to establish a studio (JATT studio) and he eventually changed his stage name to DJ Jimmy Jatt, in honour of his brothers, Jimmy, Amu, Tunde, and Tayo. The studio was located on strategic Odo street in Obalende Lagos which helped him reach an eager audience who took to his “deejaying” skills and hip-hop in general.

He is revered for his role in setting the pace for hip hop music across his country; Nigeria, dating back from the early 90′s when he jumped on the scene in Lagos up on till this moment. Jimmy Jatt played at a lot nite clubs and gigs dropping the latest hit on vinyl.

At a point in Nigeria the only accepted forum for hip hop artistes to have themselves groomed, whilst engaging in lyrical battle was the ROAD BLOCK street Canival pioneered by Dj Jimmy Jatt.
Thanks to Jimmy, Hip hop later grew bigger in ’93 when Dj Jimmy Jatt, started hooking up DJ Raves in major university campuses across Nigeria, appealing to kids of the elites and hip hop disciples, Jimmy Jatt’s events became the Mecca of hip-hop, where heads all over the country converged.
His first single “Stylee” featuring Tuface Idibia, Mode 9, and Elajoe was heavily successful, enjoying airplay across the country.
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