Tkandz is a highly energized Nigerian-British rapper whose rhymes are both intensely self-examining and inspirational. The London-based artist appeared in 2022, the year he went viral with "No Sleep," a collaboration with T'jugga and Shiloh Dynasty. Three years later -- and still a teenager -- he and producer Cxsper scored a Top 40 U.K. hit with "Now or Never," the lead single from his debut EP, Prodigy (2026).
Born Ayotomiwa Abdul-Rahman Akande in Lagos, the London-raised Tkandz began making music with BandLab, a digital audio workstation, in his early teens. Combining rathe...