Biography of Bukola Afolayan 'B.O.U.Q.U.I' -(Musician)

Born Bukola Afolayan to a Professor Father and teacher Mother, she along sides her other five siblings grew up in an academic atmosphere of the University of Ife (OAU Ile-Ife) and this has served as a big influence for her deep lyrical style and cosmopolitan outlook.
The educational inclination of her parents sort of rubbed off on her as she's quite an intelligent lady. Her strong Christian faith and belief in the words of God as laid out in the Holy Bible is the factor to the formation of the BOUQUI (Born Once more Unto a Quickened and Unparalleled Image) brand name.
She started her professional career with an all girls group called G-Vibes about 10 years ago while still an undergraduate at the University of Ife. She used to rap and sing but decided to take it solo since things didn't go according to plan with the group. After going solo, the name G-Vibe kind of stuck as she was the constant face of the group since her hip-hop style had endeared her to a lot of people on campus.Her first single was released in the year 99/2000 giving her a considerable level of popularity but it wasn't until the year 2005 that the spotlight shone on her as her debut album titled B.O.U.Q.U.I was a ground breaking one with hit tracks like molejo, vanity and get it started.The self titled eighteen track album didn't only give her the fame, it broke some records too as she can rightly stake a claim to be the first female rap album in Nigeria. As if that wasn't enough, the track get it started off the debut album in less than a month was debuted at number one of the backyard beast segment of the PJ Butter hosted World Chart Show, also another first by any home based Nigerian artiste in the history of the Nigerian music industry.For a lady who attributes all her achievements and talent to Christ, she has remained modest even in the face of all she has achieved since her first album debuted. She says "am just an arrow in the hands of an archer". She prides herself as a contemporary Christian artist who can address any issue and still spread the gospel message. Her sophomore album titled Redefinition is set to drop very soon. The album already has a couple of singles on the airwaves.She's among the young generation of female artistes bent on doing one thing: take Naija music to a global level, and she doesn't see herself competing with other female rappers since she's not rapping for self-glorification.In her words, the Nigerian music industry is on the right path and still evolving and she hopes to help promote it to the further most part of the world. Her parting shot were precise and had me reminiscing about the biblical words: use your talent well and impart your world with it.Dear Stone Origin Readers, be unique at what you do. Leave a legacy. Legacy being the best form of spirituality. Curled from 9jablast.wordpress.com