 Ataklan received an NJAC Top 20 Calypso Award in 2003 for his track "Do Away with the Violence" and placed 4th in the NJAC Young Kings Competition that same year.In 2006, he received an award from the University of the West Indies for his contributions to the Rapso artform.Ataklan was featured in the "Legacy" issue of "Generation Lion", a Trinidadian magazine featuring youth culture and young local heroes.