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Essence B, real name Emmanuel Bicharri was born in Cameroon and raised up in the East London borough of Tower Hamlets from the age of 2 years old. Essence graduated in Media & communications from the University of East London and went on to work within the financial institutions and the public sector.

Essence B has always had a passion for music which started at the age of 14 years old performing P.Diddy’s tribute to the late Notorious BIG “I’ll be missing you”. After receiving a good reception Essence interest in music grew learning the basics of music production in his spare time. His direction took a turn into events management organising several events for the local area and charities such as Summer Education U (formerly known as Tower Hamlets Summer University). The highlight of Essence B most successful event came when he and a team of young people filled the former Stratford Rex with 1,200 young people from across London with high profile acts such as Dizzee Rascal, Wiley and many of the established Grime artists you recognise today.

Circumstances would soon take Essence B to a whole new dimension. After secretly enjoying the art of creative writing he now felt there was a need to express himself creatively, starting with open mics performing around London. After meeting a talented producer by the name of Supreme of the arts, Essence created a 4 track Hip Hop and R&B EP which has helped to established Essence B as an upcoming underground artist.

Through a mutual friend Essence B met a Nigerian record label “Lodafriq Entertainment” that has now encouraged Essence B to tap into his African background and start producing a string of Afrobeats hits to release into the market. To date Essence B has recently released “Ghost money” featuring successful club promoter Hboss of “Hot Boyz entertainment” and Nigerian artist “Kanny”. The single is receiving massive plays on media platforms Hulkshare and Soundcloud with bookings coming in from London and the rest of the UK. There are many projects coming up with a tour of West Africa being planned and not to forget his own radio show about to take off with Dejavu (www.dejavufm.com). These are exciting times, watch this space and stay up to date.