my parents not part of my life– DJ Nana

        Looking for experience as a female DJ? Then the person to talk to is Nana Abedoh aka DJ Nana, one of Nigeria’s finest female disc jockeys excelling in a male dominated profession. The Lagos State University Diploma in Law graduate and National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) Law student forayed into the turn-table world after she was inspired by the performance of a DJ at a street carnival years ago. That experience ignited a burning desire in her to become a DJ herself and ever since she has never looked back. The Adavi Local Government indigene of Kogi State spoke with Entertainer on her career and she opened up on her recently released single entitled Know, featuring vocal pow­erhouse, Omawumi among other issues.
the journey of dj started six years ago at a party, a street carnival. I was inspired by what the DJ was doing on the turn-table. I used to dance in secondary school and back then I always imagined myself being an actress or something else. But because of my passion for music, I dumped all those dreams so basically, disc jockeying found me and it started from that experience I had. This is my fifth year working as a DJ.


 I’ve been harassed probably a zil­lion times over by some dj's. There’s this particular experience I won’t forget soon. I was playing at a show and because I had worked back to back I was so tired I moved backstage. A fan who had been watching me play walked up to me and said ‘hi and I replied ‘hello.’ He started chatting me up but I politely told him that this was the wrong avenue or time for this kind of chat.
parent’s reaction:Well, my parents have never exactly been a part of my life so my choice of career wasn’t an option for them to oppose,although, They are not late; they are just not a part of my life.

I didn’t grew up without my parents. I only said they were not a part of my life. I grew up with a lot of people. First it was my grandmother and then I relocated to Abuja at age seven to stay with my aunty who was a teacher. From there I relocated back to Lagos at age10 to live with my dad.

My first inspiration was from God. And then I was also inspired by DJ Jimmy Jatt and the producer of the song, Bennie Macaulay.