Lila Iké

Lila Iké (born Alecia Tameka Grey; January 23, 1994) is a Jamaican reggae singer and songwriter.^[1] After releasing multiple singles, Iké released her debut EP The ExPerience in May 2020. Her debut album Treasure Self Love will be released in August 2025.

Lila Iké
Lila Iké performing at Reggae Geel 2022
Background information
Birth name	Alecia Tameka Grey
Born	(1994-01-23) 23 January 1994 (age 31) Christiana, Jamaica
Origin	Manchester, Jamaica
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	In.Digg.Nation RCA

Career

Lila Iké performing at Reggae Geel 2022

Grey was born in Christiana, Manchester, Jamaica where she attended Manchester High School and graduated in 2011. She enrolled at Northern Caribbean University in Mandeville until 2015.^[2] She attempted to return to school at The University of the West Indies, but has stopped to pursue musical career.^[3]

After moving to Kingston, she began singing under the moniker Lila Music which evolved to Lila Iké based on Nigerian name Ikéchukwu, which means "power of God."^[2] In 2017, she signed with Protoje's In.Digg.Nation label. In 2019, She toured Europe, including Rototom Sunsplash and Reggae Jam.^[4] She also opened for Protoje on his U.S. tour.^[3]

Her first EP, released in 2020, is called The ExPerience.^[2] Some of her singles include: "Biggest Fan," (2017), "Gotti Gotti" (2017), "Second Chance" (2018), "Where I'm Coming From" (2019), "Sweet Inspiration" (2019) and "I Spy" (2020).^[4] She appeared in "Artist to Watch" list for BBC Radio 1Xtra's Hot for 2020.^[5] That year Vice call her one of "Jamaica's class of promising reggae artists, like Koffee and Chronixx".^[2]

In 2025 Lila Iké announced her debut album Treasure Self Love, to be released in August 2025.^[6]