{"id":753452,"date":"2019-11-27T20:26:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T20:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/shatta-wale-reveals-why-his-name-did-not-appear-in-cnns-top-10-african-artists-list\/"},"modified":"2019-11-27T20:26:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-27T20:26:21","slug":"shatta-wale-reveals-why-his-name-did-not-appear-in-cnns-top-10-african-artists-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/11\/27\/shatta-wale-reveals-why-his-name-did-not-appear-in-cnns-top-10-african-artists-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Shatta Wale Reveals Why His Name Did Not Appear In CNN&#8217;s Top 10 African Artists List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>Typical of Shatta Wale, he reacted angrily whiles sharing his opinion about the trending list of\u00a0<strong>top 10 African artists compiled by CNN\u00a0<\/strong>which has since set social media buzzing. <\/p>\n<p>The list was predictably dominated by musicians from Nigeria with no single Ghanaian making an appearance, generating much fuss leading some people to dismiss the opinionated piece with contempt.<\/p>\n<p>However, Shatta Wale believes the no-show by Ghanaian artists on the list is as result of the propaganda by the media to project some artists as saints whiles they marginalise others.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0<strong>: Davido\u2019s Fiancee, Chioma Flaunts Her Postpartum Body &#038; Social Media Users Can\u2019t Keep Quiet<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The controversial artist also blasted the media for always digging into their personal lives instead of promoting their works, reason no artist from Ghana was included in the list.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: <strong>www.Ghgossip.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script type='text\/javascript'>function loadLFCComments() {(function(d, s, id) {\n                        var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n                        if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n                        js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n                        js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6&appId=1009694476028322\";\n                        fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n                    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n                    }window.onscroll = function () {\n                        var rect = document.getElementById('lfc_comments').getBoundingClientRect();\n                        if (rect.top < window.innerHeight) {\n                            var lfc_div = document.getElementById('lfc_comments');\n                            lfc_div.innerHTML = '\n\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-comments\" data-width=\"100%\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.ghgossip.com\/shatta-wale-reveals-why-his-name-did-not-appear-in-cnns-top-10-african-artists-list\/\" data-numposts=\"10\" data-colorscheme=\"light\" data-order-by=\"social\"><\/div>\n<p>';\n                            loadLFCComments();\n                            window.onscroll = null;\n                        } \n                    }<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Typical of Shatta Wale, he reacted angrily whiles sharing his opinion about the trending list of\u00a0top 10 African artists compiled by CNN\u00a0which has since set social media buzzing. 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