According to multiple award-winning musician Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr., better known by his stage name Shatta Wale, Nigerian singer Asake is greater than every Ghanaian musician.
The contentious performer made the remark during a Wednesday Twitter Space chat moderated by Serwaa, a Ghanaian media figure.
The dancehall artist claimed that, career-wise, neither he nor any other Ghanaian artist has been able to compete with Asake.
Shatta Wale said; “No Ghanaian artiste has even made it like Asake. Not even me. Nobody in this Ghanaian [music] industry has made what Asake has made. Let’s be realistic.”
The host inferred: “But you said you are the richest Ghanaian artiste and you haven’t even made it up to Asake’s level?”
The singer responded: “Why would I have to make it up to Asake’s level [before I would be the richest artiste in Ghana]? There is a Spanish artiste in Spain or Dominican Republic that is making money that we don’t know.”