At a time when lovers of Ghanaian Highlife music held the famous Lumba Brothers—himself and Daddy Lumba—in the highest esteem, the duo decided to split.
After several years, Nana Acheampong has talked about the breakup, which took place over thirty years ago.
The highlife superstar made it clear that neither financial difficulties nor disagreements over love relationships were the cause, even if those kinds of things did happen a lot back then.
The Lover Boy, as Nana Acheampong is affectionately known by his fans, disclosed that the reason behind their breakup was Lumba’s abrupt departure from the German city in which they were all living in an interview with MzGee on UTV.
He claimed that the unannounced move presented serious difficulties that prevented them from carrying on their productive collaboration.
“We started the work well, and the reception was great. We were both strong and wanted to go solo for a while, but the fans weren’t happy about it, so they thought something was wrong somewhere.
The issue was that he lived very far away, which affected how we worked because of the stress of transporting ourselves, so it wasn’t working out.
However, we saw that we were doing well for ourselves independently, so I suggested that we break up and go our own ways,” he said.
Nana Acheampong emphasized the absence of any conflict between them, highlighting their continued support for each other and their positive contributions to their country’s music scene.
“I’ve done up to 30 albums on my own; he has done the same. So in total, we have up to 60 albums, in different genres. We have done good for the country,” he told MzGee, the host of the show.
There is no beef between us. You can even call him and he will verify what I said. I haven’t offended him, he hasn’t offended me either, we are still in touch with each other,” he added.