He says he tried to join maison mere in the early days with bill celeo and genta but he got rejected because they did not want atalakus from the area he came from then he wanted to join big stars but they remained in kenya for too long so while taking friends to quartier latin tests he was convinced to try his luck and he was accepted and he says he was impressed by somono's work because the guy had a rough voice but was at time hitting notes like a tenorist and when he got rejected from quartier latin in kinshasa he joined cultura while he was in kin had to go to europe since he already had kids here and cultura came to europe only one year after (he joined when they just returned to kin)so he had to move on because he wanted to maintain his career on track but he has good relationship with wazekwa
he says when they were in quartier latin, all the singers where moving away when he tried to sing at rehearsals except deo brondo who came from same neighborhood and saw him grow so he took a lot of advice from him to become the singer he is now and he also had chance to sing with alain mpela
