We all know Shatta Wale has built his brand on confrontation and insults, which has finally culminated in the incident last week at the VGMAs.
Formerly known as Bandana, Wale, after suffering for a decade in the wilderness, realized when he made his comeback that controversy sells and since then he has become the most controversial artist in the land.
Sarkodie has now become the mouthpiece of all artists in Ghana, having taken to the forefront to help fight the bans imposed on Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale by the board of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
Quiet and reserved Sarkodie has become an outspoken advocate for his fellow musicians.
Television anchor Bridget Otoo has thrown shade at Charterhouse for their poor handling of the Stonebwoy-Shatta Wale issue.
The story that never dies is still making headlines nearly one week after it occured as Ghanaians continue to dissect the issue and brainstorm the way forward.
Ever since last Saturday night’s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Charterhouse, organizers of the annual showpiece have had a public relations nightmare to deal with, following the disturbing antics of Ghana’s two favourite dancehall stars, Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy.
The commotion caused by the two which nearly led to the show being cancelled has spawned a week of negative press surrounding the VGMAs and which ended with the board taking a strong stance against the two artists by indefinitely banning them from the awards scheme and rescinding every award they won last weekend.
A-listed Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie has warned the organizers of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Charterhouse to be very careful on how they handling the issue between Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy.
According to Sarkodie, if Charterhouse does not take care, the entire artistes in the Ghanaian music industry will also come together and punish them.
Charterhouse has succeeded in banning Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy indefinitely from taking part in their events but they are not getting things easy at all as angry Ghanaians continue to blast and blame them for their improper organizational skill that is currently tearing apart our music industry.
‘Unhappy’ Criss Waddle, the boss of Ghana’s richest music group, Arab Money Gang (AMG) has been captured in a viral video mocking the hell out of Charterhouse.
Sending cautions to the Organizers of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Charterhouse on their harsh decision taken against our two biggest music stars, Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale, is what most of our celebrities are now doing on their pages.
Ghallywood popular actress, Lydia Forson on her Twitter page has also warned the board to be careful when dealing with artistes like Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy.
On Charterhouse’s decision to ban Ghana’s two popular Dancehall artistes, Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale for what they did at the just ended 20th edition of VGMA, actress Lydia Forson has broken her silence.
According to Lydia in a series of Tweets on her page, started with a congratulating message to the VGMA organizers, Charterhouse for their efforts in raising the name of Ghana music industry high.
Michael Owusu Addo has taken to his Twitter page to lecture the organizers of Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, Charterhouse on how they should have organized their event.
According to the BET Award winner, they (Charterhouse) created an ‘unprotected environment’ where emotions of fans and artistes could be tested adding that such things are not done in anywhere in the world.
Head of Communications for Charterhouse (the organizers of VGMA), George Quaye has said the bans that have been placed on Ghana’s two dancehall artistes, Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy are not permanent but rather an indefinite-meaning they can call them back at any time.
“There still an opportunity for them to come back because it’s not a lifetime ban neither is it a permanent ban, it’s indefinite meaning; there can be a time that the board will recall the ban.“
Finest Ghanaian rapper, Sarkodie from all indications, is not happy with Charterhouse decision to ban his colleagues and strip off their awards in addition.
He has broken his silence on his Twitter page. According to Sarkodie, even though what his colleagues did on that fateful day was not unacceptable but Charterhouse is to be blamed.
Controversial actress cum comedienne, Afia Schwarzenegger has said Ghanaian musicians must come together in this era to boycott Vodafone Ghana Music Awards because they are using them for their selfish gains.
According to the loud actress, she did not expect Vodafone Ghana to deal with Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy the way they have done so Ghanaian musicians must come together to boycott their decision.
Someone is begging for trouble-causers Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale to be given a more considerate sentence by Charterhouse — veteran broadcaster Abeiku Santana.
Whilst fans of the two stars are defiant and say they don’t need the VGMAs, Abeiku is calling for the two to be reinstated.
Communications Head for Charterhouse, organizers of the annual Vodafone Ghana Music Awards, George Quaye has responded to claims that since the awards won by both Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy has been revoked, then their fans should get the money they spent on voting for those artists back.
As you’ll recall, Stonebwoy spent a crazy amount of money to buy credit for fans to vote ahead of the awards, and Shatta Wale did something similar by constantly called on his fans to vote for him. Since those two are two of the biggest artists in the country, it stands to reason their fans spent tens of thousands of cedis voting for them.
Charterhouse’s Head of Communications, George Quaye has rubbished a section of Shatta Wale’s press statement released earlier today which stated that organizers understood that he will sit with his militants in the crowd.
In an interview with Zionfelix, George Quaye stated that even if that was true, it would have been the arrangement of ushers and not the organizers.
