The celebrated pop group famously known as Amos and Josh has separated and the two singers have decided to go different ways.
The group is well known for taking the first runners-up and emerging winners of the reality show dubbed Tusker Project Fame season 6.
They are also known for hits such as 'Nerea' in which Sauti sol was featured, 'Baadaye' featuring Rabbit King Kaka and many other hits.
However, Josh revealed that the two had an agreement on partying separate ways. He went on to stress that there was nothing wrong between Amos and him.
In an interview at Radio Maisha, Josh who is now known as 'Manio' said that taking a break from music helped them realize their potential especially after facing challenges in 2017 and 2018.
Manio continued and unleashed his new project, dubbed 'ordinary folk' which he says that is a song that speaks to him, his fans and the entire nation.
Here is what Josh had to say on the details of the breakup:
“Hakukua na issues kati yetu, kulikua na issues around the brand Amos and Josh. Kwa sababu tulikua na production deal with the late producer, who I treasure so much, Bruce Odhiambo. Production deal haikua mzuri vile, ilianza kua na shida kidogo, so ikatu slow down. Tuka slow down on releasing music.
"The most part of 2017 and 2018 we didn’t release music. Kukosa kutoa ngoma inamaanisha hakuna gigs, kama hamna gigs inamaanisha hamna pesa.
"So this situation ni kama pressure ilikuja ika cause vitu vingi sana. As individuals tunagrow differently, tuko different age groups – we are five years apart between me and Amos that is something people don’t know- so kuna expectations za nyumbani. Unaambiwa eh unaoa lini? Unafanya hii mziki, hii mziki itakulisha?
“Such questions; ata wewe mwenyewe unaanza kujiambia wacha nianze kufanya vitu zingine nitafte dough. So we ended up going for other things. I started working with other artists… doing PR for corporate and Amos was shooting videos… Out of it tukaona its good also to allow individual expression. We unajiskia kufanya? Fanya haina shida. Out of what we gather from our individual experiences tunaweza kuja pamoja tukafanya kitu bigger. So it’s not really breaking, mi sioni kama Amos and Josh itawahi break, we have a whole album."