P-Square are a Nigerian R&B duo composed of identical twin
brothers Peter and Paul Okoye born 18 November 1981 (Age 33) Jos,
Nigeria. Native of Ifite Dunu, Anambra State of Nigeria. They are
Recording artist, singer,song-wri
They
later formed a cappella quartet called “MMMPP” (M Clef a.k.a. Itemoh,
Michael, Melvin, Peter and Paul). Drawing inspiration from their music
idol Michael Jackson, they began break dancing, formed the group called
“Smooth Criminals” in 1997. They dropped M Clef from the group “MMMPP”
which later was changed to “MMPP”. Their talent and precise dance
routine soon made them household names in the city of Jos, where they
performed at school functions and other occasions.
Later in 1999, Peter and Paul returned to music school to develop their
skills on keyboard, drums, bass and rhythm guitar. Their work includes
the soundtracks for a number of films like Tobi, Mama Sunday, Moment of
Bitterness and Evas River.
Later in 1999, they applied to the
University of Abuja to study Business Administration. The Smooth
Criminals became loose when its members left to study in various other
universities. Subsequently Peter and Paul formed their own group,
variously called “Double P”, “P&P”, “Da Pees” etc, until they
eventually settled on “P Square”. They are managed by Bayo Odusami aka
Howie T, a seasoned concert promoter and the CEO of Adrot Nigeria
Limited.
In 2001, “P-Square” won the “Grab Da Mic” competition, and hence Benson
& Hedges sponsored their debut album, titled Last Nite, which was
released under Timbuk2 music label. P-Square was also nominated as “Most
Promising African Group” in the Kora Awards three months after the
release of their debut album. They eventually won the 2003 Amen Award
for “Best R&B Group”
In 2005, P Square released their second
album, Get Squared under their own label, Square Records. This album was
marketed nationwide by TJoe Enterprises, although they were still
managed by Howie T of Adrot Nigeria Limited. The video for the second
album held the #1 position on the MTV Base chart for four straight
weeks.
They have an ever growing fans based across South Africa with a
particular stronghold of diehard fans in Cape Town. Late in 2007, they
released their best selling album so far, “Game Over.” It sold 8 million
copies worldwide.
In 2009, P-Square released their fourth studio
album, “Danger”. The album features collaborations with 2-Face Idibia, J
Martins and Frenzy. The first single called “Danger” is a hip hop song
with cutting synths and a frog bass baseline similar to an Eminem song.
The video affirms this with the presence of clowns and staggered
movements in front of the camera reminiscent of comical videos by
Eminem. It was on the 18th January 2009 that Akon’s label,Konvict signed
Wizkid, Psquare, Tuface. Psquare has performed alongside the following
international artists like Ginuwine, Sean Paul, Akon and Busola Keshiro.
Meanwhile P-Square are now located in Lagos as their residence in
Nigeria.
In August 2012, P Square released a single titled “Alingo”, it became a
smashing hit that took the whole of Africa by storm. The video shot and
codirected by their elder brother Jude “Engees” Okoye and Clarence
Peters of Capital hill Production was rated as the best video that year.
Their latest smash hit again “Personally” released mid June 2013. The
video is a tribute to late Michael Jackson who inspired their musical
career till date. The video and song was such a hit that it got the
attention of Jermaine Jackson, late Michael Jackson’s brother who
commended the stars for doing such a tremendous job and hoped to meet
with them.
The duo are reported to handle most of their
production/beat making in house. The band has been faced with many
controversies for their habit of sampling western songs and popular hits
in their records. They have addressed the issue many times in
interviews as well as in the lyrics of their songs. Technically
speaking, P Square does more in the line of reconstructing the drum
patterns, chord progressions or lyrics of the sampled songs as against
actually cutting parts of the song and directly sampling into their
production. This accounts for the largely electronic feel of their
sound. Some of the songs which have been called up on this account
include “Get Squared”, “Game Over”, “Danger” and others.
On 4th April, 2010, P-Square was named the Artist of the Year at the
KORA All Africa Music Awards in Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso while they
were in London for a Concert at the Troxy, and they will receive a
whopping sum of $1 Million Dollars as the Award Winners, in Ebebiyin
City.
These perfect twins as people say, have undoubtedly gained the hearts
of their numerous fans all over the world. Some desperate ladies as
Peter called them in one of his interviews about their embarrassing
moments, kissed and romanced them in public place.
No doubt, P
Square is the most successful African artists, and this is evident with
the massive success of their numerous concerts in the continent. Over
the years, the three time MTV award winning group has made an enviable
impact in Africa, doing sold out concerts. And till date, the demand is
still waxing stronger.
Below are some of the awards they have won over time:
– Hip Hop World Awards 2006 – Best R&B Album (Get Squared)
– Hip Hop World Awards 2006 – Best Music Video (Get Squared)
– Hip Hop World Awards 2006 – Album Of The Year (Get Squared)
– Hip Hop World Awards 2006 – Song Of The Year (Bizzy Body)
– City Mag 9th Awards Show (2006) – Best Hip Hop Group
– Nigerian Music Awards (NMA) 2006 – Album of the year (Get Squared)
– Nigerian Music Awards (NMA) 2006 – Music Video of the year (Get Squared)
– 2007 Channel O Music Video Awards – Best Duo Or Group
– 2008 Channel O Music Video Awards – Best Duo Or Group
– 2008 Channel O Music Video Awards – Video Of The Year (“Do Me”)
– 2010 Channel O Music Video Awards- Best Group
– MTV Africa Music Awards 2008 – Best Group
– MTV Africa Music Awards 2009 – Best Group
– MTV Africa Music Awards 2010
– KORA Awards 2010 – Artiste of the Year
In
2013, Paul Okoye, one half of the musical duo, P-Square, was involved
in a paternity scandal with a lady named Elshamah Igbanoi who claimed
that Paul impregnated her; it was subsequently brought to our notice
that he accepted the baby after agreeing to go for a DNA test to
ascertain the paternity of the baby boy. These Nigerian celebrities are
both married. Peter Okoye has been married to Lola Omotayo since
November 2013 while the brother Paul Nonso Okoye is married to Anita
Tonye Isama just last month, March 2014.
The latest news on air which their fans won’t stop talking about is the
controversy in the Okoye family. The news is that the Okoye brothers
that have been known as P-square for a very long time now want to forge
their own parts due to several misunderstandings they are having
lately. We heard the dispute must have been caused by their wives,
considering the fact that they had always been together for as long as
we all can remember, until women formally came into their lives as
wives.
Their mum died on 11th July 2012, five hours after a successful heart
operation in India. Rumor had it that P-square are members of
illuminatti, a very powerful deadly cult as people say, so for that
reason, people hypothesized that they are responsible for the death of
their own dear mum since nothing could be pointed at as the cause of the
woman’s death five hours after a successfully carried out operation in
India which is regarded worldwide as one of the countries with the very
best cardiothoracic surgeons.
But in the end, they denied not having hands in her death as anyone else in their shoes would.
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