From Missippi to Nick Cannon’s Wild ‘n Out: Meet Look A Like, America’s talented identical twins (Interview)
In the ever-evolving world of entertainment, exposure on a major platform can be a game-changer. For Mississippi-born identical twins Jakel and Kalyl, their appearance on ‘Wild ‘n Out’ (Season 21) provided a stepping stone to new opportunities, expanding their reach beyond social media and into mainstream recognition. Now based in Southern California, the duo reflects on how life has changed since their television debut, the challenges of navigating newfound attention, and their growth as artists. In this candid conversation, Jakel from Look A Like opens up about their music journey, their experiences as twins, and what’s next for their careers.
Richardine: How have your lives altered since appearing on Wild ‘n Out for the first time? Has life for the both of you changed much? If so, how?
Jakel: I won’t say it changed drastically, but it did help us a little. It gave us leverage to be able to go out there and make more connections.
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Richardine: Do any people from your past try to make cameos in your current life? How does it make you feel?
Jakel: Most definitely! People from high school and old family members. We feel like those people are not genuine. Those same people didn’t support us before, but now that we got some traction and real supporters… they suddenly want to show support.
Richardine: When you’re outside, do people recognise you from the show?
Jakel: Only a couple of people have recognised us from the show. The other majority recognised us from our social media presence especially in Southern states like Mississippi, Memphis, and Atlanta.
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Richardine: You guys are from the South (Mississippi); now, you’re dwelling in Southern California. What would you say are the significant differences between the two places (climate-wise and culture-wise)?
Jakel: During the Summer time Mississippi is very humid. In California, there’s way less humidity so it’s more hot and dry in the Summer. Far as the culture, growing up in Mississippi, Black people were more predominant. We hardly seen any other race except a small amount of White people. In California, there a variety of cultures and races we didn’t see in Mississippi.
Richardine: At what age did you two start making music? How long before that did you begin freestyling and entertaining people with your talents? What was your first song about? Would you say your music has progressed much since your first commercial release? If so, explain how.
Jakel: We started making music at the age of fifteen. About a few months before that, we would freestyle amongst a couple of friends and each other. Our first song was called ‘You Can Be My Only One’ and it was about treating a girl right. Our music has definitely gotten better over time. Lyrics has improved and the quality sounds better.
Richardine: Having identical twins is considered a relatively rare event — making up only 0.3-0.5% of the world population (roughly 3-5 out of every 1,000 births are identical twins). This question is for non-twins: From your perspective, what is it like to have a twin brother?
Jakel: It’s literally how it seems. I guess it’s the reason why everybody say that they want a twin. It’s like we’re different people but the same person simultaneously, so we connect on a very high frequency. We’re honestly blessed being twins.
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Richardine: This month, you guys released a track called ‘Pop My Shit’. What inspired the song?
Jakel: We felt really conceited and confident that day, recording that song. That feeling that anybody’s opinion about us didn’t matter. We felt like since we’ve came this far, nobody can tear us down.
Richardine: Also this month, you put out a track with Baby Goth called ‘True Colors’. How did you connect with the Texas artist? Do you have more musical collaborations on the way?
Jakel: Our manager Country Chris knows DJ Fu. He’s a producer and member of the production team: The Eardrummers. Baby Goth was his artist at that time, so that’s how we met her. We do have more music with her on the way.
Richardine: Are any acting gigs on the horizon?
Jakel: There are no acting gigs at the moment, but we would love to be on the big screen one day. We’ve always wanted to do it.
