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Okyeame Quophi is one half of the famous hiplife dynamic duo, Akyeame (with Okyeame Kwame). He is also known as the Track Quilla. His real name is Daniel Quophi Amoateng and was born in Kumasi to Mr. Daniel Quophi Amoateng and the late Mad. Harriet Quayson. He is married to TV star Stacy Amoateng (Music Music fame), and the two have a child while running EMKLAN entertainment.
Kofi Amoateng went to Methodist Dat Secondary School in Kumasi met Kwame Nsiah Appau in 1990 while studying after-hours at the Kumasi Polytechnic. They started rapping at street battles and anywhere they could show their talent. Okyeame Quophi was a writer and had written a story book called 'Rings don’t marry’.
They decided to name themselves Akyeame by taking something from the palace. Akyeame means linguists - as rap linguists - they were going to be a link between the king and his people and interpret ideas to the people through music.
Kofi became Okyeame Quophi, and Kwame became Okyeame Kwame. They looked for producers and met Andrew Opoku Amankwah (Easylink) who was a record executive from London. He helped them record Brebre Obaahemaa in 1997. They were produced by Mark Okraku Mantey. The title track became a hit and Akyeame had arrived.
In 1999, they released Nkonsonkonson which had the hit track called Mesan aba featuring Yoggi Doggi and Nana Quame. They went on to record three more albums before splitting in 2004.
During their times together, Okyeame Quophi was a radio presenter for Luv FM in Kumasi, a sister station of Accra's Joy FM. While he was in the US at the turn of the millenium, he studied sound engineering and videography. He eventually left Luv FM to work for a rival station in Kumasi called Fox FM.
He presently manages Emklan Entertainment and Emklan studios. They produce music videos, musicians, amongst others. Their label includes musicians like Dela (TV3 Mentor fame), Ramzy (Stars of the Future), Kapusta (Show your love) etc. He also produced Frank Mensah Pozo for his album called Fre me.
He also has a career in radio. He worked as a radio DJ at Hot 93.9FM in Accra doing the drive time show (Rush hour). He also hosts the show for Kwaw Ansah's TV AFRICA. He even acted in some movies including the popular Shadows from the Past, Ripples 2, etc. Since he was a musician, he also scored some movies.
He began pursuing his solo career in 2005. He released his solo debut called Quophilosophy which is a 14 CD, 10 cassette album.
Some popular songs of his are Shake that thing, Nkrumah Letter, Odo ye de, Kolo, Aware boni, Enyi me mma, Peng peng, etc
Song lyrics
Quophilosophy (2005)
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