Lousika

One look at Lousika and it’s not hard to tell that she was born for the limelight. With her 5 foot 8, curvy body and light skin, you will most likely put her in the video vixen/model category than in the rapper/singer category but this strong lady never plays the secondary role. Born Christelle Akua Sika Amankona to Adwoa Amankwatia and Kofi Obeng Amankona , she adopted the moniker Lousika – which is a fusion of Lou (the French word for wolf) and Sika her middle name – to represent her french/Ghanaian backgrounds as well as the wolf’s protective nature and her love for all the finer things in life.

Lousika was born in La Garennes Colombes, Paris on 24^th March, 1993. Since her parents are of Ghanaian ancestry (her dad hails from Brong Ahafo and her mom from Manso-Nkwanta in the Ashanti Region) they moved her to Kumasi when she was very young so she could have a feel of her roots. She has however spent most of her life in Paris with her mom and dad. After her parents separated in 2001, she dropped out of high school and run away from home to experience life on her own because she couldn’t deal with the stress that came with the separation

On the streets she had to fend for herself so she took a job as a barmaid at a nightclub. She got recruited into the street team of ASPROD; an event organising company, and started distributing flyers for them. While working for ASPROD, she took advantage of their industry contacts and recorded 6 songs, one of them ‘Stop Hating’ which was in French and Twi garnered her buzz among the Ghanaian community in Paris. She moved to Toulouse to get away from the hustle and bustle of the Paris streets where she met Mike Santino, an industry big wig who introduced her to La Fouine and The Game leading to a cameo in their videos. After a while, she moved back to Paris and started MCing at nightclubs. She met French rapper Greene Money one night at a club and did a freestyle which impressed him. Greene Money invited her to feature on his mixtape ‘Vol.3 – Greenologie’ and after hearing her song ‘Stop Hating’ offered to shoot a video for her and get her a deal with Rolls Royce Music – an indie label in Miami – the deal couldn’t materialise however because she had to come to Ghana on a family emergency in April 2011. In Ghana she hooked up with Lloyd ‘Peewee’ Baffour, a founding member of The Cue who she knew through a mutual friend in Paris. She has become a member of The Cue family ever since and has been making music with them.