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Mikayla Simpson (born 16 February 2000), better known as Koffee, is a Jamaican reggae singer, songwriter, rapper, deejay and guitarist from Spanish Town, Jamaica. She released her debut single, “Toast”, in 2018, and in 2019 signed with Columbia Records. Her 2019 EP Rapture won the Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards
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When you first hear Koffee’s music, you would be forgiven for not pairing the big, bold voice that commands her roots in reggae sound, with her small statue.
She might be small, but the impact that Koffee has made on Jamaica and its reggae scene is mighty. She won single of the year at the Jamaica Music Industry Association awards for Toast, which has amassed more than four million streams on Spotify.
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Toast is typical of Koffee’s style. It’s steeped in the positive-vibes-only doctrine of roots rather than dancehall’s brashness, and she is driving modern reggae forward at a time when Rihanna is reportedly about to do the same with her new album.
“I would say it all began with my guitar,” Koffee says
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1. The first piece she wrote was a tribute to Usain Bolt, entitled Legend, which she posted on Instagram – it quickly went viral. “He reposted it!” she says. “So that was kind of the first recognition that I got as an artist.”
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2. She grew up in Spanish Town, on the outskirts of Kingston, and was first exposed to music in the Seventh-Day Adventist church she attended as a child. As a teenager, having been inspired by reggae music all her life, she decided to try it for herself.
3. In 2016, she won her school talent show at Ardenne High School located in Kingston, Jamaica without realizing that the informal show at which she performed in her school cafeteria had been an audition.
4. Koffee is the youngest person and only woman to be awarded in the Best Reggae Album category.
5. Her mother raised her alone, as her father moved to New York when Koffee was just an infant.
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