Keche (often called The Skill Team) is a Ghanaian musical hip-life duo formed in the year 2004 consisting of Joshua Kojo Ampah and Andrew Kofi Cudjoe. Keche means "skills" in the Akan language. The duo rose to fame with their debut album Pressure (2008). Keche has multiple nominations under their belt and their song 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 engineer 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 Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Following that, the group also performed at the UN Peace concert in Monrovia, Liberia 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. 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 Year 2021 Vodafone Ghana Music Award; Winner - Best Collaboration

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