Kingslee James McLean Daley (born 1 December 1983), 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. == Early life and education == Daley was born in Crawley, West Sussex, in 1983 to a Scottish mother and Jamaican father... [more on Wikipedia]