SOLOMON OLOFU (BORN AUGUST 4, 1995), KNOWN PROFESSIONALLY AS MALEEQ SOULS IS A RAPPER, SINGER, SONGWRITER AND INDEPENDENT RECORDING ARTIST FROM BENUE STATE, NIGERIA. BORN IN CALABAR HE GREW UP GREATLY INFLUENCED BY A COUPLE CHRISTIAN RAPPERS ( TRIP LEE, LECREA , AND THE 116 clique) WHICH HELPED HIM WITH CALV A UNIQUE LYRICAL PROWESS WITH A DISTINCTIVE DICTION. HE STARTED MAKING MUSIC PROFESSIONALLY IN 2017, AFTER BAGGING A DEGREE IN LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS THE SAME YEAR. IN 2018 HE RELEASED ARGUABLY ONE OF THE FIRST AFRO TRAP SOUNDS “NU WAVE”WHICH FEATURED DJ SPICEY, YUNG6IX AND TERRY APALA WITH A EYE CATCHY VIDOE SHOT BY DIRECTOR K. HE HAS BEEN CONSISTENT AS AN INDEPENDENT ARTIST SINCE THEN, IN 2019 DECEMBER HE RELEASED HIS DEBUT EP LESS CAP MORE TRAP AND IN 2020 HE FOLLOWED UP WITH A TWO TRACKER BODY OF WOKR HE CALLS THE DRILL CAPSULE. IN 2021 HE RELEASED ANOTHER CAPSULE HE CALLS THE LOVE CAPSULE AND EARLY IN 2022 HE RELEASED HIS SECOND EP SOULS CZN. WITH A GOOD TASTE OF HIGH FASHION HE WAS SEEN TAKING THE RUNWAY AT THE LAGOS URBAN FASHION WEEK IN 2019. MALEEQ SOULS HAS BEEN GROWING AN ORGANIC FANBAS WITH HIS CONSISTENCY AND UNIQUE SUB- GENRE HE DUBBED “TRAPFICAN” . HE CALLS HIMSELF THE HARDEST INDEPENDENT ARTIST IN THE GAME WITH OVER 1 MILLION ORGANIC STREAMS ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS. HE’S LENDED HIS UNIQUE DICTION AND LYRICAL PROWESS TO - HAVING HAD COLLABORATIONS WITH iROC NATION’S 2kingz BEST LIFE WHICH MADE IT TO TOP 4 ON THE MTVBASE AFRO HIO-HOP CHARTS.