36 MUSICIANS
T
he Identical twin brothers populary known as
P-Square are of names Peter and Paul Okoye.
We all gotta love the duo.
The story of P-Square began in St. Murumba
secondary school, a small Catholic school in
Jos, Nigeria. Identical twins Peter and Paul
joined their school music and drama club
where they began singing, dancing, and mimicking songs by MC Hammer, Bobby Brown
and Michael Ja ckson.
They later formed an 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 artistic 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, they applied to the University of Abuja to study Business
Administration. The Smooth Criminals disbanded when its members