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Shoetan, known as Papa Shoto, was an Adisadel College student. They signed on to Abib Records, which the group described in an interview as a “good contract and good money”. The group then recorded their first studio album “Komi Kἐ Kena", and then followed it up with “Awἐnsἐm” before topping it with “Nkomhyἐ” with Abib Records. After a few years, Isaac Shoetan left the group to pursue his own projects, leaving Coaches and Bright to record “1662”, “SikaKorkor”, and then “Gold Coast” with Agicoat Records before Coaches and Bright also split themselves to pursue their solo projects in 2006.
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