{"id":109748,"date":"2023-10-12T12:23:22","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T12:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/12\/let-the-doubting-thomas-doubt-shatta-wale-responds-to-akwasi-aboagye\/"},"modified":"2023-10-12T12:23:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T12:23:22","slug":"let-the-doubting-thomas-doubt-shatta-wale-responds-to-akwasi-aboagye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/10\/12\/let-the-doubting-thomas-doubt-shatta-wale-responds-to-akwasi-aboagye\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the doubting Thomas\u2019 doubt \u2013 Shatta Wale responds to Akwasi Aboagye"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"365\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/1697113402_543_Shatta-Wale-jpeg.webp\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Shatta-Wale\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Shatta Wale has responded to critics, doubting his claim of charging 80 thousand pounds for his performance at the just ended Ghana  Awards UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have grown to know my worth, I know the industry is failing to accept that Shatta has grown and oh I like that doubt , there is an adage that says that, the fool is the last to know, before you realise everything Shatta has been saying will come to reality, they haven\u2019t seen 80 thousand before, the cars I drive cost more than that, so if I say I was paid that amount I don\u2019t think it should be strange, because artistes here (UK) are paid more than that ,\u00a0 80 thousand pounds is good for an artiste from Africa like me, let the doubting Thomas\u2019 doubt\u201d, he intimated.<\/p>\n<p>The Dancehall King\u2019s explanation follows recent commentary by entertainment show host ,Akwasi Aboagye of Peace Fm , alleging that Shatta Wale was lying he had been paid 80 thousand pounds by Alordia Promotions organisers of the Ghana  Awards UK. <\/p>\n<p>According to the Akwasi Aboagye, it wouldn\u2019t have been possible for the organisers to pay the Freedom hit maker such an amount considering the cost they may have incurred in flying him to London for the show.<\/p>\n<p>However, speaking on SHOWBIZ TODAY on Takoradi based <strong>Empire FM <\/strong>with host Feeling Daddy, Shatta Wale said \u201cit so sad that they still see Ghana music to be poor, and nobody can make it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are asleep, they are seeing Shatta Wale as Paa Bobo, excuse me to say, they didn\u2019t have me in their time I would have changed their situation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He wondered why such a personality in the creative space would make such pronouncement trying to belittle artistes, \u201cwe have seen blogs putting out how much Nigerian artistes charge and nobody says they are bragging, but when Shatta does it the media would want to portray he is a braggart\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale has always clamoured for better salaries for artistes maintaining that they deserve better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Ghana\/Starrfm.com.gh\/103.5FM<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shatta Wale has responded to critics, doubting his claim of charging 80 thousand pounds for his performance at the just ended Ghana Awards UK. \u201cI have grown to know my worth, I know the industry is failing to accept that Shatta has grown and oh I like that doubt , there is an adage that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108506,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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