[6] O'Plérou Luc Denis Grebet was born on November 7, 1997, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
[3][7] He went to the Fine Arts School of Abidjan for one year, then studied graphic design and web development at the Institute of Sciences and Communication Techniques.
He launched his project "Zouzoukwa", on January 1, 2018, for which he aimed to design and publish every day on Instagram a new Africa related emoji till the end of the year.
In the process, he collaborated with the French channel Canal +, which uses some of his "made in Ivo" emoticons on social networks during the football World Cup in June and July.
He collaborated with an Ivorian brand of clothing and accessories, Imalk Concept, with his emojis on tote bags.