Kaakie

Grace Kaki Awo Ocansey (born 28 March 1991), known as Kaakie, is a Ghanaian dancehall singer from Accra. She won Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year and New Artiste of the Year at the 2013 Ghana Music Awards, and is also a trained midwife.

Early life and education

She attended St. Martin De Porres Basic School in Dansoman and Achimota School, where she was a member of the Scripture Union. She earned a BSc in midwifery from the University of Ghana and a master's degree from Anglia Ruskin University in 2019.

Career

While at university she competed on the TV singing contest Stars of the Future and finished fifth. Through the show she met the sound engineer and producer JMJ Baby (Joshua Raphaelson) and signed to his label, Xtra Large Music.

At the 2013 Ghana Music Awards she won both Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year and New Artiste of the Year, and the same year she won Best Female Vocalist at the BASS Awards. She was nominated for Best Promising Female Artiste at the 2016 KORA Awards and for Best Reggae/Dancehall Song at the 2017 Ghana Music Awards.

Personal life

She married in a traditional ceremony on 2 January 2020.