Bouqui
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Bukola Folayan (born 18 February 1979), professionally known as Bouqui or B.O.U.Q.U.I is a Nigerian-American rapper, singer, songwriter, on-air personality, fashion designer and author. Her debut, self-titled album, B.O.U.Q.U.I earned her the Award for Best Female Act at the 2007 Award for Music Excellence in Nigeria (AMEN), as well as nominations for Revelation of the Year and Best Rap Album at The Headies 2007. Her video for the single Take You Away, won the award for Best Mainstream Video at the 2010 Nigerian Music Video Awards (NMVA).
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B.O.U.Q.U.I, Born Bukola Folayan to HRH OBA (prof) Ololade Folayan 1st, also a professor of Biochemistry 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. Her Christian faith and strong belief in the words of God as laid out in the Holy Bible is however the factor to the formation of the Bouqui brand. <a h
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Career
- Early life and career beginnings
- Solo career and B.O.U.Q.U.I
- Redefinition
- 2011 to present: Double Album and other releases
- Other endeavors
- Awards and recognition
- Discography
- Videography
- References
Bukola Folayan (born 18 February 1979), professionally known as Bouqui or B.O.U.Q.U.I is a Nigerian-American rapper, singer, songwriter, on-air personality, fashion designer and author. Her debut, self-titled album, B.O.U.Q.U.I earned her the Award for Best Female Act at the 2007 Award for Music Excellence in Nigeria (AMEN), as well as nominations for Revelation of the Year and Best Rap Album at The Headies 2007. Her video for the single Take You Away, won the award for Best Mainstream Video at the 2010 Nigerian Music Video Awards (NMVA).
==Career== ===Early life and career beginnings=== Bouqui was born in Wesley Guild, Ilesha, Osun state to Oba Ololade Folayan I, her father, a traditional ruler and professor of biochemistry and her mother Esther Olufemi, a professional teacher. She grew up alongside her five siblings at the Obafemi Awolowo University staff quarters. While in the university, Bouqui founded an all-girl group, G-vibes.
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