Nana Kwame Abrokwa was born on October 5th, 1969 in Accra (Ghana). At the age of 10, he came to Germany with his mother, brothers and sisters. Music was his hobby since his tender years, and when he finished school, he started a DJ career. He played at a lot of places and got kind of famous. He also appeared in two German movies. Then he met Toni Cottura and they both understood that, one day, they would work together. At this time, Toni was successful with Fun Factory and producing great hits for famous acts like Marky Mark, the Backstreet Boys and N'Sync. In 1997, Toni Cottura left Fun Factory with his partner Bülent Aris and it was finally time for them to work together with Nana.

Nana started rapping under the name of MC Africa True (or shortly: True). He contributed to the eurodance group Darkness with the single In My Dreams in 1995. The music was programmed and arranged by Bülent. He also co-produced some songs for DJ David Fascher (such as Make The Crowd Go Wild).

Nana's first solo single Darkman was released in late 1996.