Double K
About us
Kroo Bay's music duo
We're Abubakar and Osman but we like to call ourselves Kool King and King Osu. We've been friends since we were children.
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We’ve been making music for ten years. Through music we talk about day-to-day problems that affect people. We talk about politics, but we also balance this with love songs.Abubakar
Our music is about personal suffering and about love. We make music to explain what we feel. There are messages in our music. For example, one of our new songs talks about looking to the future, not the past.Osman
My favourite songs on the album are ‘I love you’, ‘Gimme dat tin’ and ‘Me transport’.Abubakar
My favourite songs are ‘Sweet Salone’, ‘I love you’ and ‘Lollypop’.Osman
'Gimme dat tin' was very popular. All of Sierra Leone loves it. We are now planning our second album - the music is nearly ready.Abubakar
The songs are all written, we just need time in the studio to record them. It’s not easy. There are other, bigger people on the label and they take preference at the studio.Osman
It's not easy because we don’t have a manager. I have no job but Abubakar works in a factory that makes cassettes and albums. Whatever we get, we spend on our music.Abubakar
My inspiration is from reggae music - artists like Bob Marley. I used to listen to Bob Marley’s songs and other reggae artists when I was a child, imagining the process they went through to make their music. I also like Jimmy Bee, a local musician. He’s the grandfather of Sierra Leonean music.Osman
Beenie Man is my favourite musician but I also like Sean Paul. My favourite music is reggae and dancehall. My aspiration is to become an international artist.
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Hello From The United Kingdom!
You two have a great sense for music, maybe not my genre but you seem to have made me want to listen to Reggae... keep fighting guys, peace out :)
Good Luck on whatever troubles you face in live,
from Sam
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heyy guys ! hope you are well .. must be tough living in the conditions you face in day to day life but keep on fighting!! very talented you'll go far :) xxx
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I run a free thinking music and art collective in the UK and I'm very intrested in your music. I would like a copy of your album to show people, your music is fanatsic! Keep up the good work.
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Hey, what instruments can you play?
you're really talented!
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Hello. I meant to say in my last e-mail, that I hope that if you have any dreams they come true. Keep on fighting.
Georgina
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Hi. My name is Gosia. I'm from Poland, but I'm living in the UK. It's must be really hard to live in that place where you live. And by the way, I really like your music...
Gosia xxxx
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hiya! My name is Georgina. Is it hard living where you live? By the way I'm from the UK and I like your music.
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Your music is ace!
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I'm Chrissi Shaw and I live in Leeds.
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Hey guys,
I'm a fundraiser in Brighton UK and we're raising money for you guys in Kroo B ay. All the best keep doing what your doing!
Hello From The United Kingdom!
You two have a great sense for music, maybe not my genre but you seem to have made me want to listen to Reggae... keep fighting guys, peace out :)
Good Luck on whatever troubles you face in live,
from Sam
