Damini Ogulu was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. His father managed a welding company and his mother worked as a translator. His grandfather Benson Idonije once managed Fela Kuti.</ref> His mother Bose Ogulu would later become his manager.</ref> Ogulu grew up in southern Nigeria and began making his own beats using FruityLoops.</ref> He attended Corona Secondary School in Agbara and relocated to London to further his studies.He later studied Media Technology at the University of Sussex, followed by Media Communications and Culture at Oxford Brookes University.