FIYIN OBAYAN, FULL NAME (FIYINFOLUWA), WHICH MEANS GIVE PRAISE TO GOD, HAS BEEN DOING EXACTLY THAT SINCE THE AGE OF TWO. THANKS TO HER FATHER, AT THAT EARLY AGE SHE WAS EXPOSED TO MUSIC VIDEOS OF LENNY LEBLANC, AS WELL AS FULL LENGTH MUSIC CONCERTS OF DON MOEN (WITH WHOM SHE GOT TO PERFORM WITH AS A MEMBER OF THE ELIM CHURCH CHOIR) AND RON KENOLY.
WHEN HER FAMILY MOVED AND SETTLED IN SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN, ELIM CHURCH, THEN NAMED ELIM TABERNACLE, BECAME A MAJOR INFLUENCE IN HER LIFE.
SHE WAS PART OF THE CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PRODUCTIONS GROWING UP AND EVENTUALLY BECAME PART OF THE CHURCH CHOIR LEAD BY PASTOR BLAINE EAGLE, WHICH PUT ON MAJOR MUSIC PRODUCTIONS INVOLVING THE SYMPHONY EVERY DECEMBER. SHE HAS BEEN WRITING SONGS SINCE THE AGE OF NINE.
IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE ALSO TOOK PART IN THE BAND PROGRAM, THE CHOIR PROGRAM, JAZZ CHOIR, JAZZ BAND AND THE HIGH SCHOOL MUSICALS.
HER FIRST DOSE OF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMING ARTS TRAINING, CAME FROM THE CANADIAN COLLEGE OF PERFORMING ARTS IN VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA (CANADA), WHERE SHE PERFORMED IN THE MUSICALS "FOOTLOOSE", AND " CRAZY FOR YOU" AND A SOLO " DADDY'S SON" WITH THE VICTORIA SYMPHONY.
UPON FINISHING HER CERTIFICATE, SHE RETURNED TO SASKATOON TO COMPLETE A MAJOR IN MARKETING AND A MINOR IN JAZZ MUSIC, IN WHICH SHE HAS HAD SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO PERFORM WITH THE JAZZ BAND.
SHE HAD HER DEBUT FULL PERFORMANCE AT THE NUTRIEN STAGE, AT THE SASKTEL SASKATCHEWAN JAZZ
FESTIVAL ON JUNE 24, 2018.
SHE WAS ALSO AWARDED A GRANT FROM THE SASKATCHEWAN ARTS BOARD TO RECORD A DEMO WITH PRODUCER T-BONE (BRENT BLAZIEKO) AND JUNO AWARD WINNING SOUND ENGINEER BART MACKAY IN SEPTEMBER 2018.
HER FAVOURITE STYLES TO LISTEN TO ARE GOSPEL, JAZZ, FOLK AND ELECTRONICA AND IN HER MUSIC YOU WILL HEAR INFLUENCES OF MARY MARY, ELLA FITZGERALD, NIKKI YANOFSKY, BEYONCE, AMBER MARK, RELIENT K, COLDPLAY AND ESPERANZA SPALDING.