Flavour, who is well known for his ability to sing fluently in the
Igbo language, was born in
Enugu State,
Nigeria. His family is originally from
Umunze in
Orumba SouthLGA,
Anambra State, Nigeria.
[3] Flavour began his music career at the age of 13 when he started playing the drums for his church choir in
Enugu. The resident pastor at his church introduced him to a friend, Chris I Ordor, the CEO of SoundCity Communications.
[4] Mr. Ordor had just started a musical company aimed at training young musicians on the basics of music and nurturing them all the way to a professional level.
[4] In 1996, Flavour was invited to join the company on an educational scholarship to study music.
[4] After three years of playing the drums, Flavour started playing the drums professionally. In 1999, Flavour moved on from playing the drums and started playing the keyboard.
[4] He also used to provide backing vocals for other musicians at SoundCity.