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Shatta and Stonebwoy Should Have Been Banned for Two or Three Years and Not Forever — Abeiku Santana ‘Begs’

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Someone is begging for trouble-causers Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale to be given a more considerate sentence by Charterhouse — veteran broadcaster Abeiku Santana.

Whilst fans of the two stars are defiant and say they don’t need the VGMAs, Abeiku is calling for the two to be reinstated.

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Nobody Is Getting Their Money Back — George Quaye Responds to Calls For Stonebwoy and Shatta Fans to be Given their Voting Credit Back

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Communications Head for Charterhouse, organizers of the annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, George Quaye has responded to claims that since the awards won by both Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy has been revoked, then their fans should get the money they spent on voting for those artists back.

As you’ll recall, Stonebwoy spent a crazy amount of money to buy credit for fans to vote ahead of the awards, and Shatta Wale did something similar by constantly called on his fans to vote for him. Since those two are two of the biggest artists in the country, it stands to reason their fans spent tens of thousands of cedis voting for them.

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‘Charterhouse Had No Idea Shatta Wale Will Be Sitting With His Fans In The Crowd’ – George Quaye Rubbishes Wale’s Statement

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Charterhouse’s Head of Communications, George Quaye has rubbished a section of Shatta Wale’s press statement released earlier today which stated that organizers understood that he will sit with his militants in the crowd.

In an interview with Zionfelix, George Quaye stated that even if that was true, it would have been the arrangement of ushers and not the organizers.

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Shatta Wale Comes Hard at Charterhouse After He Was Banned — Check Out What He Said

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Shatta ‘I quit VGMA just before they banned me’ Wale has come out hard at organizers of the show, Charterhouse, after he was banned indefinitely from the awards scheme.

Wale and his partner in crime, Stonebwoy, were both banned indefinitely by the awards scheme earlier today after their involvement in a brawl at last Saturday’s awards night.

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‘VGMA Board Should Have Still Announced The Winners Of The Last 2 Awards’ — Sammy Forson Opines

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Due to Shatta Wale and Stoneboy’s misbehaviour at the just ended 20th edition of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA), Charterhouse, the organisers of the event refused to announce the winners of the last two categories which was ‘Artiste of the Year’ and the most popular song of the year.

However, one of the VGMA’sformer board members, Sammy Forson has stated that the winners should have been announced adding that it would have given music lovers some closer.

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TWEET: ‘Take Back Your Awards After Giving Us Our Voting Money’ — Criss Waddle Tells Charterhouse

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Charterhouse is making things worse for themselves for asking Ghana’s two biggest artistes, Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale to return the awards given to them at the just ended VGMA20.

Boss of Arab Money Gang (AMG), Criss Waddle has made his opinions known concerning Charterhouse decision to strip these artistes off their awards.

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Charterhouse Has No Right Stripping Shatta Wale And Stonebwoy Off Their Awards After Their Fans Voted For Them’ — Entertainment Critic Ashes

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Charterhouse, the main organizers of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards a few hours ago, announced that two of our artiste, Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy have been indefinitely banned from participating in VGMA events.

Charterhouse did not only ban them but also asked them to return every single award given to them on that fateful day.

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Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale Should Be Thrown in Jail So They Can Make Their Fake Dancehall Songs From There — Chris-Vincent

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The VGMA Board has just announced that both Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale have been banned from the awards scheme indefinitely and that the awards they’ve won have been annulled.

That punishment is being handed down to them due to the brawl they caused at the just ended 2019 edition of the VGMAs which endangered the lives of everyone in attendance and brought great shame on the organizers.

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JUST IN: Charterhouse Bans Shatta Wale And Stonebwoy; Strips Off Their Awards

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Just after Shatta Wale announced his permanent break from the Ghana Music Awards, the board of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards and Charterhouse, the organisers of the awards upon broader consultation have banned Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy from participating in the Ghana Music Awards indefinitely.

Their decision comes on the back of Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy’s commotion that nearly caused a stampede which could have resulted in the death of thousands of music lovers during the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards on Saturday, May 18, 2019.

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JUST IN: Shatta Wale Announces Permanent Break From Ghana Music Awards

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Dancehall/Highlife artist, Charles Nii Armah Mensah popularly known as Shatta Wale upon sober reflections from the bizarre incident at the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards has announced that he wouldn’t be part of the Ghana Music Awards scheme again.

Shatta Wale who’s currently in court over his fight with arch-rival Stonebwoy during the 20th anniversary of the Ghana Music Awards took to his official Instagram page and wrote;

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Charterhouse Lost Sponsorship Deals Ahead Of VGMA 2019 — Sarkodie Reveals

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Winner of Artiste of The Decade award at the just ended VGMA20, Michael Owusu Addo better known by his stage name, Sarkodie has revealed that Charterhouse had difficulties in getting sponsorship deals for their event.

According to Sarkodie, the space between the corporate world and the entertainment industry has made it difficult to secure sponsorships, suggesting that it’s important for the two industries to come together.

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LISTEN — John Dumelo Admits He Run and Left Jackie Appiah Behind During the VGMA Brouhaha

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The confusion that occurred during Saturday night’s VGMAs led to some very prominent personalities being forced to put on their running shoes and bolting from the arena to avoid any trouble.

Kwame Sefa Kayi has already revealed that the British High Commissioner to Ghana, Iain Walker, was one of the first to ‘vanish’ from the auditorium and actor John Dumelo was not that far behind.

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Shatta Wale Accused of Trying to Pull A Gun On VGMA Stage During the Confusion — See For Yourself

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Whilst Stonebwoy has been getting all the grief for pulling a gun onstage during the VGMA Awards, Shatta Wale might have tried doing something similar himself.

A video uploaded to social media purports to show Wale making a move similar to someone trying to draw out a gun.

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VGMA 2019: Don’t Blame Stonebwoy And Shatta Wale; Ebony’s Ghost Caused The Confusion – Starboy Kwarteng Reveals

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The father of the late Ebony Reigns, Mr Opoku Kwarteng commenting about the unfortunate incident that occurred at the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards on Saturday, May 18, 2019, has descended heavily on Charterhouse for not doing the needful.

According to Nana Opoku Kwarteng aka Starboy Kwarteng, Ghanaians shouldn’t put the blame on Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale for the confusion that nearly caused stampede and death of 1000s of Ghanaians in the auditorium.

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VGMA 2019: The Late Ebony Reigns Still Reigns As ‘Artist Of The Year’ After Being Crowned In 2018

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For your information, the late Dancehall diva, Ebony Reigns is currently holding the mantle as the ‘Artist of the Year’ after winning it in 2018 ─ even though the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards has been organised.

This is so because Charterhouse, the organisers of the Ghana Music Awards could not announce the ‘Artiste of the Year’ for 2019 due to Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale’s bizarre incident on the night.

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VGMA 2019: We Refused To Announce ‘Song Of The Year’ And ‘Artiste Of The Year’ Awards Because They Belong To Stonebwoy And Shatta Wale – Kwame Sefa-Kayi Reveals

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Celebrated Broadcast Journalist, Kwame Sefa-Kayi who was the Master of Ceremony MC at the 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards has revealed why Charterhouse, organisers of the awards show refused to announce the winners for the categories ‘Song of the Year’ and Artiste of the Year’ Awards on the night.

According to Kwame Sefa-Kayi, Charterhouse after Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale’s bizarre incident which nearly marred the 20th anniversary of the Ghana Music Awards took a firm decision not to announce the winners.

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Charterhouse Assures There Will Be Proper Sanction For Stonebwoy And Shatta Wale

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Organizers of VGMA, Charterhouse, has assured that, Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy will receive sanction after pulling a brawl at the 20th edition of their annual award event.

According to the organizers, the act by the two artistes is uncalled-for, and thus break the terms and conditions of the premier music awards event.

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‘Kumi Guitar and Dada Hafco Should Have Stormed the Stage when Shatta Wale Won Highlife Song of the Year’ — Zapp Mallet Slams ‘Gbee Naabu’

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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.

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STATEMENT: Charterhouse Condemns Wale-Stonebwoy Battle At VGMA — READ FULL STATEMENT

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The main organizers of Ghana’s biggest sets of awards to honour artistes in the Ghana music Industry, Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA), Charterhouse has condemned the violent encounter between Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale at their 20th edition of the event.

These two artistes, Shatta and Stonebwoy, destroyed the show after Stonebwoy reportedly fired a gunshot because of Shatta Wale’s attack on him and his team while they were receiving an award.

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PRESS RELEASE: Burniton Music Group Apologizes To Charterhouse, Ghanaians And Vodafone Ghana– READ

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Stonebwoy was forced by Shatta Wale to act nonsense at the 20th edition of VGMA at the Accra International Conference Centre over the weekend.

About this unfortunate incident, Stonebwoy has officially released a press statement to apologised to Charterhouse, Ghanaians and to the main sponsors of the event, Vodafone Ghana.

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2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards — Full List of Winners

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A very eventful 20th Anniversary VGMA edition came off Saturday night/Sunday dawn at the Accra International Conference Centre.

The event, which was marred by violence from Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy, managed to continue following their fracas but ended in a truncated fashion as for the first time in the show’s history, no  Artist of the Year was crowned on the night.

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Charterhouse to Hold ‘Future of Music Business’ Seminar on Friday Ahead of 20th Anniversary VGMAs

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The spate of activities to be held before the 20th anniversary VGMAs kicks off continues on Friday as Charterhouse hosts its ‘future of music business’ seminar.

The seminar, which would bring together music stakeholders to brainstorm the future of the industry, would be held at the Ridge Arena of the Alisa Hotel on May 17th, from 9:30am to 4pm.

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Praye Punches George Quaye for Calling A ‘Legendary’ Group Like Them ‘Attention Seekers’

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The veteran Ghanaian hiplife group Praye are engaged in a war of words with organizers of the annual VGMAs, Charterhouse.

Praye’s anger stems from being unable to land even one nomination for this year’s awards, which led to the group slamming Charterhouse which in turn elicited a response from their communications manager, George Quaye.

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STATEMENT: All Set for 20th VGMA Awards Starting with Experience Concert on Saturday

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All events and preparations are set for the upcoming 20th-anniversary edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.

The mega event kicks off this weekend with the first-ever VGMA Experience concert, to be held at the Independence Square in Accra.

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‘Charterhouse Is Broke That’s Why We Are Unable To Promote This Year’s VGMA Event’ — George Quaye Reveals

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It seems all is not well for Ghana’s biggest Awards scheme, Vodafone Ghana Music Awards (VGMA). Unlike how their previous held events were hyped and promoted, this year’s VGMA has not seen such publicities.

Commenting on this during an interview with showbiz, the Communication Officer at Charterhouse, George Quaye stated that since this year’s maiden event is not being promoted especially seeing it on billboards, being advertised on radios/Television stations and being published on different blogs, should tell you all is not well for the organizers.

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VIDEOS: Flowking Stone Proves Why He Is One Of The Finest In Ghana And The Best In Oseikrom At The 2019 VGMA Nominees Jam

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The 20th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, organized by Charterhouse is scheduled to take place in Accra somewhere in May 2019. This years edition will mark the 20th anniversary of the biggest awards show in Ghana and even in Africa.

As part of the activities that precede the main show every year, a nominees jam is organized in one of the cities of Ghana and this year, Kumasi was chosen as the host city for the nominees’ jam.

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VIDEO: After So Many Years, Shatta Wale Shuts Down VGMA Nominees Jam In The Most Incredible Way

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Yesterday, 6th April 2019, Kumasi was brought back to life in the aspect of entertainment most especially music shows. It is the 20th edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, and ahead of the main event set to happen in May, the Nominees’ Jam happened in Kumasi.

Kumasi has hosted the VGMA nominees jam before, but this was just extraordinary as it marked the 20th edition of the Ghana Music Awards. Congratulations to Charterhouse for doing this for the past 20 years and they couldn’t have chosen any better place for this celebration to happen than Kumasi.

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