Aristide Loua was born in western Côte d'Ivoire, in the village of Gadouan. His mother recounts that she gave birth to him with the help of her sisters, naturally and with whatever means were available, behind her terracotta kitchen. Two years later, Loua's 100% Bété family moved to Korhogo in the far north, where they lived for seven years.

The family then moved to Dikodougou before settling in Yopougon, Abidjan. At the end of June 2005, Aristide's family moved to New Delhi, India. As a teenager, he then moved alone to Pondicherry, where he spent his last two years of high school. After graduating from high school, Loua took a gap year, then moved to Utah and then New York to continue his studies in mathematics and actuarial science. After traveling the globe, Aristide returned home in 2015 to reconnect with his roots and actively launch Kente Gentlemen.