Sometimes I forget to stop and actually look at how far I’ve come. 🥹❤️ I’m Samantha Samaka, aka **OKAAYSAMi** 🧿✨ Born in Nigeria 🇳🇬, raised in Toronto 🇨🇦, and now finding my way through New York City 🗽… my journey has taken me places I honestly never could’ve predicted. I’ve always been a creative at heart. Music 🎶, acting 🎬, film, media, fashion, pageantry 👑, storytelling… I’ve never really known how to choose just one thing because there are so many parts of creating that I love. From being blessed with opportunities like the Roc Nation School scholarship 🎓❤️, being part of creative communities like HXOUSE, performing, creating, producing, building my own projects, and meeting so many incredible people along the way — every experience has taught me something. And truthfully, none of it has been perfect. There have been moments where I felt lost, moments where things didn’t work out, moments where I wondered if I was actually good enough, and moments where I had absol...