[3][4][5][6] Born into a family of six as the last child, A-Q, whose real name is Gilbert Bani, was raised in Surulere where he has lived for most of his life.

He subsequently released a full compilation album Listen and Understand in 2005 followed by another single, "Things That We Do", which got him an international online distribution deal.

A-Q graduated in 2010 and returned to the entertainment industry, this time co-floating a record label, Hustle Inc, on whose platform he started Black Friday Twitter Freestyles, a weekly free download release.

[10] He recorded and released The Past Present and Future album in December 2010 which had the singles "Names" and "Champagne and Rum".

In 2018, A-Q was part of LAMBAugust, a rap campaign in Nigeria,[11] and released an album with Chocolatecity rapper Loose Kaynon called Crown.