Born to a Ghanaian father and Trinidadian mother, Kweku Elliot is of mixed heritage. His father Kojo Elliot was a lawyer, and his mother Henrietta Elliot a school teacher. Elliot was born in Takoradi, Ghana's Western Region. His family moved to Accra when he was 5 years old, a year later his father Kojo Elliot died. He attended SOS Herman Gmeiner International School with his elder sister Essie, the same school in which his mother had also taught. During his high school years he attended Akosombo International School, and later switched to Mfantsipim School. In his late teens Elliot moved to The United Kingdom and attended Bournemouth University, during his stay in the UK he has stated in interviews that he worked as a model, and did the odd job here and there in order to make ends meet.