During her time in New York, she met several hip-hop and blues musicians who influenced her atypical style.

[1] Eventually, Onukwulu moved back to a more definitively blues style and began performing at prominent venues including Massey Hall in Toronto.

Onukwulu united the ideas of death and the end of relationships to create the eclectic music featured on her second album The Contradictor.

[4] The Contradictor, released on June 17, 2008, was produced by Steve Dawson under the indie record label Jericho Beach Music.

[3] She then went on to Europe, where she signed a deal with Universal Jazz and Classics France and went on to write and record two additional albums The Escape (2011) and Dark Swing (2014).