Real Name: Juaquin Malphurs

Date of Birth: July 1986

Years Rapping: 2008 – Present

Labels: Warner Brothers / So Icey Entertainment

• He is the son of Debra Antney, who is actually Gucci Mane’s manager and CEO of So Icey/Mizay Entertainment.

• Malphurs moved with his family from Jamaica, Queens, New York to Riverdale, Georgia when he was nine years old.

• The name “Waka” was given to him by family members. The name “Flocka Flame” was given to him by rapper Gucci Mane.

• Waka, which was given to him by rapper and mentor Gucci Mane, is a short of his real name, Juaquin.

• Flocka is an interpretation of the Spanish “flaca,” which means thin or skinny, which is a description and nickname from his childhood.

• At 23 years of age, Waka is a solo artist, and the youngest member of the So Icey Boyz.

• He has appeared on industry DVD’s from Hood Affairs and The Come Up to Smack DVD, Night Life and Raw Report.

• He started booking paid shows 7 months after I did my first mixtape.

• Waka has set a professional goal to release twenty street albums by 2011.

• He was shot in the arm while struggling with a robber at a car wash in Atlanta, Georgia on the morning of January 19, 2010.

• His debut single is called “O Let’s Do It”, which peaked at #62 on the Billboard Hot 100.