Keche (often called The Skill Team) is a

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musical hip-life duo formed in the year 2004 consisting of Joshua Kojo Ampah and Andrew Kofi Cudjoe. Keche means "skills" in the

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. The duo rose to fame with their debut album Pressure (2008). Keche has multiple nominations under their belt and their son
Sokode
topped several music charts across the African continent.

Early life

In the early part of the year 2000, Joshua took up a hobby of playing basketball and football at St. John Senior Secondary School. This was where he met Andrew, a student and an athlete. Joshua hails from the Central region, while Andrew is from the Western region. They both spoke the native Fante and hence had oral telepathy as they did musical freestyles. By the year 2005, the duo had recorded several demos and mixtapes in studios like One blaze and Dons mic, all in the Tema Metropolis. Their recording quest drove them to the shores of the Highly Spiritual studio owned by legendary sound enginee
Kaywa
In 2008, Keche released their first single "Omogemi", which was followed by "Ring my bell" which featured Sarkodie. They are known for the songs Sokode, Aluguntugui, Diabetes, and Pressure, amongst others. In 2011, the duo was recognized as a Global Ambassador for Peace by the then Liberia's president, her Excellency

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. Following that, the group also performed at the UN Peace concert in

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in 2014 which gave the group recognition across Africa. In 2019
the group signed a record deal with Gem Rhythms, a subsidiary of Gem Multimedia

Discography

# PRESSURE - 2008 # SOKODE - 2011 # ALUGUNTUGUI - 2012 # BODY LOTION - 2013 # DIABETES - 2014 # HALLELUJAH - 2014 # FINEBOY - 2014 # CASE - 2015 # MONICA - 2015 # SHAME ON YOU - 2015 # ATINKA - 2016 # COCOA SEASON - 2016 # NEXT LEVEL - 2017 # SHOW SOMETHING - 2017 # THEY SAY - 2018 # FLAVOR - 2018 # EXCITING - 2018 # AKUMA - 2018 # YOU WAN CRY - 2018 # GRACE - 2019 # ODO - 2019 # TODAY - 2019 # SAME GIRL - 2020 # NO DULLING - 2020

Videography

# OMOGEMI    - 2008
PRESSURE    - 2009

SOKODE    - 2011

ALUGUNTUGUI - 2012

DIABETES    - 2014

CASE    - 2015

NEXT LEVEL    - 2017

SHOW SOMETHING    - 2017

THEY SAY - 2018

ODO    - 2019

TODAY - 2019

SAME GIRL - 2020

NO DULLING - 2020

Album

Pressure

Gallery

Awards

* 4syte Music Video Awards 2012 Winner- Best Choreographed Video. * Liberia's Global Ambassadors for Peace. * Keche singers

VGMA 2011 Nominee- Hip Life/Hip Hop Artist of the Year. * VGMA 2012 Nominee- Best Group, Hip Life Song of the Year, Popular Song of the Year. * The Pan African International Recognition Awards and Annual Discourse (PAIR-AWARDS)-Best West African Artist of the Year * 2017 4syte Music Video Awards; Nominations for Best Group of the Year * 2018 4syte Music Video Awards; Nominations for Most Popular Video. * 2019 4syte Music Video Awards; Nominations for Best Video. * 2020 Ghana Music Awards, USA; Winner - Best Group Of The Year. *2021 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Nominations for Hipife/Hiphop Artist of the Yea

* 2021 Vodafone Ghana Music Award; Winner - Best Collaboration

References

{{reflist Ghanaian musicians