# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akala
# Generated: 2026-09-07T17:15:36.739Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akala"
name: "Akala"
slug: "akala"
description: "Kingslee James McLean Daley, known professionally as Akala, is a British rapper, writer and activist. In 2006, he was voted the Best Hip Hop Act at the MOBO Awards and has been included on the annual Powerlist of the 100 most influential Black British people in the UK, most recently making the 2021 edition."
tagline: "British rapper, journalist, author, and activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Akala_crop_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1983"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           66.91
  momentum:             2.689749645299176
  historical:           6.94868
  currentAttention:     7.566619146836275
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 77600
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/akalamusic"
    handle:    "akalamusic"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/akalamusic/"
    handle:    "akalamusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/akalamusic"
    handle:    "akalamusic"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/58LTO4K7E3WUtztMK2BCkB"
    handle:    "58LTO4K7E3WUtztMK2BCkB"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.akalamusic.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtJ9fObTQzhb01i2s5C_fpQ"
    handle:    "@akalamusic"
    followers: 77600
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/246333"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "اكالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akala"
    title: "Akala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akala_(rapper)"
    title: "Akala (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akala_(rapper)"
    title: "Akala (rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akala"
    title: "Akala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akala"
    title: "Akala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/315856f7-2f28-4fb7-b2ac-cc019749da1d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q415502"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump