{"id":72440,"date":"2021-04-01T14:34:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T14:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricaportal.com\/?p=72440"},"modified":"2021-04-01T14:35:19","modified_gmt":"2021-04-01T14:35:19","slug":"10-things-about-aka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricaportal.com\/10-things-about-aka\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Things You Didn\u2019t Know About AKA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">10 Things You Didn\u2019t Know About AKA<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AKA\u00a0(born 28 January 1988) is a South African rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and entrepreneur. We have compiled 10 interesting things we think you should know about AKA. Check them out below:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/southafricaportal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AKA.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"72617\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/southafricaportal.com\/10-things-about-aka\/aka\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/southafricaportal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AKA.png?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,169\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"AKA\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/southafricaportal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AKA.png?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/southafricaportal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AKA.png?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-72617\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/southafricaportal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/AKA.png?resize=300%2C169&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"AKA\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1. His real and birth name is known as Kiernan Jarryd Forbes<\/p>\n<p>2. He was born on the 28th of January 1988 in\u00a0Cape Town, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>3. He is a rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer and entrepreneur.<\/p>\n<p>4. AKA gained popularity after releasing his single \u201cVictory Lap\u201d which was released from his debut album,\u00a0Altar Ego\u00a0(2011).<\/p>\n<p>5. He has a daughter with\u00a0DJ Zinhle\u00a0named Kairo Owethu Forbes. She was born on 8 July 2015.<\/p>\n<p>6. On 8 April 2019, AKA was featured on a WWE live event in Cape Town and\u00a0Johannesburg, South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>7. To date he has released the following albums:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Altar Ego\u00a0(2011)<\/li>\n<li>Levels\u00a0(2014)<\/li>\n<li>Be Careful What You Wish For\u00a0(with\u00a0Anatii) (2017)<\/li>\n<li>Touch My Blood\u00a0(2018)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>8. While in high school, he was formed a group called Entity alongside his two friends Vice Versa and Greyhound<\/p>\n<p>9. In 2006, he co-founded the production collective The I.V League alongside two other members.<\/p>\n<p>10. AKA attended the Holy Cross Convent and Greenside Primary School.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AKA - Energy (Official Music Video) ft. 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