Ghanaian renowned musician Kwame Nsiah-Apau popularly known as Okyeame Kwame and nicknamed Rap Doctor, revealed in an interview on Kingdom 101.9 Fm, how broke he was when he came back to Ghana from the United states three years after the Akyeame group shot to stardom.
The artiste on the Afro Joint show narrated his hay days with friend Okyeame Quophi in the band named Akyeame, their fall out and how their careers as solo artistes turned out.
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Okyeame Kwame who is the masterminder of The Versatile Show known for stellar performances in music dance, drama, and poetry presentation spoke about the success of the last edition held in September 2019.
He took listeners aback with the history behind the band Akyeame made up of himself and Daniel Quophi Amoateng popularly known as Okyeame Quophi.
The award-winning legendary musician mentioned that the success of the band Akyeame could be linked to Mark Okreku Mantey and their London based financier Andrews Opoku Amankwaah.
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He expounded that even though they had their very first breakthrough when they performed at the Embassy Double Do through Pikus Laryea in 1996, it was the above personalities that propelled them to true stardom.
Okyeame Kwame expressed that the fallout between himself and longtime friend and bandmate Okyeame Quophi came after they returned to Ghana from a two-year stint working menial jobs in the States.
The rap doctor added that upon return to Ghana he was left with only $1000 dollars in his account.
Quophi on the other hand had landed a job with Fox Fm courtesy their manager at the time Kwame Baah, and had lost his desire for the music business because he was comfortable.
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