{"id":469659,"date":"2018-03-04T13:00:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/03\/04\/shatta-wale-faces-off-with-stonebwoy-and-others-in-artiste-of-the-year-category\/"},"modified":"2018-03-04T13:00:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T13:00:28","slug":"shatta-wale-faces-off-with-stonebwoy-and-others-in-artiste-of-the-year-category","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/03\/04\/shatta-wale-faces-off-with-stonebwoy-and-others-in-artiste-of-the-year-category\/","title":{"rendered":"Shatta Wale faces off with Stonebwoy and others in Artiste of the year category"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Entertainment of Sunday,  4 March 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanafuo.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-03-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/27342725.295.jpg\" alt=\"Shatta Stonebwoy\" title=\"Shatta Stonebwoy\" width=\"295\" height=\"184\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Shatta Wale<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813995117\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813995117\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1520168428_521_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Dancehall artiste, Shatta Wale has earned nomination for this year&#8217;s Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.<\/p>\n<p>The artiste who was suspended from the award event for the past three years has been forgiven by the organisers after he openly insulted them.<\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale has earned several nominations including that of the coveted Artiste of the year category.<\/p>\n<p>He faces stiff opposition from Joe Mettle, Ebony, Stonebwoy and Sarkodie.<\/p>\n<p>Gospel singer Joe Mettle, who currently wears the crown, looks to retain the title, especially off the impact of \u201cBo Noo Ni\u201d (ft Luigi Maclean) and the \u201cGod of Miracles\u201d album.<\/p>\n<p>The category is completed by usual suspects Sarkodie and Stonebwoy, who have, for the past decade or so, remained firmly rooted among the first rank of acts from Ghana, and indeed the VGMAs.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by telecom giant Vodafone, festival will witness an official launch on March 5, a nominees\u2019 jam in Cape Coast on March 24, a music seminar at the Mov\u00ebnpick Hotel on 12th April, and the main event at the Accra International Conference Centre on April 14. 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The artiste who was suspended from the award event for the past three years has been forgiven by the organisers after he openly insulted them. 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