Kobe was born Vincent Kobina Enos in 1984 and named after his father .From an early age his name was abbreviated to Kobe. His middle names literally means "born on Tuesday", hence his first album being dubbed "Tuesdays child".
His mother decided she would teach him her language(goa)
before she taught him English, so as to keep in touch with his roots. This
made difficult communication in his early days, but before he left nursery, this
was no longer a problem. His first true experience of music came from his mother who was an avid church goer and also an active member of the choir. Kobe became quite
attached to the idea of music, but started of with an instrument
before he discovered his voice.
It wasn't until midway through primary school that Kobe was told he had a voice. His teacher, miss Judith henry, singled him out for his vocal ability and encouraged him as long as he was in her class. This stuck with him all the way through his school days.
Although Miss Henry had given him a leg up, his first vocal performance wasn't until he attended the last of his numerous schools. It was in the year 6 Leavers performance in the primary school'
Just as Kobe thought he had discovered his talent, he moved to a
secondary school where his particular brand of music wasn't top of the agenda any more. The more stringent regime of the school choir was the new order of the day.
Kobe didn't excel in this form of vocal performance which would hinder his progress for along time.
He didn't re-emerge as a vocalist until he started to attend a new church when he was about 16 and he was attending 6th form college Saint Francis Xavier, He met a group of friends that were so musically intune with him,that that his music side began to resurface. Noticing this at his church was the pastor, who swiftly swooped him and three other musicians to form the gospel group JCMY, who would later record an album.
This was Kobe's first concerted studio experience and it would go far to help his future recordings. In college he participated in as many
musical actives as he could, and he really began to get a taste of what he wanted to do, but he would again let slip away in
university. When Kobe left university, he met Mash a record producer from Portugal, through a mutual friend. this would be the start of his career.
