Nicholas McAree Mabika also known as PACMAN or McAree was born on the 28th of April 1994 in Kobe Japan. Lived in Wales till 6 years of age before moving to Lusaka Zambia, where he was raised. McAree; started recording his first music at the age of 11-12 years old before becoming recognized under the alias PACMAN. After submersing his life into recording records, McAree then moved on to getting multiple qualifications in Music Tech and Sound engineering. In 2014 he founded a record label that he later dispersed from in the year 2020. Since then McAree has been working on a new brand as well as a follow up to his first solo project F.U.I.U.