In 2024, Australian Recording Industry Association announced that Miss Kaninna is the first independent Aboriginal woman to ever be nominated for a debut single at the ARIA Music Awards.
[5] Feeling unsupported, Kaninna returned to Tasmania, telling The Music in 2023 "I was living away from home when I was 18 – like I'm from Bruny and then, all of a sudden, I moved to Perth, which is a massive jump.
"[6] In 2021, Miss Kaninna commencing singing backing vocals in community bands before meeting producer Finn Rees.
[7][1] In 2023, Miss Kaninna signed with Soul Has No Tempo and in April 2023, announced the release of debut single "Blak Britney" (4 May 2023), a song the artist described as "an anti-establishment anthem".
This being my first body of work as an artist I wanted to name it something I can be proud of and look back at in years time and still feel a connection to it.
[11] In November 2023, Miss Kaninna appeared on an episode of Triple J's Hip Hop Show and delivered pro-Palestine comments, prompting complaints.
On 13 December 2023, ABC Ombudsman Fiona Cameron found the Australian Broadcasting Corporation had breached its impartiality standards.