Bassey Ikpi, asalin ƙasar Najeriya ce mazauniyar Amurka mai magana da ke magana da rubutu, marubuci, kuma mai ba da shawara game da lafiyar kwakwalwa. Ta bayyana ne a HBO's Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry sau biyar kuma waƙinta ta buɗe nuna wa masu zane-zane lambar yabo na Grammy Award. Shine kuma jaridar New York Times wacce ke ba da labari mai taken "Na faɗi Gaskiya Amma Ina kwance." Ikpi an haife ta ne a Ikom, jihar Cross River, Nigeria, a ranar 3 ga Agusta, 1976, ga dangin Najeriya waɗanda suka fito daga Ugep . Lokacin da take ɗan shekara huɗu, ta koma tare da iyayenta zuwa garin Waterway, Oklahoma, Amurka inda ta zauna har ta kai shekara 13. Daga nan sai ta koma Greenbelt, Maryland, wata unguwar Washington DC. Ta halarci Jami’ar Maryland, dake Baltimore County don yin karatun Ingilishi . Lokacin da take makarantar koleji, ta fara yin wakoki a wajan Baltimore da Washington DC a kusa da kewaye. Ta bar karatun a shekarar bararta ta koma New York City . Lokacin da take kusan shekara 21, Ikpi ta koma New York City don neman ƙarin dama.