Name	Akala
Height
Naionality	English
Date of Birth	1-December-1983
Place of Birth	Kentish Town, London, England
Famous for	Singing

Akala is an English rapper, poet, and journalist. Originally from Kentish Town, Camden, London. His older sister is rapper/vocalist Ms. Dynamite. In 2006, he was voted the Best Hip Hop Act at the MOBO Awards. Akala's lyrics focus upon social class struggle, social conditioning and alienation among the disenfranchised.

Many see him as a force in the UK underground scene and a driving factor in a new generation of British Music that focuses upon disseminating ideas of real social change, while exposing harsh truth of the British and Western social systems, through his lyrics. His knowledge and opinions are shared through his website, blog, articles on The Huffington Post and YouTube. In 2006 Akala was the first rapper to perform his own headline concert in Vietnam. Akala has performed at UK festivals: V Festival, Wireless, Glastonbury, Reading and Leeds Festivals, Parklife and Isle of Wight and supported artists such as Christina Aguilera, M.I.A., Richard Ashcroft, Audiobullys, DJ Shadow, The Gotan Project and Scratch Perverts on their UK/European tours. In 2008, Akala has featured at the South by Southwest Music festival in Texas, as well as performances in New York, Los Angeles and in Brazil. In 2010, Akala toured the UK with the Nas & Damian Marley Distant Relatives tour, which included the British rapper Ty. In November 2010, he also embarked on his own headline tour of the UK (20 dates). In November 2010, Akala headlined a live performance at the British Library, to launch the Evolving English exhibition and featured performances by the British poet Zena Edwards, comedian Doc Brown and British rapper/activist Lowkey. The live event also included Akala taking part in a hip hop panel discussion alongside Saul Williams, US professor M.K. Asante and Lowkey.

He was present at One Love:No Borders Hip Hop event held in Birmingham, England in April 2011, with Iron Braydz from London, Lowkey, Logic and other up and coming UK artists. On the 18th of July 2011, Akala appeared on Charlie Sloth's show on Radio 1Xtra - performing a "Fire in the booth", and after a great reception it received (over 1,000,000 hits on YouTube), he returned again on the 14th of May 2012 and provided "Part 2". In November 2012, Akala performed at the second edition of NH7 Weekender music festival in Pune, India.