Highlife artiste, Okyeame Kwame has revealed that the“Akyeame” music group had their major break onto the music scene, through the Miss Ghana event in 1996.
The music group was made up of himself and his then partner Okyeame Quophi, now called Quophi Okyeame. Speaking at the launch of this year’s Miss Ghana event, Okyeame who had been an underground rapper for five years before his breakthrough said:
“In 1996, Okyeame Quophi and I had the first opportunity to perform at the Embassy Double Do and we got the opportunity through Pikus Laryea. I had been an underground artist for five years until I had the opportunity to perform at Miss Ghana. Okraku Mantey drove to Kumasi to come and sign Akyeame and before he got there, another person in Kumasi had already decided to invest in us because we had been seen to be associated with Miss Ghana. So Okyeame Quophi and I became Akyeame through this very platform.”
“It isn’t just me. All the talents since Nkrumah’s time have passed through this platform. Even some of the beautiful women who didn’t win had the opportunity to experience grooming through this partnership,” he added.
He added that the initiative has since helped groom several other artists including contestants who are also unable to win ultimate prizes.
