[1][2] Youlou Mabiala was born in Linzolo, a suburb of Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo.
Youlou then went on to form Somo-somo, with Jean Kwamy Munsi, Diatho Lukoki, Master Mwana Congo and Nona Simon.
He returned to OKJazz in 1975 and released the hit Kamikaze which was popular in Africa and among the African diaspora in Europe and North America.
[4] On 15 August 2004, while taking part in the National Independence celebrations at the Présidence de la République hotel in Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo, Youlou Mabiala suffered a cerebral vascular accident (stroke).
[6] Prince Youlou Mabiala is married to one of the daughters of the late François Luambo Makiadi.