Hey Selfish Babes. It's your girl, Olenike, Osibuwale, back with another Selfish Babe

podcast. And I'm so excited about today's episode. You guys know my deep love for Compa music.

You guys know my journey with Compa music. And I'm just so excited to bring the Queen of Compa herself,

Bev. Say hello, Bev. Hi, everybody. So on

Instagram, I don't know how long it's been. I've been following, but I'm not sure how long,

but I have seen her do her guillardin and her compa all over my timeline. And anytime I see her

dance, I'm like, wow, amazement. And so I think a couple

years ago, I actually took one of our classes in Atlanta, and that was really good. And that was

before I did like partner dancing. And you guys know I'd be going to the compo parties in Atlanta,

and now I'm like dancing or whatever. But I know that I have room to improve improve and I always want to learn from like somebody

that really enjoys the dance and who is a part of the culture.

And so can you tell us a little bit about your cultural backgrounds, they know?

My cultural background.

So I was born in Haiti.

I came to America when I was six years old.

And then I ended up going back to Haiti when I was 10.

And I think that's when like the compo really set in because I'm like older.

So I was able to like watch my parents listen to it a lot and take me to parties and let me dance and I feel like that's when like

I really got an essence of the dance which I'm really glad I was deported back to Haiti.

We say deported when our parents bring us back to our country.

But yeah, so that's pretty much what it is.

Born there, I wouldn't say I was raised there, right, if I left at six.

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