Shatta Wale

Shatta Wale
Born Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr.
Accra
Nationality Ghanaian
Other names Bandana
Occupation Musician
Known for Reggae, dancehall
Website
shattawale.com.gh

Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr., known by his stage name Shatta Wale[1] (formerly Bandana), is a Ghanaian born reggae-dancehall musician born on the 17th of October, 1984 to Charles Mensah Snr and Mama Elsie. He is best known for "Dancehall King". He won Artiste of the Year at the 2014 edition of the Ghana Music Awards.

Career

Shatta Wale changed his name to "Bandana" after senior high school and released the hit track "Bandana from Ghana". The song made tremendous air waves 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.[2]

In 2015, Shatta Wale asked not to be nominated in the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards even though he could have won the prestigious Artiste & Song of the year for the second time running with his hit songs Dancehall Commando featuring Sarkodie,[3] Party all night long featuring Jah Vinci,[4][5][6][7][8] Wine ya waist featuring Davido [9] and Korle Gonno among many hit songs he released the preceding year: because of an impending court case with the organisers of the Awards Charter House Productions Ltd [10][11][12] for allegedly making defamatory remarks against the CEO of Charter House in a video he uploaded on his Facebook page.[13]

Shatta Wale's hardwork in 2014, got him nominated for the maiden and highly prestigious GN Bank Awards [14][15] as the People’s Choice Male Musician of the year.[16]

Awards and nominations

Year Event Prize Recipient Result Reference
2014 Channel O Music Video Awards Most Gifted Ragga Dancehall Video "Everybody Likes My Ting" Nominated [17][18]
4Syte TV Music Video Awards Best Reggae/Dancehall Video Won [19]
Most Popular Video Won
2014 Nigeria Entertainment Awards African Artist of the Year Won [20]
African Muzik Magazine Awards Best Male West Africa Nominated [21]
Best Dancehall Artist Nominated
Ghana Music Awards Artist of the Year Won [2]
Best Collaboration of the Year "Hot Cake"
Pope Skinny feat. Shatta Wale
Nominated
Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year Nominated
"Fever"
D2 feat. Shatta Wale
Nominated
"Dancehall King" Won
Nigerian Entertainment Awards African Artiste of the Year Won [22]
BASS Awards Best Performer of the Year Won [23][24]
Best Collaboration of the year "D2 ft. Shatta Wale – Fever" Nominated
"Shatta Wale ft. D Black – Ina the Party" Nominated
Best Video Dancehall "Like my thing" Won
Dancehall Artist of the year "Shatta Wale – Enter the Net" Won
Year Event Prize Recipient Result Reference
2015 GN Bank Awards People’s Choice Male Musician Shatta Wale Won [15][16][25][26][27][28][29][30]
2014 International Reggae and World Music Awards Best New Entertainer Shatta Wale Won [31][32][33][34][35][36]

References

  1. "A 'repented' Shatta Wale apologizes to Charter House". MyJoyOnline. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Full list of winners at 2014 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards". MyJoyOnline. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarkodie_(rapper)
  4. http://www.ghxclusives.com/shatta-wale-party-all-night-ft-jah-vinci/
  5. http://www.ghanamotion.com/shatta-wale-party-all-night-ft-jah-vinci/
  6. http://www.urbanroll.net/releases/shatta-wale-ft-jah-vinci-party-nite/
  7. https://bigx.com.gh/shatta-wale-jah-vinci-party-night/
  8. http://www.ghanandwom.com/shatta-wale-party-all-night-feat-jah-vinci/
  9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davido
  10. http://www.myjoyonline.com/entertainment/2014/December-9th/an-unregistered-charter-house-ghana-limited-cant-sue-shatta-wale-defence-counsel.php
  11. http://showbiz.peacefmonline.com/pages/news/201410/220691.php
  12. http://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/charter-house-shatta-wale-case-adjourned-to-january/
  13. https://www.facebook.com/rasta.flex?fref=ts
  14. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/artikel.php?
  15. 15.0 15.1 http://omgghana.com/full-list-nominees-gn-bank-peoples-choice-awards/
  16. 16.0 16.1 http://pulse.com.gh/news/gn-bank-awards-2015-shatta-wale-crowned-male-musician-of-the-year-see-full-list-of-winners-id3590679.html
  17. Rhodé Marshall. "Channel O Africa announces Music Video Awards nominees". The M&G Online.
  18. "Channel O TV Online - Full list of CHOAMVA winners". dstv.com.
  19. ghanamotion. "[Photos] Edem tops 2014 4syte TV Music Video Awards as Sarkodie wins Most Influential Artist Award". Ghanamotion.com.
  20. Editor. "Nigeria Entertainment Awards 2014 holds in New York (Full list of winners)". chills24.
  21. "See Nominees for the African Muzik Magazine Awards (AFRIMMA) 2014". Bellanaija. 9 June 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  22. "Ghana News - Shatta Wale wins African Artiste of the Year". myjoyonline.com.
  23. "BASS Awards - Full List of Winners". peacefmonline. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  24. "2014 BASS Awards: Blakk Rasta, Ras Kuuku & Shatta Wale receive highest nominations". myjoyonline. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  25. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/artikel.php?ID=344658
  26. http://www.dailyguideghana.com/spyder-lee-changes-awards-name-to-gn-bank-awards/
  27. http://www.kapital971.com/tag/gn-bank-peoples-choice-awards/
  28. http://graphic.com.gh/entertainment/showbiz-news/40471-top-stars-swerved-at-gn-bank-awards.html
  29. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/entertainment/artikel.php?ID=351400
  30. http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/artikel.php?ID=351368
  31. http://www.ghanamotion.com/shatta-wale-crowned-best-new-entertainer-at-the-2014-irawma-awards/
  32. http://myjoyonline.com/entertainment/2014/August-27th/shatta-wale-nominated-for-two-international-awards.php
  33. http://www.ghanamotion.com/tag/international-reggae-and-world-music-awards/
  34. https://bigx.com.gh/shatta-wale-nominated-for-international-reggae-and-world-music-awards/
  35. http://citifmonline.net/news/best-new-entertainer-at-the-2014-irawma-awards-shatta-wale-crowned
  36. http://www.reggaenostalgia.com/irawma-oct-4th-coral-springs-center-for-the-arts/