Akili Ni Mali 🔴 2025 Art & Soul Featured Artist Akili Ni Mali is an independent recording artist, born in California and raised in Indianapolis. With a sound blend of R&B, soul, jazz, and pop, some of her musical influences are Jazmine Sullivan, Rachelle Farrelle, Sadé, and India Arie. She released her EP Breathe in 2020, along with singles “Good Life” (2020), “Right” (2021), “Sold” (2022), “Lana Del Rey” (2023) and “9-5” (2024), and her latest EP Changes (2024). Akili is also a professional actor with representation out of Chicago. Explore this year’s Art & Soul celebration events at IndyArts.org/art-soul Special thanks to @walkertheatre for providing an incredible backdrop for our Featured Artist video series. Video by @mojoup #artsoulindy #indyart #recordingartist