Featured song
- Nou tout Haitien
Next Live Performance
- Location
- Lents Commons Coffeehouse
- 9201 SE Foster Rd, Portland
- 503-754-7887
- Date
- February 6, 8:00pm
Reaching Hearts
one song at a time
Whether through songs, workshops or writings, the message remains the same: restoration, healing and hope.
My life as a messy canvas, I share through the gift of music drafts and crafts of my most naked emotional introspections.
Join me on this journey as I sing stories that will never leave you the same!
Upcoming Live Shows
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- February
- 6
- 2012
- 8pm
- Lents Commons Coffee House
9201 Southeast Foster Road, Portland, OR 97266
503-754-7887
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- February
- 11
- 2012
- 5pm
- Music Millenium
3158 E Burnside St, Portland, OR 97214
503-231-8926
My Story
Born in Benin (West Africa), at a very young age I started traveling with my family through west Africa (Niger and Senegal). Excited to learn English and to experience something new, I moved to the USA after I graduated from high school.
My musical journey started at age 12 when, influenced by the hip hop movement in France (Iam, Fonky Family, Faf Larage...) and in Senegal (Dara-J, Positive Black Soul etc.) I started rhyming. With my High School buddies (Az and Mx), I put together the Sixth Sense. Gradually, the music evolved and I eventually picked up the guitar to accompany my rhymes and melodies.
Passionate about academia and social issues, I also enrolled in the Masters Program in International Conflict Resolution at Portland State University. During my academic training I focused on the adaptation of conflict resolution techniques to songwriting by means of storytelling. This interest organically grew and led to a workshop model that continues to inspire, transform and impact youth and adults internationally.
My music is therefore the blend of all my cultural, spiritual and academic influences.
You can follow me on Facebook and Twitter.
Email at contact@parfaitonline.com