Michael Dapaah was born in 1991 in Croydon, south London, to first-generation Ghanaian immigrants.

[6] Dapaah began his career by garnering a social following among the British-African community for his brief comedic parts in shows like Meet the Adebanjos, which deals with a Nigerian family in London.

[6] In 2020, Michael Dapaah started making the move to a fitness show called "Belly Must Go".

[8] Dapaah saw a rapid growth in public attention when he appeared on Charlie Sloth's BBC Radio 1Xtra show "Fire in the Booth".

[10] The song's music video was released by Dapaah himself on 26 October of the same year;[11] which features cameos from Waka Flocka Flame, Lil Yachty, Dutch rap-group Broederliefde and DJ Khaled, who calls Dapaah's character a "legend".