Darkoo

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Darkoo
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Background information
Birth nameOluwafisayo Isa
Born (2001-09-19) 19 September 2001 (age 22)
Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
Years active2017–present
Labels
  • Atlantic Records UK
  • Virgin Music Nigeria

Oluwafisayo Isa (born 19 September 2001), known by her stage name Darkoo, is a British-Nigerian rapper and singer. [1] She came to prominence following the release of her single "Gangsta", featuring One Acen, which peaked at number 22 on the Official Singles Chart, [2] and peaked at number one, on the UK Afrobeats Chart of 2020.

Contents

In 2022, Darkoo was nominated for the Best Diaspora Afrobeats Artist of the year at The Headies Awards and was announced by Pandora Music Italy as one of the most streamed musicians with other artistes and record company, Marco Mengoni, Keymaker Records, Federica Carta, and Baby K the following year. [3] [4]

Early life

Darkoo was born in Lagos, Nigeria, moving to the UK at the age of 7. [1] and being raised in South London. [5] She attended St Catherine's Catholic School for Girls.

Career

Darkoo began releasing music at the age of 15, [6] starting out as a drill rapper before beginning to incorporate singing into her music. [1] In late 2019 she released the single "Gangsta", featuring British rapper One Acen. The song came to prominence on TikTok [6] and entered the Official Singles Chart at number 34 in November 2019, eventually reaching a peak of 22 in January 2020. [2] She followed up this success in March 2020 with the single "Juicy" featuring Hardy Caprio, which peaked at 62 on the Official Singles Chart. [2] At the 2020 MOBO Awards, Darkoo was nominated for Best Female Act and Best Newcomer, whilst "Gangsta" was nominated for Song of the Year. [7] [8]

In April 2021, Darkoo featured on a remix of "Body", originally performed by Russ Millions and Tion Wayne. The remix helped the song reach number 1 in the Official Singles Chart. [9] [10]

Darkoo released her debut EP, 2 In 1, in July 2021, featuring artists such as Tion Wayne and Unknown T. [11] On 1 September 2023, following the launch of Virgin Music flagship in Nigeria, Virgin Music Nigeria, Kimani Moore announced the unit with be incharge of Darkoo and Reekado Banks distributions. [12]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[2]
"Gas Station"
(featuring Curtis J)		2017—Non-album singles
"Timeline"
(with Mulla Stackz)		2018—
"Foreign"
(with AdeSTP & Shadz)		2019—
"Juice"
(with Br3nya)		—
"Rover"—
"Gangsta"
(with One Acen)		22
"Juicy"
(with Hardy Caprio)		202062
"Kryptonite"—
"Cinderella"
(featuring 4Keus)		—
"Pick Up"2021—2 in 1
"She Like"
(featuring Blanco)		—
"Slow Down"
(featuring Tion Wayne)		—
"Bad From Early"
(featuring Buju & TSB)		—Non-album singles
"Always"
(featuring Black Sherif)		2022—
"Falling"
(with Smallgod & KiDi)		—
"There She Goes (Jack Sparrow)"
(featuring Mayorkun)		—
Favorite Girl (featuring Dess Dior)2024
TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[14] 		AUS
[15] 		NZ
[16]
"Body" (Remix)
(Russ Millions and Tion Wayne featuring ArrDee, E1 (3x3), Bugzy Malone, Fivio Foreign, ZT (3x3), Darkoo, and Buni 		2021111 Green With Envy and Pier Pressure

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