Kiernan Forbes, better known as AKA, is a South African hiphop artist who first noticed on the music scene in 2002. He has come a long way since he was part of the rap group Entity which produced the hit titled ‘Touch N Go’ and was nominated in 2005 for ‘Best African Hip Hop’ at the KORA Awards. The group disbanded in 2006, and in 2009, AKA dropped his debut solo album titled Alter Ego’ which featured his top singles ‘Victory Lap’, ‘All I Know’ and ‘Bang’ featuring Khuli Chana. He released his sophomore album in 2014 titled ‘Levels’ which featured smash hits such as ‘Congratulate’ and ‘Run Jozi’ with K.O. His biggest singles for 2015 include the collaboration with Nigeria’s Burna Boy and South Africa’s Da L.E.S and JR. The single scooped the Best Collaboration award at the 2015 MTV Africa Music Awards and the 2015 Afrimmas, and stayed on the number one spot on the iTunes Chart for nine consecutive weeks. His second single ‘Baddest’ featuring Burna Boy, Yanga and Khuli Chana is also on the iTunes Top 100 charts. He recently recorded a remix of the song featuring some of South Africa’s top female rappers Gigi Lamayne, Fifi Cooper, Rouge and Moozlie.
