Gyakie spelled her name on Pluzz FM. Who is Haeven, the rapper with 1,796 monthly listeners?

On Pluzz FM's Drive with the Areagang, the host asked Gyakie which female artist in Ghana she is listening to right now. She named Haeven, then spelled it: H-A-E-V-E-N. In the 63-second clip from the interview, she spells the name at least four times. The station's full upload of the interview went up on YouTube on 23 October 2026.

Gyakie said she had seen one stage performance from Haeven and called herself a fan. Asked whether the two would ever work together, she said: "I don't mind." QMS found no shared release, label or management linking the two artists.

Haeven posted the clip on X on 30 October, writing that she was "genuinely speechless". Gyakie quoted the post: "rooting 4 u STAR."

Who is Haeven?

Haeven describes herself as Ghanaian-Nigerian. Her roots are in Enugu, in south-east Nigeria, and she has lived most of her life in Ghana. In a 2024 interview with 3Tunes on TV3, she said both of her parents were pastors and that she was in church three or four days a week growing up. She also said she did poetry before she started rapping.

She told the same interview that she chose the name during a period when she felt she was going through hell and had to become her own rescuer. "Heaven", she said, "sounded a bit sacrilegious", so she settled on Haeven, as in a safe haven.

The releases

Her first single as lead artist, MoodKilla, came out on 4 March 2022, released independently, according to Apple Music and Deezer. Badder, featuring Kojo Trip, followed in May 2022, then Era. In 2024 she released Dissrespect. Her own teaser for it, posted on 13 May 2024, called it "a scathing exposition of the darker side of the creative industry".

In December 2024 she was on the bill at Kweku Smoke's Revival concert in Accra. On 2 September 2025, when Sarkodie asked X users to tag female rappers in Ghana, Haeven answered with a 40-second performance of her song Bite The Bullet. That post had 388,500 views on 2 November 2026.

Up Next, an EP and a nomination

Apple Music named her its Up Next artist for Ghana in March 2026. Her debut EP, Gated Community, came out on 4 March 2026 with six tracks, including Bite The Bullet and WTF. Her own bio says the EP deals with boundaries, mental health and reclaiming one's space.

In March she was nominated for Unsung Artist at the 27th Telecel Ghana Music Awards, alongside Siicie, Cojo Rae, Bosoma and Morgan Nero. Morgan Nero won the category at the ceremony on 9 May 2026. Her newest single, Fluke, featuring 2Shuus, came out on 10 September 2026. Her X bio reads: "THIS NO BE FLUKE."

The gap

On 2 November 2026, Haeven's Spotify page showed 1,796 monthly listeners. Her most-played song there, Gated Community, had 37,767 plays. Her most-viewed YouTube video, the official performance video for Bite The Bullet, had 4,409 views.

In the same Pluzz FM interview, just before the question about female artists, Gyakie spoke about women in the industry: "even if a girl shouts and a guy shouts, the guy's voice will be louder," she said, adding that she has always been rooting for new female artists.

In March 2021, the Nigerian singer Omah Lay joined the remix of Gyakie's own song Forever, which went to number one on Nigeria's TurnTable chart.