His father was a bridge engineer, his mother was a singer who appeared on Algerian television whose career was curtailed due to her family's Sunni Islam, and his sister was a wedding decorator.
[7] Example then began freestyling melodies and lyrics in front of Nonô, who was supporting him at the time, and invited her to follow suit; the pair later headed into a studio to finish the song.
[8] A music video was released for the song, which was filmed on an industrial boat on the River Thames beneath Tower Bridge, and caused traffic congestion.
[11] In 2023, having been invited to remix Robert Miles' "Children" by a friend attending at a social event at his studio, Bouguenna produced "Closer" in forty minutes using FL Studio, using vocals from Manchester vocalist Slay[2] (Dale Smith[12]) after he interjected with a hook, and uploaded a clip of it to SoundCloud; in a July 2023 interview with DJ Mag, he asserted that this attracted the attention of "nine or 10 major labels emailing my manager wanting to sign it", and that he signed to Island Records on the grounds of perceived affinity with drum and bass culture.
[15] In July 2023, Bouguenna released "Baddadan" with Chase & Status, which featured the pair's regular collaborators Flowdan, Irah, Trigga and Takura,[16] and which premiered at a DnB Allstars 360° event earlier that month.