Popular Ghanaian musician and
songwriter Martin King Arthur, widely known as Kofi Kinaata has revealed that
he was once a footballer and nearly played for the school team.
Kinaata attended Takoradi Technical
Institute between 2007-2010 and was one of the popular students back then due
to his craft as a rapper.
He made this revelation while speaking in an interview with Takoradi-based Skyy Power FM.
The “Things Fall Apart” hitmaker
added that he had to stop playing football to do full-time music due to some
challenges he didn’t he failed to disclose.
He says ;
“I played
football at Secondary School form one and was part of the [T.T.I] school
team,’’
“All the school team players were my playmates, they knew I was
a good player, and one of the top-five player in the school team.”
“I couldn’t take football to
a high level because of one or two challenges. I was a defender and played
Colts football with Depotivo FC U-14 [at Efiekuma]”
Kofi Kinaata is regarded as one of the best songwriters in Ghana after releasing some hit songs namely Confession, Susuka, Things Fall Apart, Adam and Eve and many others.
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