91Èȱ¬

Jupiter Davibe was born Ibrahima Bah in 1989 in Cotonou, the economic capital of Benin, where his parents had moved from Guinea for a better life. The young Ibrahima was immersed in the culture of the Fulani people – an ethnic group that mostly lives across west Africa.

From the age of 10 he played in his school’s live band performances and he was starting to make a musical name for himself in Benin by the time he was 16. At 17, he won the US Green Card Lottery, a visa scheme for immigrants, and moved to Atlanta, Georgia to study marketing.

But after 11 years there Jupiter Davibe decided that he wanted to forge his musical career in Guinea. He has collaborated with major stars – including Ivory Coast’s Elow’n, Santrinos Raphael from Togo, Oxlade from Nigeria. His hits include Pres de Moi, Africa by Night, and Busy. And he’s just dropped his new album Fabaleen Chapter 2.