BOUQUI, born Bukola Folayan, is the first
female to release a rap album in Nigeria. She was born to a Professor
of Biochemistry father and a professional teacher mother, she alongside
her other five siblings grew up in an academic atmosphere of the Obafemi
Awolowo University (Ile-Ife) and this has served as a big influence for
her deep lyrical style and cosmopolitan outlook.
The album titled B.O.U.Q.U.I was her
debut and the album can be referred to as a two in one package due to
the fact that it contains a record breaking fourteen tracks and four
skits, the highest by any debutant in the Nigerian music industry. Still
on breaking records, her lead single “Get it started” in less than a
month debuted at number one the backyard beats segment of the PJ Butter
hosted World Chart Show, also another first by any home– based Nigerian
artiste in the history of Nigerian music. Other tracks like
“Not
Ashamed”, “Major Problem”, “Mole jo”,
“Vanity” and “Wanna Love U” have
become household anthems. The album has won several accolades and
nominations including the much coveted AMEN awards in 2007 for best
female act.
BOUQUI for the UK last year though she
had just recently come back from her TOUR where she went round 15 cities
in the UNITED KINGDOM with the first single MO RI LE, off the sophomore
album which will be titled REDEFINITIONS..
REDEFINITIONS is set to have nothing less
than12 tracks but not more than 15 tracks in all. The tracks were mixed
and mastered in the UNITED KINGDOM.
The video for the leading single MO RI LE
was shot and edited in the UK and will premiere on the same day the
record label, BOUQUIS PLACE ENTERTAINMENT is officially launched.
Her most recent album is Redefinition