Bukola Folayan, popularly known
by her stage name, Bouqui is one of the foremost gospel Hip-hop artistes
Nigeria can boast of. Since winning the best Hip Hop Artiste of the year award
at the just concluded GMA 2013, she’s been grinding it out in the studio,
working on the release of a double CD.In this exclusive interview with ANTHONY
ADA ABRAHAM recently, in Abuja, she bares her mind on sundry issues
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 14 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 No.1 on 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, Molejo, Vanity and Wanna Lone U
have become household anthems. The album has won several accolades and
nominations, including the much-coveted AMEN Award in 2007, for Best Female
Act.