Shatta Wale has issued a warning to those in the music business not to rank his colleagues Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale ahead of him, claiming that this tendency has become the scourge of retrogression in terms of Ghanaian music.
When speaking in an interview on Empire FM, Shatta Wale emphasized that there was favoritism and a selective spotlight on particular artists in the industry. He went on to remark that the music industry is unfair in pushing performers like Stonebwoy and Sarkodie to the top despite their own fair share of problematic situations.
“If you want to do favouritism and take sides, you support Stonebwoy and Sarkodie and say they are the best, they will keep disgracing us. How can you make a statement like imagine Shatta Wale with a diplomatic passport?” he queried.
Highlighting the apparent double standards, Shatta Wale went on to juxtapose the scrutiny he faces with examples from his contemporaries.
“I can also say imagine Stonebwoy who has pulled a gun on stage. Imagine Sarkodie who has done an abortion with a woman and recorded a diss track for her afterwards. What will you say about it? Nobody is perfect in this world,” he pointedly remarked.
made it clear that no one is exempt from imperfection and urged the industry to focus on the business of music rather than personal controversies.
“We just have to stop playing around with this business because it is business,” he added.