“We’re only scared of P Square and not competition from the small boys (Kuami Eugene, Kidi etc)- Akatakyie

Ghanaian Hiplife duo, Akatakyie have said that they are back and ready to take off from where they left behind.

According to them, even though, there’s a new crop of musicians ruling the airwaves, they aren’t a bit scared.

The “Esi” hit makers said this while speaking with Kojo Boateng and AJ Sarpong on ‘Saturday Live’ on Citi TV.

“The small boys are trying. I will mention names like Kuami Eugene, Kidi, Kofi Kinaata, Sarkodie and others. These are the few musicians who can give us competition. Apart from them, it is only P Square we are scared of,” they said.

Explaining why they took a long break from music, the duo explained that they faced some financial challenges at their record label.

“It was financial situation. We were working with Soul Record and he decided to go low for some time. And we needed someone to push us. We did not want to flop on the way because we have a record to protect. We just didn’t want to release songs for releasing sake,” they added.

Akatakyie is made up of two brothers: Prince Kwabena Budu Asumaning (Kobby Culture) and Ebenezer Kwasi Okyere Asumaning (King Pharaoh).

They came out with their maiden album ‘Odo Esisi Me’ in 1999 which won them the Best Hiplife Song award in the maiden edition of the Ghana Music Awards organized in 2000.

They have had hits like ‘Ghana Mmaa’, ‘Agoo’, ‘Odo Esikyire’, ‘Sinsima’, ‘Esi’, ‘Meyare’, ‘Masan Aba’, ‘Oman Ba Pa’, ‘Odo Ye Musu Anaa’, and ‘Siesie Obaa no’ featuring Okyeame Kwame.

Source: Citinewsroom.com