Kalubi P. Mukengela Jacoby was born and raised in Belgium. She started her training in traditional Luba dance and singing (from the Democratic Republic of the Congo) at the age of 3. She graduated High School with a Baccalaureate in Dance and in 2005 started training in hip-hop and founded the hip-hop company Born2Move.  She has a BA (Hons) in Contemporary Dance performance and an MSc in Dance Science and Education from the University of Edinburgh.

Kalubi is also the founder and director of Seven Artist Management – an agency that aims to bring diversity to the Scottish performing art scene.

Image courtesy of Kalubi P. Mukengela Jacoby