[1] Born in Birmingham, Olusanya grew up in Kettering, Northamptonshire,[2] and began a career as a make-up artist before giving it up for DJing in the early 1990s.
She was half of the DJ and recording duo Kemistry & Storm, which she formed with an old friend when they both lived in London.
[2] After two and a half years at the label, they moved on to concentrate on DJing and also released a widely distributed mix album, DJ-Kicks: Kemistry & Storm, which has been described as "paving the way for other, younger, female DJs".
[3][4] The track "Kemistry" by Goldie, originally released in 1992 when they were in a relationship together, and also featured on his 1995 album Timeless, is dedicated to her.
At 2:30 am on 25 April 1999, Olusanya was a front-seat passenger in a car travelling on the M3 motorway in Hampshire, behind a van which dislodged a cat's eye in the road.