Some people say musical talent is genetic, something that is passed down through a bloodline, almost like mother nature’s gift to certain individuals. If this is to be believed then it is Meleka’s rise into the music industry was not so much a coincidence but more of a predestined path taking shape. With Rick Clarke as her Godfather and UK Lovers Rock Legends, Janet Kay and Carol Thompson as close family friends, Meleka definitely had music in her blood from a young age.
Having won her first talent contest at the tender age of 6 years old, music has definitely been a fixture of the singer/songwriters life for many years. “I have been singing all my life, and come from a musical background and a musical household.” My first competition was in Willesden Green Library” she recalls “I sung SWV’s ‘Weak’ and my passion continued to grow from there.”

As a winner of MTV’s Hugo Urban Rules Meleka was given the opportunity to release her first single ‘Go’ (Now It’s Over Boy)’. The song became a cult underground classic, which amassed over 2 million collective views on YouTube (fans radio rips and the official music video) and still remains a regular fixture of many Dj’s sets to this very day.
Meleka followed up the success of Go with another club classic ‘Miss Me’, which spent over two months in the top 5 on the BBC Radio 1xtra UKG Chart.