Okay Kaya

Folk Singer

Birthday August 14, 1990

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace New Jersey

Age 34 years old

#307,528 Most Popular

About

Singer with over 80,000 followers on her okay.kaya account. Her songs include "Damn, Gravity," "I'm Stupid," "Dance Like U," and "IUD."

Before Fame

Born Kaya Wilkins, at the age of 13 she wanted to be a rapper and a dancer. Born in New Jersey but raised in Norway, she relocated to New York because she always wanted to live in a big city. She uploaded her first YouTube video in March 2015, the music video for "Damn, Gravity."

Trivia

She is also an actress, appearing in the Norwegian dramas Thelma and Exit Plan. 

Family Life

She is of mixed Scandinavian and African-American descent. Her mother is a painter and her father was an aspiring Broadway actor who now writes government policy for the United States. She has five brothers. Her brother, Elias Jengo, and her boyfriend, Aaron Maine of the band Porches, are both musical collaborators. 

Associated With

Her cover of Cher's Believe was featured on the HBO show Industry.