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Mr Ignatius Chongwe nicknamed as Lawyer Without Boarders discovered B Flow's singing talent after he performed at a talent show at Sacred Heart Parish in Kabwe in 2004 and the later that year Mr Chongwe started to sponsor B Flow's professional music career. B Flow's first album Mpu mpu mpu (meaning heartbeat) was released in 2009. The album earned B Flow recognition at the 2009 Zambia Ngoma Awards where he was nominated in the Best New Artist Category the album has songs like Bubblegum Lover, Energizer, Mosikito and the album title track Mpu Mpu Mpu. His second solo album called 'No More Kawilo' was released in 2011(meaning no more loneliness). His third album 'Voiceless Woman' was released in 2013. He also had the privilege to share the stage with international artists such as Brick & Lace, Oliver Mtukuzi, P-Square and Jah Cure. B Flow is a brand ambassador for two non-governmental organizations known as AIDS Health Care Foundation(AHF) and USAID-funded SHARe II he is also the chairman for the HIV/AIDS and Social Commentary(HASC) team of the Zambia Association of Musicians(ZAM). B Flow is also a part of the Zambia/ Norway (ZedWay) project. <ref name=ZED>Radio interview on Norway National Radio |url= http://p3.no/musikk/christines-jul-ane-brun-og-admiral-p/ |publisher= ZedWay </ref>

B Flow has been using music to advocate against issues affecting communities such as inequality, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS. In July 2016, he and Queen Latifah led 5,000 people in a march past with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation at the Keep The Promise Concert & March in Durban, South Africa. The concert was a reminder to the world leaders that AIDS is not over and there is need to continue and to increase funding for its prevention and treatment.

President Barack Obama gave special recognition to B Flow when delivering his speech to the 2015 Mandela Leadership Fellows on August 3 in Washington, D.C. President Obama spoke highly of the artise for using his music to advocate against gender-based violence and to educate youths on HIV/AIDS.<ref>[http://zambianeye.com/archives/35739 US President Obama ‘shouts out’ Zambian artiste B-Flow], [[Zambian Eye]], 5 August 2015</ref> {{quote box|align=right|width=25em|quote="" And I know you’ve been busy. Over the past few weeks, at schools and businesses all across [[America]], you’ve been taking courses, developing

the skills you’ll need to make your ideas a reality, so that you're able to continue the great work that you’re already doing, but take it to the next level. That’s what Brian Bwembya of Zambia plans to do.