One Of My Greatest Regrets In Life Is Leaving Don Jazzy—Nigerian Music Sensation, Reekado Banks

<h4>One Of My Greatest Regrets In Life Is Leaving Don Jazzy<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;"><strong>OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;strong><&sol;a> reports that Nigerian Afrobeats star&comma; Ayoleyi Solomon&comma; popularly called Reekado Banks&comma; has opened up once again about his decision to leave Don Jazzy’s Mavin Records&comma; describing the move as regretful&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;He specifically said &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;premature&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a snippet of his interview with Echo Room Podcast&comma; shared on Instagram on Tuesday&comma; the singer revealed that although there was no conflict surrounding his departure&comma; he was young and determined to forge his own path&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It wasn’t a conflict situation&period; I was pretty young and pretty fixated on what I wanted to do&period; I wanted to leave&period; Anyway&comma; my contract that ended two years prior&period; I signed a three-year contract and I allowed it to ride for another two years&period; So I was there for five years&comma; not like reviewing the contract or anything&period; So when it was time&comma; I thought I wanted to do this now&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> Reekado Banks explained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Easy &lpar;Jeje&rpar; crooner admitted that he quickly realised how hasty the decision was&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You know&comma; I thought I could do it now&period; And I just embarked on the journey&period; Like many people would view it premature&period; And as soon as I jumped into the sea as well&comma; I realized how premature it was&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When asked about the best advice he had ever received from <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Don Jazzy<&sol;a>&comma; Reekado recalled a humorous but impactful moment&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It wasn’t even advice&period; He just said&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;I’m not going to beat you&period;<strong>” Nobody go beat me&comma;’”<&sol;strong> the singer recounted&comma; laughing&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This is not the first time Reekado has reflected on his Mavin exit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier&comma; in July 2025&comma; he told The Esther Show that leaving the label forced him to grow up fast&comma;<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;"> teaching<&sol;a> him lessons about accountability and self-reliance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He noted that staying longer under Don Jazzy’s guidance might have made him feel entitled and less willing to own up to failures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Reekado Banks had announced his departure from Mavin Records in 2018&comma; describing his exit as amicable and filled with gratitude&period; At the time&comma; he praised Don Jazzy for treating him like a son and providing him with a platform that shaped his career&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;