Shatta Wale, a renowned Ghanaian musician, publicly criticized his fellow Ghanaian artists for accepting extremely low payments for performances abroad.<\/p>\n
Shatta Wale slammed Ghanaian artists for undercharging internationally, revealing in an interview with Glitch Africa’s Rants, Bants, and Confessions that they settle for paltry fees of $5,000-$7,000 per show to impress fans. He advised them to learn from Nigerian artists who command higher fees globally and urged his colleagues to reassess their worth.<\/p>\n
Shatta Wale identified Burna Boy, Davido, and Wizkid as the “Big 3” of Nigerian music, with Rema recently joining their ranks as a fourth major force, dominating the international music scene.<\/p>\n
“You see those festivals they go for, it\u2019s $5000 and $7000, I wouldn\u2019t go there. They want to impress Ghanaians that they are performing for a white crowd. Now it\u2019s Burna Boy, Davido, and Wizkid\u2019s time. Even Rema has now been added to the list. Go and fucking sit down and learn your homework\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n REACTIONS;<\/p>\n One Priceless_01 wrote, \u201cI love Shatta<\/em><\/p>\n One Blaqish_g wrote, \u201cHe\u2019s actually making a lot of sense though<\/em><\/p>\n One Miss Amusa wrote, \u201cShatta is always shattering his country people<\/em><\/p>\n One Ask about_henry wrote, \u201cHe\u2019s being real, it\u2019s commendable<\/em><\/p>\n One Bright-benlow1 wrote, \u201cOnly person that has sense in Ghana<\/em><\/p>\n One Samuel wrote, \u201cThis guy too real<\/em><\/p>\n One Update Boyz wrote, \u201cThe only honest person from Ghana. I love him so much\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n One Aduke Onifila wrote, \u201cHe is one of the realest<\/em><\/p>\n In 2022, Shatta Wale commended Nigeria’s thriving music industry, contrasting it with Ghana’s, which he called “second-rate.” He expressed admiration for Nigerian artists, likening their impact to Michael Jackson’s. Shatta Wale suggested that Nigerian music deserves academic recognition, proposing that universities across Africa establish “Cultural Studies” programs to analyze and appreciate its significance.<\/p>\n In 2022, Shatta Wale publicly praised Burna Boy, recognizing his tremendous impact on African music worldwide, and acknowledging his achievements, demonstrating that he held no grudges against the Nigerian singer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shatta Wale, a renowned Ghanaian musician, publicly criticized his fellow Ghanaian artists for accepting extremely low payments for performances abroad. Shatta Wale slammed Ghanaian artists for undercharging internationally, revealing in an interview with Glitch Africa’s Rants, Bants, and Confessions that they settle for paltry fees of $5,000-$7,000 per show to impress fans. He advised them […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":14038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[62,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-14036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-shatta-wale"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}