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Charles Nii Armah Mensah (Shatta Wale )

Chanteur/euse, Compositeur
Ghana

English

Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr., known by his stage name Shatta Wale (formerly Bandana), is a Ghanaian born reggae-dancehall musician. He is best known for "Dancehall King". He won Artiste of the Year at the 2014 edition of the Ghana Music Awards.

 

Shatta Wale changed his name to "Bandana" after senior high school and released the hit track "Bandana from Ghana". The song made tremendous airwaves in the Ghanaian music industry in 2004. Shatta Wale's sudden rise to the occasion happen in 2013 VGMA awards when he threw lyrical insults to VGMA because he proclaimed they robbed him of the Dancehall artist of the year to a female Dancehall artist "Kaakie".

 

Even though the song had vulgar lyrics, it was so anticipated by the media, which created his musical breakthrough. His greatest song hit in 2013, Dancehall king took the airwaves by surprise. Shatta Wale's musical revenue is mostly generated through hosting of shows, which attracts most 1000's of Ghanaian youths. 

Source – Wikipedia 

 

 

 

 

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