Anike (rapper)

Anike
Anike in 2024
Background information
Birth nameMutiat Yewande Isola
Also known asWande, Anike Dees
Born (1996-03-04) March 4, 1996
Nigeria
OriginAustin, Texas, U.S.
Genres
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • A&R administrator
  • music journalist
  • actress
Years active2013–present
Labels
Member of116
Websiteanike.net

Ireoluwa-Anike Dees (born Mutiat Yewande Isola), known professionally as Anike (formerly known as Wande), is a Nigerian-American rapper, actress and former journalist and A&R administrator from Austin, Texas, United States. She signed to the Christian hip hop label Reach Records in 2019, where she had worked as an A&R administrator. Prior to that, as an independent artist, from 2013 through 2018 she released multiple singles and made numerous featured appearances on various songs, as well as worked as a music journalist. She is the first woman signed to Reach. Her debut extended play (EP), Exit, was released on April 24, 2020, followed by a mini-EP The Decision on December 4, 2020.