When Sekou released his 2023 debut single, it announced the arrival of a new vocal prodigy.

A teen with a bold assertion of pop superstar potential, gliding between adult contemporary balladry, gospel, '80s funk, and contemporary soul.

Born in Ashby, Leicester to a white mother and black father, Sekou was raised on a diet of music giants and vocal titans like Whitney Houston, Prince, Chaka Khan, Amy Winehouse and Ariana Grande. The church, however, would be the setting where his desire to sing to would be cemented. “Church is where I discovered that music was what I wanted to do”, Sekou recalls.

Despite his budding skills being enriched and strengthened at Church, Sekou quickly noticed that Leicester wasn’t the fertile breeding ground needed to jumpstart his ambitions of making a life for himself in music.

“Leicester was quite dry, I had to look for places to even find music and I didn't know any artists around here. I’m glad it was boring though, because that inspired me to seek it more”.