Written by Earl Nurse, CNN
When Laolu Senbanjo received an email requesting him to work with Beyoncé, he thought it was a scam. The Nigerian in me was just thinking it s just one of those emails, the 38-year-old recalls. I wanted to know what the catch was and when they would ask me to pay some money. Eventually, he did respond and ended up with a job doing body art for Beyoncé s 2016 visual album Lemonade.
Having recently relocated from Nigeria to New York City to pursue his passion, this was the biggest break of his career.
Beyoncé wears face paint by Nigerian artist Laolu for her visual album Lemonade. Credit: Courtesy of Laolu NYC