List if things you didn’t know about PSquare - No.3 Will shock you

As a musical group, the Okoye twins – Peter and Paul – have come a long way. After ruling the entertainment scene in Nigeria and Africa for about 14 years, winning many laurels in the process, it is unthinkable that they are about to tear the union apart at a time that the group has almost evolved into an institution. Here is list of things you probaly don’t know about the group…

1. The group known as P-Square started in St. Murumba Secondary School in Jos, in the 1990s. They started as singers and dancers in the school music and drama club before forming a group known as the Smooth Criminals in 1997.
2. The brothers enrolled in a music school to receive formal training on how to play the keyboard, drums, bass and rhythm guitars.
3. Before settling for Psquare as their group Name, At different times they named the group Double P and Da Pees
4. Initially managed by Bayo Odusanmi, aka Howie T, a seasoned concert promoter, the PSquare started its musical journey on a sound note. The group won the Benson and Hedges Grab Da Mic talent hunt competition in 2001 and earned a well-deserved sponsorship for its debut album, titled Last Nite.
5. A few months later, the PSquare was nominated for the KORA Awards of the same year in the Most Promising African Group category. The icing on the cake came when the group won the 2003 Amen Award for Best R&B Group.
6. PSquare in its 14 years of existence has recorded a total of six studio albums, including Game Over, the group’s best-selling album that sold over 8 million copies all over the world.

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