By Ayo Onikoyi

Public Relations and Entertainment company, BukiHQ has officially announced that footballer David Alaba’s sister, Rose May Alaba has become its client. The singer, who was born in Austria, raised in Vienna, same way as her Bayern Munich star brother will be venturing into the Nigerian music terrain under the deft direction of the entertainment PR company.

Rose May Alaba was born on May 26th, 1994, in Austria. She grew up in Vienna with her Filipino mother, Gina, Nigerian father, George and her older brother David, a professional footballer who plays for the giant German football club, Bayern Munich. Her father George Alaba, who was popularly known as Inferno dropped a massive hit back in the 1990s titled “Wishes for all”. At the age of 8, she started taking piano lessons.

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After finishing elementary school, she took vocal lessons and began to find the passion for writing her own songs. Playing the piano wasn’t enough for her so she decided to learn how to play the guitar. Rose May later taught herself by the help of youtube how to play the guitar.

In 2011 she tried acting and took her chances by attending casting shows. She eventually joined a girl group called the BFFs. In 2013, the girl group decided to go their separate ways. Meanwhile, Rose May studied for 3 years at the acting school and successfully graduated.

In 2015 she released her first single “If all of this is you” as a solo artist. She had a rocky start, nevertheless, she took the time to figure out what kind of style she wants to have for the second single. One year later, she released her new single “Love me right” which was a totally different sound as she worked with another producer, Rodney Hunter, and it was a huge success – the fresh sound she brought to the table made it to the #1 on the Austrian iTunes Charts for almost 4 weeks.

She recently collaborated with Mayorkun and producer Kiddominant on her new single titled “50/50”, which went on to the top of  Nigerian and on Nigerian iTunes Charts.