Mike Abdul of Midnight Crew is regarded as the most featured gospel artiste in Africa. With the release of his new single “Morire”, and the debut single “Eze” from Pat, another member of the group. Some feel the award winning group might be on the road to a break up.
The group, represented by Mike Abdul and Pat Uwaje-King however shed light on the issue when they visited the Praiseworld Radio studios on April 13, 2013 via The Praise O’Clock Show with TOLA, explaining how Midnight Crew is set to give better expression to the potentials of each individual while keeping the parent brand.
“Midnight Crew has always believed that if you are going to be in a group, make sure that your group caters for the expression of all the members. And we also strongly believe that it is possible to have individual expressions, and there is nothing wrong with expressing those things that you have inside of you”, said Mike Abdul
“The kind of brand Midnight Crew has may not contain everything each of the individuals has to give. It is just good for you to allow for the members to freely express themselves. Midnight Crew is still very intact as a group. I’m still a member of Midnight Crew, the four of us are still very much members of Midnight Crew.”
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The four members are currently in the United States as Midnight Crew on a tour that will last till June, 2013; they have moved their three month Europe tour till 2014.
When asked if their individual solo projects will in anyway distract the collective passion from the group projects, Midnight Crew buttressed the fact that the success of the individual projects brings collective success.
“Our management has compared us to the Cocacola Company. There is no way Fanta or Sprite affects Coke. As a matter of fact, the success of the others brings glory to Cocalcola. So the Mike Abdul or Pat Uwaze-King brand will in turn bring glory to the Midnight crew brand”
According to Pat, fondly referred to as Mama P of Africa “Midnight crew is very huge. God is really doing his work with us. But sometimes we need to give room for people to express themselves.”
“Sometimes, some people say they just want the women in Midnight Crew, for instance Women Conferences, but they can’t have us, because we locked everything down, but right now we are about to open it all up, so each sector can have a piece of all of us”.
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