Africa’s channel of Deutsche Welle Tv (DW Africa) a German state-owned public international broadcaster, who convey a comprehensive image of Germany, report events and developments has featured controversial Ghanaian-internatonal reggae-dancehall artiste, Charles Nii-Armah Mensah known for his artistry as, Shatta Wale, on their recent release of focus on Africa.
Describing the reggae-dancehall crooner in a paragraph on Facebook, due to his phenomenal achievements, the German international broadcasting firm stated that that, the former is not just making music to entertain, but now working at inspiring the next generation, hoping to mentor many to get off the streets and avoid social vices.
Just like other Ghanaian artistes who are putting Ghana on the map, Shatta Wale blew the minds of Ghanaians after he revealed that he had a collaboration with Beyonce. This is collaboration is the biggest collaboration done by any top Ghanaian artiste. Shatta Wale also released his Wonder Boy Album some few weeks ago, and it is doing awesome.
Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr., (born October 17, 1984) is a Ghanaian-born producer and reggae-dancehall musician. He is known by his stage name Shatta Wale, formerly Bandana. His best known song is “Dancehall King”, which led to winning the Artiste of the Year at the 2014 edition of the Ghana Music Awards. Wale is also an actor, having appeared in the films Never Say Never, The trial of Shatta Wale and Shattered Lives,
Having achieved street credibility in a fairly undeveloped Ghanaian dancehall genre at the time, he achieved popularity with his 2004 single, “Moko Hoo”, which features Tinny. Then known in the industry as Bandana, the song earned him a Ghana Music Awards nomination. There afterwards, Bandana went missing in the music circus for nearly a decade until rebranding himself in 2013. He began releasing music under a new name, Shatta Wale, under his own record label (SM For Lyf Records).
In 2014, he peaked number 38 on E.tv’s “Top 100 Most Influential Ghanaians” Awards chart. He has since appeared on the chart each year. He was ranked “Most Influential Musician” on social media in 2017. he won 8 awards at the 3music awards in 2019.
Click on link to stream his latest project, Wonder Boy Album.
https://www.deezer.com/us/album/114014342?autoplay=true
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