PRIVATE LIFE AND PERSONALITY
fabrice mbuyulu was born on 13th of august of 1987 in kinshasa where he spent all his childhood and teenage years at,more precisely in the area of matete
his parents are both still alive and he is father of one children jay-z and married since 2012
he has a big sense of humor which even influences the way he sings and acts on stage and also known for being a quite calm and cool guy with a laid back character
ROLE MODELS AND DEBUTS AS A SINGER
first role model is obviously koffi olomide,even though in the past he was claiming a different order of idols,his parents had a lot of cassettes of artists of their generation and especially koffi
so fabrice grew up with those songs and tried to sing some even at a very young age
second role model is reddy amisi,fabrice once said in an interview that he got beaten by his parents because he went a concert of him instead of coming home directly from school
then like most if not all the young men grown in the 1990's he loved wenge musica 4X4
a third model also stand out, and its not a hugely known name,franck lassan who also had an exuberant style of singing
fabrice like most of current professional artists started singing in church youth bands and sometimes at school
in 2001,he surprises one of his teachers and also his classmates with his interpretation of adjani's vocal in the song 13 ans and in the meantime he starts following his elder brother christian in a street group called rue de son with brothers nono and armand fudji,jules lelo aka eboa lotin and so on but he was not singing yet as his parents did not want him to sing in streets
one day at their rehearsal,he sits a bit far from them and start singing discretly and nono fudji who paid attention makes him join them to finish and from then he slowly learns with them
in 2002/2003 when most of that group's members are gone in big bands,he now is one of the main singers and also does atalaku role trying to imitate tutu caludji's animation
nono fudji tries to bring him into bcbg but fabrice is intimidated by the fact he has to be tested by alain mpela at his home and does not show up as expected
he starts playing for fun in several street groups of various areas of kinshasa and he is spotted by dakumuda at a concert where one the groups he rehearsed with played before dakumuda and laviniora esthetique come on stage
but since he then lacks stamina in singing as he loses his voice after a couple of songs,he is then used as a back-up atalaku to tangofor(who is now with fally)
in 2005 he is taken to alain mpela's generation A for a test but unfortunately for him bodyguards decide not to let in any musician applying for a job as they prepar an important concert and do not want to be disturbed
he then stays home and still goes to school as his parents tell him they might accept his decision to have music as a full time job and not just a passion if he can reach a certain level of studies
ihe fails his baccalaureate because of his passion to music and still participating in street groups so he is forbidden music until next year
and in 2006 when he gets it,he is taken by an older friend to fally ipupa's newly born group but fally himself is not there
he then trains with the band mainly on atalaku role and sometimes singing but is set to be a reserve musician like most of young newcomers of the band who are all talented but still raw
when fally arrives from europe,like usual the new members started before the boss and the main team and when it was time for fally to come on stage all those reserve members went to backstage except fabrice who stood next to mbonda player and was unfortunately standing on some of the cables and fally who was angry because of some sound issues so was already a bit nervous tells him who was not singing dancing doing animation or playing guitar to leave podium
but fabrice who is then not very used to some little incidents which happen in the world of music but which you dont have to make a big deal of,understands that he is kicked out of the group
slightly after he is taken back to laviniora but has lost motivation so he barely attends rehearsals
in end of 2007 he is taken to maison mere's la zamba by a friend for a test,but at that moment all the group's first teamers plus the boss werrason are in europe,so rehearsals are done under direction of singer adjani
fabrice sings fairly well but is not kept yet in the group,few times after another test happens at return of werrason but he is too intimidated and cant sing well
he goes back home disappointed and almost abandons but as he is well surrounded by friends he trains and decides to go for another test under the name of fabrice energie
and this time he succeeds as he interprets werrason's azmak and is then accepted in the group
FROM RAGS TO RICHES
after having struggled,fabrice is very determined to seize his opportunity and his leader werrason also certainly sees a lot of talent in him to the extent that he is taken from home to start leaving with group's chef d'orchestre papy kakol,along with fellow new member of the group deplick
his nickname fabregas will then appear just from a joke from heritier as he comes to a rehearsal with an arsenal shirt with name of fabregas in the back
less than a year after his arrival in the group, he has earned himself a good reputation with his improvisation and funny stage antics
he participates to group album temps présent where he has two vocals aswell as maison mere zenith concert of 2008
one year later he participates in malewa vol 1,and becomes a more important member of the group as he is now a regular in group's first team,having a dominant role in the song diego music which is very succesful
in 2010 he shines at zenith concert and shows great improvement in terms of dancing but after the tour, is tempted to remain in europe but he goes back with the group
one year after that,fabregas is of course on the list for werra's participation at panafrican concert at stade de france
few times later,he participates on malewa suite et fin doing lead role on the song mystère and participating in several songs with vocals
meanwhile,fabregas rehearses in private with childhood friends mobé,ibrator,yasser arafat.... to prepare songs should werra allow him to add a song in a group album
in the same year the group goes in europe again for a big concert with their boss werrason and papa wemba but concert does not happen because of combattants protesting
this is the debut of a very long period without any congolese concert,and when the group is about to go back fabregas is once again not very tempted to go back,this time due to having met a girl he fell in love with and uncertainty to see her again anytime soon after troublesome time in europe
he still goes back to kinshasa but starts planning to leave the group and go back to europe,he secretly retains his passport at home and starts doing a pre record of several songs with his friends
few times after the group coming back he goes back to europe on his own to continue project, he then signs a contract with publicom studio and releases album amour amour on valentines day of 2012 and at private level gets married and gets belgian citizenship aswell
his album gets a good reception and fabregas is seen as a promosing solo artist,few months after he comes back to kinshasa to present his album
in 2013,he becomes very close to his idol koffi olomide and signs a concert contract with koffi's label kofficentral and has a concert at grand hotel
his reputation is growing well as a solo artist and one year later he will confirm even more that he is one of the top solo artists from the new generation
in fact in december 2014,almost out of nowhere, he releases maxi single anapipo with the generique mascara going absolutely viral well helped by intense promotion on social networks
he currently prepares his second solo album "ma vraie face"(my true face) which he plans to release by end of this year
