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Akala

Akala is a person from the UK, active since 1983.

Person GB since 1983 rock poet uk

TOTAL PLAYS

507

SONGS PLAYED

STATIONS

FIRST PLAYED

2005-06-15 11:26 · 1Xtra — "Roll Wid Us"

LAST PLAYED

5 months ago · 1Xtra — "Shakespeare"

BIO · WIKIPEDIA

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◦ ACTIVITY

Plays per year

2005 — 2025

200 150 100 50 0

'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25

◦ WHERE

By station

1Xtra 443 87%

Radio 1 51 10%

6 Music 12 2%

Radio 2 1 0%

◦ WHEN

Common hour

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Peak hour: 16:00

◦ THE SONGS

Top tracks

BY PLAY COUNT

#TITLEPLAYSLAST

1 Shakespeare 119 2025-11-25

2 Hold Your Head Up 109 2023-09-03

3 Bit By Bit 89 2017-01-31

4 Roll Wid Us 27 2025-03-11

5 Giants (feat. Kabaka Pyramid) 25 2016-09-09

6 Mr Fire In The Booth 17 2016-06-04

7 Lose Myself 12 2013-05-28

8 Knowledge is Power 11 2013-05-21

9 A Message 10 2014-11-13

10 Roll With Us (DXP Remix) 7 2018-10-31

11 Educated Tug (feat. English Frank) 7 2012-05-15

12 Bang With Us 6 2017-04-29

◦ THE LOG

Recent plays

2025-11-25 09:25 Shakespeare 1Xtra

2025-03-11 22:23 Roll Wid Us 1Xtra

2024-01-16 19:33 Shakespeare 1Xtra

2023-11-25 19:50 Shakespeare 1Xtra

2023-10-19 11:04 Shakespeare 1Xtra

2023-09-03 02:45 Hold Your Head Up 1Xtra

2023-08-02 01:39 Shakespeare 1Xtra

2023-07-02 23:39 Shakespeare 1Xtra

2023-06-11 23:39 Shakespeare 1Xtra

2023-06-07 22:39 Shakespeare 1Xtra

2023-04-10 00:45 Hold Your Head Up 1Xtra

2023-03-16 00:26 Shakespeare 1Xtra

◦ EVERY TRACK

All songs played

41 UNIQUE TRACKS · A–Z

BAR ▶

1XTRA Fire In The Booth Freestyle —

1 2014-05-05 ▶

A Message —

10 2014-11-13 ▶

Another Reason (feat. Megan Quashie) —

2 2021-08-09 ▶

Are You An MC (feat. Durrty Goodz) —

5 2012-06-02 ▶

Bang Like Us —

1 2015-03-04 ▶

Bang With Us —

6 2017-04-29 ▶

BED Shakespere —

1 2006-06-19 ▶

Behind My Painted Smile (feat. Lowkey) —

6 2012-05-15 ▶

Bit By Bit —

89 2017-01-31 ▶

Chapter 1, 2 & 3 —

2 2017-07-22 ▶

Chapter 4 & 5 —

2 2017-07-22 ▶

Comedy Tragedy History —

2 2019-04-23 ▶

Educated Tug (feat. English Frank) —

7 2012-05-15 ▶

Electro Livin —

1 2007-07-11 ▶

Electro Livin' —

2 2007-07-18 ▶

Fire in the booth —

6 2015-03-29 ▶

Giants (feat. Kabaka Pyramid & Marshall) —

2 2016-09-07 ▶

Giants (feat. Kabaka Pyramid) —

25 2016-09-09 ▶

Hold Your Head Up —

109 2023-09-03 ▶

I'm so Cool —

2 2012-07-28 ▶

Inner City Life (1Xtra Live Lounge, 4 Nov 2015) —

5 2016-07-04 ▶

Knowledge is Power —

11 2013-05-21 ▶

Lose Myself —

12 2013-05-28 ▶

Malcolm Said It —

1 2015-08-15 ▶

Malcom Said It (Live PA) —

1 2013-12-24 ▶

Mr Fire In The Booth —

17 2016-06-04 ▶

Mr Fire In The Booth (1Xtra Live Lounge, 4 Nov 2015) —

4 2015-11-22 ▶

Roll Wid Us —

27 2025-03-11 ▶

Roll Wid Us (D'Explicit Remix) (feat. Riko Dan, Jammer, Ears & Baby Blue) —

1 2018-01-13 ▶

Roll Wid Us/Comedy Tragedy History/Who's The Gangsta (25 August 2017, Reading Festival) —

2 2017-08-28 ▶

Roll With Us (DXP Remix) —

7 2018-10-31 ▶

Shakespeare —

119 2025-11-25 ▶

Shakespeare (BF Clean) —

2 2022-10-26 ▶

Shakespeare (Clean Edit) —

6 2006-06-12 ▶

Shakespeare (Live PA) —

1 2013-12-24 ▶

Shakespeare (Remix) (feat. Skinnyman) —

1 2017-09-25 ▶

Shakespeare <Clean Edit> —

1 2006-07-10 ▶

Sometimes —

1 2015-04-07 ▶

The Journey (feat. Mic Righteous) —

5 2015-08-14 ▶

Visions Chapter 2 - Radio 1 & 1Xtra Session - RX 22/07/17 —

1 2017-07-24 ▶

XXL —

1 2010-12-20 ▶