{"id":391440,"date":"2017-05-20T12:47:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T12:47:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/05\/20\/shatta-wale-downplays-bet-nomination-snub\/"},"modified":"2017-05-20T12:47:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T12:47:39","slug":"shatta-wale-downplays-bet-nomination-snub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/05\/20\/shatta-wale-downplays-bet-nomination-snub\/","title":{"rendered":"Shatta Wale downplays BET nomination snub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Dancehall artiste Shatta Wale says he is unperturbed about missing out on a Black Entertainment Television (BET) Best International Act nomination.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Shatta&#8217;s name was missing from a list of nominees that was released yesterday ahead of the Awards slated for June 25 at the Microsoft Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Many of his fans on social media were left disappointed following the release of the 2017\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">Best International Act<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">\u00a0nominees<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\">\u00a0list which had <\/span>Shatta&#8217;s<span style=\"font-size: 12.16px;\"> rival Stonebwoy (winner of the award in 2015) as the only Ghanaian representative.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>However, Shatta took to Twitter on Tuesday morning (May 16) to assure his fans that he was not bothered by the snub.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>In a post written in pidgin English, he said he does not even know the whereabouts of his Basic Education certificate so he could care less about BET.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-right: auto; 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