Shatta Wale has openly acknowledged that despite the enormous success in their individual careers that he, Sarkodie, and Stonebwoy have achieved, they do not compare to the best Nigerian performers like Wizkid, Davido, and Burna Boy.
The Shatta Movement’s leader mentioned this during a recent radio broadcast on Takoradi’s Empire FM. Simply put, he asserted that neither he nor any other Ghanaian performers could rival the current magnificence of Nigerian superstars like Davido, Burna Boy, and Wizkid.
He used instances in which Nigerian musicians like Davido and Burna Boy visited Ghana and formed close relationships with him to support his point about how well-knit and brotherly they are.
He underlined that Nigerian artists today enjoy a higher level of international recognition than their Ghanaian counterparts. Shatta Wale also criticized entertainment programs for routinely portraying him badly. Despite this, he admitted that he seizes the opportunity to use disadvantages to his advantage.
Instead of disparaging certain musicians during debates, Shatta Wale said he wanted media figures to promote the idea of Ghanaian artists getting diplomatic passports. He emphasized that politicians might not take such hostility seriously, impeding progress for all.
His remark follows Ola Michael’s categorical declaration that a person like Shatta Wale does not need a diplomatic passport, a position supported by former French ambassador Anne Sophie Avé.
The former director and radio host lost control and slandered the head of the SM fraternity, claiming that his brand is too unappealing to merit a diplomatic passport. Ola Michael claims that Wale’s propensity for criticizing everybody who gets in his way, whether or not they provoke him, is sufficient to support his belligerent demeanour.
He said that while Wale doesn’t deserve diplomatic passports, the other artists for whom Anne Sophie Avé recommended them do. Ola Michael’s entry caused a lot of surprise for regular host MzGee, who presided over the studio discussion on the most recent episode of United .