Who Is Shatta Wale? The Man, The Myth, The Legend

Born Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr, Shatta Wale is a music producer and dancehall musician. Shatta is also a prominent songwriter and sound engineer. Shatta Wale completed his high school education at Aguafo Secondary School, where he was popularly known as "Baby boy". After a ten year disappearance from the scene, the musician returned as a re-branded, rejuvenated, re-inspired Shatta Wale. Releasing a hit titled "Dancehall King" in 2013, Shatta Wale announced his presence in style to the rest of the Ghanaian music industry. Sparking controversy by releasing a "Diss" song titled "Me no need no award", Shatta took a swipe at the organizers of the Ghana Music Awards, claiming they had robbed him of his award in favour of fellow artist, Kaakie. Some Pundits are of the view that it is this diss song that shot Shatta to fame. Wellthat may be true, but the fact still remains that the re-branded Shatta Wale captivated hearts by dint of hard work, sheer tenacity and efficiency, building arguably the most powerful and loyal fanbase in the process. In an unexpected but unsurprising gesture, Wale was all over the news in 2015 after he asked not to be nominated in the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards knowing he could easily have won the prestigious Artiste & Song of the year with his hit songs Dancehall Commando featuring Sarkodie, Party all night long featuring Jah Vinci, Wine ya waist featuring Davido and Korle Gonno among many hit songs he released the preceding year. Shatta Wale's 'After The Storm' album launch which was held at the Black Star Square in Accra Ghana on April 29, 2016, attracted over sixty thousand people whom he thrilled with countless songs. The album contained a list of 22 songs and it received generally positive review from music critics. Known to be a Christian and a philanthropist, Shatta has on numerous occasions donated to the needy and less privileged in society. Shatta has won several awards including Artist of the year at the 2014 Ghana Music Awards, African Artist of the year at the 2014 Nigerian Entertainment Awards and Best New Entertainer at International Reggae and World Music Awards. Wale also won Highlife song of the year and Reggae Dancehall song of the year with his songs; my level and Gringo respectively at the 2019 Ghana Music Awards. Known to be vocal and controversial, it is a fact that Shatta Wale is a non-conformist. Source | Summary