New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Jacqui S Official Website) We are on the Grind once again Now grooming and working with a 17 year old sensation named JACQUI. She has opened up for many major celebrities this summer . She just did a single called 'Happy"and it is red hot!
There is more to this young lady she already has an album in stores called MS.THANG.
Jacqueline Olaitan Shobola, aka 'Jacqui S' was born in Tampa, Florida on December 25, 1993. The second child in a family of three children, Jacqui has an older brother, Michael and a younger sister, Kendra. Jacqui's father, Kenneth Shobola, is a pharmacist entrepreneur who along with her mother, Omaemo (an attorney) discovered her very rare talent at a very early age. She participated in school singing talent contests where she excelled and received accolades for her exceptional performances.
Her teachers encouraged her to take voice lessons and both parents acquiesced. She continued to develop her God-given talent of singing throughout her career at Citrus Park Christian School where she enjoyed assuming 'lead' roles in group performances.
Jacqui went on to participate in a number of pageant shows and group events prior to and after changing elementary school to Farnell Middle School in Odessa, Florida. The highlight of her involvement with audience entertainment came when, as part of a core group at a dancing school she attended for extracurricular activities, she ended up participating at The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Theater in Tampa, Florida in front of an audience of approximately five thousand people.
Her singing and dance group won the contest and she played a highly significant role in their overall success. An ardent Christian; outgoing; with an extrovert personality, Jacqui has had singing performances at different settings, namely at Victory Deliverance Center, Auburndale, Florida; where she sang in concert with her stepmother, Mrs. Joyela Shobola (who is also a teen ministry teacher at Christ Apostolic Church, Tampa, Florida); also had a surprise debut performance of her hit single 'Your Time to Shine' at her cousin's (Femi Shobanjo) wedding in the Hyde Park Hilton hotel in London, England.
Jacqui has since performed at various concert events and had several appearances with major platinum recording artists, where she has been invited to open at major Concerts.
Some of those include the IN Faze Concert and the Old School extravaganza in Tampa, Florida featuring acts such as Lenny Williams, Field Mob, Juelz Santana, Chico DeBarge and Regina Belle.
Other major exposures include performing live at Funk fest in St. Petersburg, Florida for artists like MC Hammer, Bobby Brown, Keith Sweat as well as Frankie Beverly and Maze.
She has also performed at Funk fest in Jacksonville, Florida in front of an audience of approximately 17,000 while opening for Jagged Edge, Faith Evans, Earth Wind and Fire to mention a few.
