Ireoluwa-Anike Dees, born Mutiat Yewande Isola, and professionally known as Anike,[3] [4] is a Nigerian American rapper, actress and former journalist and A&R administrator from Austin, Texas, United States.
Prior to that, as an independent artist, from 2013 through 2018 she released multiple singles and made numerous featured appearances on various songs, as well as worked as a music journalist.
[7] Her curiosity about God led her to search on the internet for Christian rap, and the first result to come up was the 2006 song "Prayin' for You" by Lecrae.
[7] In sixth grade, she started playing the flute and studied music through junior high school.
[7] She converted to Christianity in seventh grade while interning at a camp in 2009 in Columbus, Texas, a decision for which she encountered opposition from within her family.
[6][7][9] While at the camp, she also saw a performance by the Christian hip hop collective 116 Clique, which at that time consisted of Lecrae, Trip Lee, Tedashii, and Sho Baraka.
[7] Despite this initial interest in music, Anike wanted to be a doctor, and enrolled in a health and science program in junior high school.
[24] She has expressed a hope that her signing will make it easier for other women rappers to pursue a career in the highly male-dominated Christian hip hop genre.
[23] On March 30, 2020, Anike announced her forthcoming debut album, Exit,[29] and the single "Happy" was released April 3, 2020.
[33] She said in an April 2020 interview that her father and her have made peace over her conversion and her decision to pursue a hip-hop music career.