BIOGRAPHY OF SHATTA WALE 2021; HIS, NET WORTH, CARS, BUILDINGS & FAMILY.

 

Shatta Wale is a Ghanaian Raggae-Dancehall  artiste. His hardwork for a couple of years in the entertainment, specifically music industry has gained him the Dancehall King Of Ghana. He has alot of fans because of his complete knowledge and strategy in the showbiz industry.

The Dancehall artiste of Ghana has a unique luck in the showbiz industry which continuously shocks everyone from the day that thing happened till now. This unique luck is how he rose back to fame after a decade of inactive from 2004 to 2013. The artiste went to Jamaica without dropping songs after his first hit but came back to his career after 9-10yrs time.

Shatta Wale is seen to be a living legend because as at now many people really really loves him and jams to his songs which has earned him many hit songs.
He is currently the most Awarded Dancehall artiste in Africa and one of the most awarded Dancehall musicians in the world.

CONTENTS

1. SHATTA WALE'S PROFILE
2. EARLY LIFE
3. MUSIC CAREER
4. ENDORSEMENTS
5. CARS AND BUILDINGS
6. NET WORTH
7. FAMILY

SHATTA WALE’S  PROFILE

Birth name   -   Charles Nii Armah                              Mensah Jr.

Stage name   -   Shatta Wale

Net Worth       -  $6.4million

Date of birth  - 17th October 1984

Place of birth -  Accra, Ghana.

Occupation     - Singer                               Record Producer                               Songwriter                               Sound Engineer

Tribe                 -  Ewe

EARLY LIFE
Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr. popularly known as Shatta Wale, formerly Bandana, was born in Accra, Ghana at a Police Hospital on October 17, 1984. He was name after his father, Charles Nii Armah Mensah Sr, a politician, businessman and legal practitioner and his mother is called Elsie Evelyn Avemegah.
 Shatta Wale(Bandana) schooled at Seven Great Princess Academy at Dansoman, a suburb in Accra, where he exhibited an affinity for arts. He played a role in the Olden popular Ghanaian Akan drama series, ''By the Fireside'', at the Ghana National Theatre. Charles lived with his family in Laterbiokorshie, Dansoman and then later Korle Gonno during his formative years.
In a Facebook live video, Shatta Wale stated that he did not enjoy motherly love and care at the early stages of his life because a pastor caused a separation between his parents which made him remain under his father’s care and later ending up on the streets.

He was introduced to the Jamaican culture in chidhood stage, his father used to be playing Reggae songs in the house and also used to be traveling with him to meet his relatives who were half Jamaicans living in UK. These expositions made him develop a great love for music at his tender age.
 His intense passion to do music made him lose interest in schooling but his father forced him to complete his high school education later in the Volta Region of Ghana, which had initially kicked off at the Winneba Secondary School in the Central Region of Ghana. Even in school and right after school he pursued his aims of doing music but his daddy did not allow and wanted him to become a lawyer, this led to a misunderstanding between the two eventually destroying their beautiful relationship.
Shatta Wale lived in almost all the ghettos (Nima) in Accra just to survive:

“There were many times I slept without food. I have been through all the hustle in life, I mean hell. I have lived with the people and became one of their own. No wonder my music easily resonate with the people. I am thankful to God for making me see the day light.” said in an interview.

MUSIC CAREER
His musical career began during his high school days at the Winneba Secondary School where he learned to play keyboard and received routine vocal training at the school’s music class department, then known as Doggy. 

After secondary school, he took time to work on his music. Having achieved street credibility in a fairly undeveloped Ghanaian Dancehall genre at the time, he soon gain recognition with his hit single, “Moko Hoo”, which featured fellow Ghanaian musician Tinny in 2004 using Bandana as his stage name. The song earned him a nomination at the Ghana Music Awards that year. Bandana followed with the hit songs “No Problem” and “Obaa Yaa”. 

At this point, he was receiving heavy rotation on radio and was backed by a fan base that shot him into the mainstream Ghanaian music scene. Despite his prominence, Bandana went missing in the music circus in Ghana.

He later returned to Ghana with a rebranded name from Bandana to Shatta Wale, he started a new career that largely bothers on dancehall in a Jamaican style of production in Nima, a small community in Accra, Ghana, a place that harbors a lot of Muslim youth and ghettos. It was there he amassed a fanbase, who were influenced by him and felt empowered by his songs. 

Wale released songs almost every day on his social media handles free to download and would performed them in small communities in Accra mostly in Nima. He started gaining slow attention again with songs like “Telephone No” “Anastasia” “My Eyes Pon Di Money” and others. This approach revived dancehall in Ghana, a genre that had been left abandoned. The likes of Root Eye, General Marcus, Yoggy Doggy and others years ago had started but could not breakthrough. Shatta Wale gives credit to the likes of Terry Bonchaka and Yoggy Doggy for nurturing him when he began his dancehall journey.

''It was under their tutelage that they told me I was going to blow up and that my style is so unique.” 

Stated in an interview on PeaceFm.

 He explained in an interview with King Lagazee why he had been less active and what the reason for his decreased popularity was.

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.

In 2019, He got featured on Beyonce’s Lion King album and has gained a nomination in 2021 at the MTV-VMA awards in the category Best Art Direction, making him the first Ghanaian to gain nomination at such big award.
Shatta is also good in acting as he has appeared in the films ''Never Say Never'', ''The trial of Shatta Wale'' and ''Shattered Lives''.

ENDORSEMENTS
In 2014, Wale became a brand ambassador for Guinness Ghana Breweries. and as the brand ambassador for Rush Energy Drink.

In September 2017, Kasapreko Company, producers of several alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in Ghana, unveiled Wale as their newest brand ambassador.

On 17 November 2017, Shatta Wale signed a deal with Boss Baker Beef Roll as the brand ambassador.

CARS AND BUILDINGS
With a successful career in entertainment, money is found to flow. Shatta Wale is one who likes to show off his assets to let the world know that hard work and dedication is the key to success. In 2016, the artiste bought a mansion at East Legon and shared a picture of himself standing behind the swimming pool of the mansion.

It can be recalled the Dancehall King had revealed his interest in real estates and has posted a picture of himself and mother standing in front of his “new house.”

Therefore, judging from his $1 million mansion, ranges of luxury cars, businesses and endorsements

NET WORTH
Shatta Wale is a music producer and reggae-dancehall artist with an estimated net worth of $6.4 million. He is also the CEO of Shatta Movement and earns a lot from his brand ambassador deals.

FAMILY
Shatta Wale is currently not married but has two children, a boy and a girl with former girlfriend, Shatta Michy.
The dancehall king once said that he will finally settle down and claim the full responsibility of family life when he turns 72.