Departing Effiakuma was the toughest challenge – Kofi Kinaata

Ghanaian Highlife sensation, Martin King Arthur, well-known in the music industry as Kofi Kinaata has revealed that leaving Effiakuma was the toughest thing he did.

According to multiple award-winning singer cum songwriter, he was the area champion in the hood while growing up but sadly had to leave for Accra at a point in time to start a fresh.

The ‘Effiakuma Love’ hitmaker made this statement during a recent interview on GTV’s Breakfast Show.

“I was the area champion coming up with everybody hailing me in the bus, all of a sudden I have to leave to somewhere to start everything afresh”.

“I moved to Odorkor, I was with my Manager after I got signed unto the High Grade Family. This was where I learnt a lot of things on rap, the kind of words to use for love songs, party songs amongst others. That was the first thing I learnt in Accra,” he said.

When asked about his dope song titled Effiakuma Brokenheart, he said it was a story, as to it being personally related, he said it was simply a story.

The crooner went on to say that  sometimes the music comes through research, but for the most part picks inspiration from his environment.

“Sometimes the beat will inspire whatever you want to write, sometimes you have everything in your mind and want to talk about it through the beat”he further stated

Kofi Kinaata grew up in Takoradi, Ghana but was born in Sekondi-Takoradi. He started his career as a rapper and released his first single titled ‘Hallelujah’ in 2012.

The song was the first of many successful singles from the artist. He then released singles such as ‘Things Fall Apart’, ‘Susuka’, “Sweetie Pie” among others.