{"id":1227030,"date":"2022-10-18T00:11:34","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T00:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/18\/give-mahama-one-more-chance-shatta-wale\/"},"modified":"2022-10-18T00:11:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T00:11:34","slug":"give-mahama-one-more-chance-shatta-wale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/18\/give-mahama-one-more-chance-shatta-wale\/","title":{"rendered":"Give Mahama one more chance \u2013 Shatta Wale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/maxresdefault-11-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Shatta Wale\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shatta Wale <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dancehall act, Shatta Wale, dreams of the second coming of the \u2018fourth John\u2019. He is advocating for Ex-President Mahama to be voted into power once again.<\/p>\n<p>He shared this thought on Showbiz A-Z last Saturday on\u00a0<strong>Joy FM<\/strong>. Shatta Wale told George Quaye, \u201cWe have to give Mahama one more chance\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Dancehall heavyweight defended his reason. \u201cWhen Mahama was in power, he was doing everything for every youth to survive. I was getting opportunities from the presidency,\u201d he elaborated.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The \u2018Mahama Paper\u2019 hit-maker revealed that many other music artistes including Hiplife group VIP were involved with the previous government in its projects that impacted society positively.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjoy997fm%2Fvideos%2F1161863257744879%2F&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was doing a back-to-school project\u2026 and I spoke to one of them in the [previous government], and before I realized, they were supporting the project\u201d, Shatta Wale underscored.<\/p>\n<p>Critics might argue that Shatta\u2019s opinion is biased, however, he maintains that even if the Akufo-Addo-led government has engaged present-day artistes, the aftermath of those interventions have not made the news. <\/p>\n<p>He believes that the creative arts industry stands a better chance with Ex-President Mahama in power.<\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale also took the opportunity to talk about his long-awaited \u2018Gift of God\u2019 album. The yet-to-be-released body of work which has been promoted for the last three years had its cover art released last week.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Are you tired of waiting for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shattawalegh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@shattawalegh<\/a>\u2018s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoG?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoG<\/a> album? Well, he says clap for him for making you talk about it for three years. Herrrhhhhh \ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v9sQ1sgpfL\">pic.twitter.com\/v9sQ1sgpfL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kofi Hayford (@kofihayford233) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kofihayford233\/status\/1582038083608117249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> It was followed by the release of its first single titled \u2018Cash Out\u2019 a few hours before his birthday. According to Shatta, \u201cwhen [the album comes], everyone should embrace it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"yhu8ZIsVoUE\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BECE Day One: Greater Accra presents 105,539 candidates for this year\u2019s exams (17-10-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yhu8ZIsVoUE?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shatta Wale Dancehall act, Shatta Wale, dreams of the second coming of the \u2018fourth John\u2019. 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