Shatta Wale is now a god

Showbiz critic and journalist at NewsOne, Halifax Nii Ansah has done a worthy read about GHANA Dancehall heavyweight, Shatta Wale (Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr.). This comes in line with the much anticipated album launch “After The Storm”, laced with a mega concert in Accra, Ghana on April 29, 2016. Below it reads…..(UNEDITED)

“AFTER THE STORM….An Album That Can Be An Autobiography

Yes I love music but I love reading as well and would have loved to read an autobiography of Shatta Wale; a struggling musician who professed himself as ‘dancehall King’ and truly became the King of a huge and extremely influential music empire, SM.

SM has become a national movement with Shatta, in my opinion, being the musician with the biggest audience appeal and popularity in the country now.

Truth be told Shatta Wale has become a god. He has gone pass the level where mortal men can decide his fate. He has become influential to an extent his brand can compete among the top five biggest brands in the country.

Fortunately, he is fine-tuning his brand image in a positive and refreshing style that is converting his critics into his defenders.

It is significant to note Shatta Wale’s success story became stronger ‘after the storm’ in his music career and I would have loved to read his own writings on how his anchor held on firmly through the storms of life when the dark clouds unfolded wings of strife.

Truth be told, Shatta Wale has become an institution and in a country where success stories are scarce in our music sector, it is prudent to learn from his experience and tap into it.

If writers of the past, had been kind enough to write books about the careers of legends like Kiki Gyan, Mac Tontoh, Guy Warren, Adofo, King Bruce and even living greats like George Darko, Akwaboah (I and II), Amakye Dede, Sarkodie, Kojo Antwi and the several others, we would have had some useful literature to learn from.

We would have had some credible source of information to tap from and know how our musicians have handled their triumphs and trials.

Perhaps our learning institutions would continue to feed us with literature classics from Europe until we start to write our own stories and learn from our own greats.

I say a big congrats to Shatta and his management and I wish they document this success story in the form of a book.

Im sure Chris Koney can help with the writing so that Socrate Safo turns the story into a movie”.