The Break Presents: Lakeyah
Milwaukee rapper Lakeyah had a goal to be signed to Quality Control Music, and that moment came to fruition this year, but she s been putting in plenty of work on the road to get there.
Introducing herself to the arts by writing and competing on a poetry slam team in high school, a then-15-year-old Lakeyah had the foundation to become a rapper. Urged by her friends in her hometown of Milwaukee to try out rapping, she submitted a song for Monica s #SoGoneChallenge in 2016 (Lakeyah s freshman year of high school), and quickly went viral on Facebook. Lakeyah accepted this as a sign to continue moving forward with rapping and started dropping freestyles on Facebook and Instagram. By 2017, Lakeyah was a social media force, racking up tens of thousands of followers due to her sharp bars.