Vocalist Siliman Musa (Nicky Prince) and the late rapper Murye Alex (Mantani) who died on 24 July 2021 in a motor road accident;[1] formed the group in South Sudan in 2011.
[2] Initially a duo, Ochwo Junior (Linus) then joined in 2016 after a series of collaborations with Kilo Kwen Kulek, offside and Yau De.
On 3 April 2015, the group completed their first album launch dubbed “Yau De,” establishing them as a household name in South Sudan.
[3] The band had successful tours in South Sudan and part of Uganda's West Nile Region, claiming a huge attention with their videos being played on Ugandan charts on both television and radio.
At that time he returned from Khartoum, Sudan and had wanted to form a group; that led to them collectively agreeing on the name “Hardlife Avenue” as a reference to the difficulty of their childhood struggles.