Popular singing duo, Artquake made up of Adex and Ice K, have opened up on why their career has maintained a low tempo in recent times.
Speaking with Punch in a recent interview, the duo popular for their hit single 'Alanta', said marriage made them slow down and they diversified into other businesses to cater to their families.
In their own words:
"When we released ‘Alanta,’ we slowed down because of marriage but that is natural. We also thought of diversifying and see what we could do apart from music to make money. That was what made us slow down but we did some music afterwards. We met our wives before we released ‘Alanta’ and they have been enduring with us before that song, so that made it a lot easier.
"If they were ladies that we met after ‘Alanta,’ we can’t tell what would have become of the marriage now because it would have been obvious that they came for the fame. These two ladies are people who have been with us before the mega hit and the big money. I remember there was a time we used to live in a self-contained apartment in Surulere and these ladies used to come around. They believed in us and did not forsake us."The singing duo also disclosed they have grown their label and have signed four new acts to their AQM record label.
They said:
"Since we did ‘Alanta,’ we have released about seven songs but they did not catch the attention of people like ‘Alanta’ did and that is the reason we are still giving our best. In 2015, we decided to rebrand so we brought new artistes to our record label, AQM Records. The four guys we signed have been with us for a while and we have been watching them. We felt it would be very bad for us to see talents and look the other way.
We had a proper contract with them and we put some welfare in place for them. We got them an apartment and give them a monthly welfare package. We have shot a video with them as a group and then we began to release their individual projects. That is what we have been up to. Artquake is also working on new materials but our new signees also slowed us down a little."
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