Shatta Wale

Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr., (born 17 October 1984) known by his stage name Shatta Wale, formerly Bandana, is a Ghanaian reggae-dancehall artist. Shatta Wale started with the stage name “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 happened in 2013 VGMA awards when he threw lyrical insults at VGMA, now Telecel Ghana Music Awards (TGMA), 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 that it created his musical breakthrough.