Ever since he reemerged onto the Ghanaian music scene as Shatta Wale after leaving Bandana dead and buried, Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr has called himself the ‘dancehall king’, and all of us has allowed him to get away with it.
The bitter truth is Shatta Wale is not a man, much less a king! The head honcho of the Shatta Movement Empire is nothing but a coward.
We all know Shatta Wale has built his brand on confrontation and insults, which has finally culminated in the incident last week at the VGMAs.
Formerly known as Bandana, Wale, after suffering for a decade in the wilderness, realized when he made his comeback that controversy sells and since then he has become the most controversial artist in the land.
Saturday night’s VGMA show will go down in history as one of the most memorable ones, but it wasn’t for the organization, the awards won or even for the performances on the night.
Instead, the 2019 VGMAs, the 20th-anniversary edition of the show, would always be remembered for being the show where Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale nearly went to war after years of verbal sparring.
Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy have certainly taken over the entire country today due to their violent clash at the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
If attention was what they were looking for they certainly got it; it’s like all the oxygen in Ghana today is being used to sustain the story from dying out.
Legendary music producer Zapp Mallet has descended heavily on Shatta Wale for his decision to storm the stage of the VGMAs when Stonebwoy was receiving his award for Reggae/Dancehall Artist of the Year.
Mallet is the latest Ghanaian to attack either of those two artists for their childish actions which threatened the lives of all who visited the dome to witness the VGMA night.
The 20th VGMA Awards come off Saturday night and the conversation ahead of the big night has all been about the VGMA Artist of the Decade award, which would reward the topmost artist in the industry over the past 10 years.
The names in that conversation are the creme de la creme of Ghanaian music, from Samini to Sarkodie to Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy and others. But in always concentrating on those already great, we risk missing out on greatness unfolding right before our very eyes.
The campaign that Shatta Wale is running in an attempt to win awards at the upcoming VGMAs is so intense you would be forgiven for thinking awards are the only thing Wale cares about.
The fact that Wale has in the past derided awards that he failed to win, making him a complete hypocrite in this instance, doesn’t bother him at all one bit.
Kumawood star turned musician Kwadwo Nkansah Lilwin has hit out at the VGMA board for leaving him out of the nominees for the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA).
According to Lilwin, because he is such a successful actor that the board are reluctant to award him for his music as well.
Ahead of the landmark 20th Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA), the nominees jam has been slated to be held in the Ashanti Regional Capital of Kumasi.
The nominees jam is to be headlined by the biggest names who got nominated for the upcoming awards and would include Shatta Wale, Stonebwoy, Wendy Shay and others.
The nominees list for the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards was released last week in a ceremony held at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra, as the official awards night draws ever closer.
Since its release, the list has engendered numerous controversies as artists who did not make the list and their fans put forward their reservations over being left out.
The boss of Shatta Movement, Shatta Wale after bagging 9 nominations at the yet-to-be-held 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMAs) has taken to his Instagram page to campaign for votes from Ghanaian men of God.
Shatta Wale who cannot wait to grab award(s) on the night of the event posted a flyer of his 9 nominations with the caption:
