Music groups coming to a break-up seems almost inevitable in the music world. Sometimes the break-up works, sometimes it does not; and sometimes they come back together.
However it ends up, fans always find it difficult to deal with such break-ups.
Praye’s break-up took everyone by storm, and it seems it was not just fans who were floored. Hiplife group Keche says as young artistes, the break-up really hit them hard; as Praye was a group they really looked up to.
“As young and upcoming musicians, we felt it was important to look up to the ones who were already doing it big like Praye and their sudden separation really killed our vim,” the duo made up of Andrew and Joshua said in an interview on Starr FM’s ‘Tigo Music Club Arena’.
“It got to a time hiplife groups were the ‘ish’ in Ghana; then sadly the split trend began, way back from VIP (now VVIP) to Sass Squad who also broke up and formed TH4 Kwages to Akyeame who eventually went solo to Wutah’s separation and the exciting trio Praye, made up of Choir Master, Big J Cartel and Kente also splitting really dented the image of groups in Ghana,” Andrew added.
The duo added that the break-ups always leave fans disappointed, leading to the euphoria around music groups dying down.
“Now you can see how music groups are doing on the current music scene, the influence and euphoria that used to back them are no more. Due to the controversies that followed the split ups, fans tend to lose trust in groups these days as their separation usually cause mixed feelings,”
However, the group promised not to go down that destructive path.
“We are friends but we are more than brothers and have enjoyed our friendship for over a decade now. Even though sometimes we have our differences, we don’t let it affect the brand ‘Keche’ which has been in existence for five years now.
“We pay maximum respect to the brand because that’s what represents us. Praye was one of our favourite music groups in Ghana as we were coming into the game, we enjoyed their songs, performances and their unity but they couldn’t solve their differences or whatsoever trouble that arose among them.”