Shaybo

Laura Adeola Adegbite (born October 5, 1996), best known as Shaybo and nicknamed "The Queen of the South," is a Nigerian-born English rapper. She lived in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, until her family moved to London when she was six. She began making music as a member of a music group when she was 14, but grew up to be a social worker. After realizing that she needed to spend her life doing what she loved most, she quit her social working job and started making music again, dedicating her days and nights to rapping.

Shaybo has released one mixtape, Queen of the South. These projects are accompanied by a host of singles including those performed by Shaybo herself as well as those featuring other singers and rappers from the US, UK, and Nigeria alike.

Early life Shaybo is originally from Nigeria and is Yoruba. While living in Nigeria, she attended boarding school in the nation's capital city, Abuja. After spending part of her childhood in Nigeria, she moved to London at the age of six. Shaybo has an older sister and three brothers. She spent a large part of her childhood in Lewisham—a borough in Southeast London. While in primary school, Shaybo often got into "trouble" which would cause her to get "excluded". Shaybo noted that her bad behavior began when she noticed that students in London got away with a lot more mischief than the students in schools back in Nigeria.

For secondary school, Adegbite attended Catford High School. During high school, Brown would often spend her free time with her friends hanging out in Catford Frontline or a local Chicken Shop.

Career Adegbite's career ultimately started when she was fifteen years old. She freestyled with some of her good friends and music colleagues, often at Piccadilly Circus with her friends. which had gone viral. In the early years of her career. She often collaborated with artists Dumpz & Ratz, who were also her good friends. Dumpz eventually went on to play professional football.

In the famous "Shay'bo Freestyle," the artist was sending for Deedee (another rapper from Brixton, South London) who often collaborated with rapper Sneakbo. Because of Sneakbo's association with Deedee, Brown had taken the opportunity to mock him in the freestyle, by referring to herself as Shay'bo. Following this freestyle, listeners of her music continued to refer to her as Shay'bo, which is how she acquired her official stage name. Brown's hiatus lasted for another seven years after this. Brown considered this break from music beneficial because she was given room for growth. Author Journee Bernard acknowledges that "There wasn’t as much of a sustainable infrastructure in place for independent MCs in UK rap in 2013." which contributed to Brown's decision to take a break from music. Brown ultimately adjusted to the new circumstances and continued to release music. During the summer of 2020, she performed a Daily Duppy freestyle for GRMDaily and released two singles: Dobale and Come for Shay featuring Snap Capone.

Musical style and influences Shaybo uses a combination of English and Yoruba, a Nigerian language, in her music. She not only uses Yoruba as a way to add her own special twist to rap and Hip Hop culture,

Personal life Shaybo almost gave up music after becoming a troubled teen. "When I used to do music, I used to be, in a way, a delinquent. I used to get in trouble a lot -- into fights a lot -- but I just felt like I was misunderstood. I felt like I couldn’t articulate myself. I went into music because it’s a way of expressing how I feel," she says. Due to this trouble, her parents told her to explore other paths. Therefore, she went to university where she studied social work. After university, she helped survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire, vulnerable children, and domestic violence victims. "Ya Dun Know" (19 September 2019)