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I was born and raised in London.
When I was 11 years old,
my mum told me she was going back to Nigeria.
She said she was going back for about three weeks.
It turned out she was there for eight years.
And I was with foster parents here and there,
and I got kicked out of the house.
I remember wandering around the streets of London,
and I was homeless. I had nowhere to stay.
I was 16 years old.
The only help I got was when I opened up and I said,
"Heavenly Father, I can't do this on my own."
I was 18 or 19 when I first really got serious about singing.
It was just in me, and I felt like it needed to come out.
A couple of friends and I thought ourselves cool dancers.
We won this dance/singing contest karaoke thing,
and we got the chance to win this recording contract.
The record company was a little room with a fax machine
and a telephone and an eight-track.
We made the most of it, writing songs and performing.
We found a manager who intro- duced us to some people
at Universal Records in England. In this high-rise building,
we're sitting in there and they play our CD.
"We love your stuff. You're signed."
And yeah, that's when things started getting really crazy.
I believe we become what we think about the most.
I remember back when I was in a boy band,
I used to do music so I could get girls.
I used to do music so I could get rich.
And that never brought me any happiness or joy.
Now I look at music and take it and move in a different direction
and use it for something other than just myself.
I put out a CD awhile back, and someone from California called me
and said they were going to commit suicide,
but they listened to a song and felt something powerful and
said they decided not to do that.
I believe music heals the soul.
That is what I want to be a part of,
just helping people feel closer to Christ.
I'm a father, a husband, and a musician.
My name is Alex Boyé, and I am a Mormon.