Twin-X are gearing up for a comeback into the Nigerian music industry.
(Press)
Twin-X’s journey into the Nigerian music mainstream started in 2000
when they met Big Bamo of XL House, the man made popular for discovering
another Ibadan-based boy group Maintain.
After a lengthy absence from the Nigerian music scene, Twin-X twins; Tywo and Keni Akintoye, are staging a comeback.
The twin brothers, who dazzled music buffs with their single, Mother Mi, stuns in new photos. Scroll below to see the photos in the gallery.
Twin-X’s journey
into the Nigerian music mainstream started in 2000 when they met Big
Bamo of XL House, the man made popular for discovering another
Ibadan-based boy group Maintain.
While they recorded
their own songs, the duo provided vocals at several shows for Maintain
who were only rappers, and on May 27 2001 their debut ‘Mother mi’ was
released to wide acceptance, the video of which memorably featured many
of Nigeria’s hottest celebrities at the time, including Nollywood stars,
Uche Jombo, Steph Nora Okere, Jennifer Eliogu; Kennis Music boss, Kenny Ogungbe; ID Ogungbe, Nigezie boss, Kwame, Tony Tetuila and others paying tributes to their mothers.
In 2003, they
parted ways with Big Bamo and by 2004 they released the album ‘Plenty
Money’ on M&C Music with more videos, including their 2003 remake of
legendary Ebenezer Obey's ‘Miliki’.
Th album
consolidated on the success of their debut as they continued to grace
many big stages across Nigeria, including the 2005 Star Mega Jam along
with Ja Rule.
In 2006 they
started their label – Deuce Records – and were made the official voice
of a Nigerian Telecom company called O'net, the track ‘Plenty Money’ was
adopted as soundtrack for a BBC radio drama and they also went back to
the studio and teamed up with Don Jazzy and K-Solo to record ‘Oya’.
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