Original Koffee
Spanish Town's Prodigy, the youngest reggae winner of the Grammy Awards — Singer and guitarist — reggae, dancehall
Biographie
Mikayla Victoria Simpson, known as Original Koffee, grew up in Spanish Town, Jamaica, where she sang at the church choir and learned guitar in self-taught. Revealed by a viral video in 2017, she propelled her positive reggae with "Toast" (2018), and then won in 2020, at 19, the Grammy of the best reggae album for her EP Rapture: the youngest winner — and first woman — in the category. Since Gifted (2022), she carried this message from Kingston's scenes at the Red Stage in Cologne's Summerjam.
Distinctions and benchmarks
['Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album for Rapture (2020) — youngest winner and first woman in the category', ''Toast', the tube that reveals it (2018)', 'Album Gifted (2022), named at the Grammy Awards']
Discographie
['Rapture (EP, 2019)', 'Gifted (2022)']
On the Poster — Festivals
- 2026 — Summerjam, Cologne : In concert on the Red Stage — capture ARTE Concert — See the festival entry
See also
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Live at Summerjam 2026, Cologne (ARTE Concert)
Performing formats
- Concert — main stage
- Festival — headliner