there is a certain restlessness that has characterised lyrikal's journey as a musician and a man. perhaps it has something to do with the fact that he was born on the road to aba, abia; hails from akwa ibom state and spent his formative years in sokoto. as the second and last child of a retired civil servant, jesse relocated with his family in 1989 to port harcourt where his father was posted to serve. he received his primary and secondary school education in port harcourt and in 2005 he gained admission into the university of lagos but dropped out a year later due to insufficient funds. life in lagos was hard, so he decided to return home to port harcourt where he tried to reorganise his priorities.