Lil Dakes is a Jamaican American rapper based in Illinois, Chicago. His real name is Dakewann Clifton Daley. Born on July 28, 2006, in Jamaica at the Spanish Town Hospital, he began his rap career during middle high school He records music using platforms like Bandlab and FL Studio, and publishes it on SoundCloud. Daley's career began when he was 16 years old. After his single "Tamed" which was release in 2023, he released his first video "Tamed"with Jimmy James in December. Lil Dakes gained traction with the release of his song "Tamed" in 2023. His debut mixtape, "Shooting Ops," was released on July 30, 2023, which was another breakthrough for the rapper, gaining attraction worldwide. On October 1, 2023, he released a song titled "Rooky," which was the number one trending music video on YouTube for a few days straight at the time of its release.