[3][6] Ekpenyong also earned a dual master's degree in international talent management and leadership from Barcelona Executive Business School and Catholic University of Murcia.

[4] He competed on reality singing competitions like Nigerian Idol, Voice Cross River, and Project Fame West Africa.

[4][7] In 2017, Ekpenyong was chosen by the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to write and perform the theme song for Nigeria's Democracy Day.

[8][9] In the same year, Soul performed his first international concert in South Africa and released his first single, "Say You Love Me".

[17][18] In November 2023, Ekpenyong performed a concert in Barcelona to promote his album Shades of Emotion,[6][19] which was released in the same month.