Bien Aime Alusa has always been open about his up bringing. From what he has revealed so far is that he had both the best and worst life growing up.

This is because he grew up in post neighbour, Kilimani during the time when his dad had one of the best jobs in the country back in the day. According to Bien, his father and friends would host parties every other weekend allowing those in their neighborhood to attend.

I grew up in the lash area of Kilimani and my dad was the aura of an alpha male both in his masculinity and financially. Together with his friends, they had a lot of parties.

He went on to add that his father would then go as far as giving hand outs that is school fees to struggling students, rent to those who owed their landlords among other philanthropic acts.

He used to put himself last by giving handouts from school fees to rent etc. And it always came with words of advice.

He too benefitted as his dad ensured both him and his sister attended the best boarding schools which he says were quite costly.

Fall from grace

However things later changed for him after his dad lost his job leaving him stressed up with no plan B nor savings in his account.

Speaking recently during his media tour in Nigeria where he is promoting song Wahala, Bien opened up about the main reason he works so hard; and according to him -it’s seeing how miserable his dad became after sliding into poverty after years of being wealthy.

Things were so bad at the time I literally watched my father slip away and give up. My mum held the forte, while my dad sat on the verandah the whole day reading the Bible and talking to himself, he said.

This experience brought an awakening in him as he vowed not to ever spend his money on things that didn’t matter or bring him profit.

The thought of losing everything often reminds him of the time when his family had so much debt in their neighborhood to a point they couldn’t borrow anymore.

We had debt all over the neighborhood, we couldn’t borrow anymore. That was rock bottom, he added.

For that reason Bien says you will never find him popping bottles at clubs or showing off money online as he learnt from the best.

It scarred me for life. it changed my relationship with money. You see now anything I get I understand the need for delayed gratification, Bien went on adding;

I save. You are never going to hear a story of Bien popping bottles in a club.