{"id":94528,"date":"2023-08-25T11:55:19","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T11:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/25\/asake-is-bigger-than-all-ghanaian-artists-combined\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T11:55:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T11:55:19","slug":"asake-is-bigger-than-all-ghanaian-artists-combined","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/25\/asake-is-bigger-than-all-ghanaian-artists-combined\/","title":{"rendered":"Asake Is Bigger Than All Ghanaian Artists Combined"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_30\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-901\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-114\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The contentious performer made the remark during a Wednesday Twitter Space chat moderated by Serwaa, a Ghanaian media figure.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-909\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The dancehall artist claimed that, career-wise, neither he nor any other Ghanaian artist has been able to compete with Asake.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-910\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-122\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Shatta Wale said;\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cNo Ghanaian artiste has even made it like Asake. Not even me. Nobody in this Ghanaian [music] industry has made what Asake has made. Let\u2019s be realistic.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-911\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-123\" data-inserter-version=\"2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The host inferred:\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cBut you said you are the richest Ghanaian artiste and you haven\u2019t even made it up to Asake\u2019s level?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The singer responded:\u00a0<strong><em>\u201cWhy would I have to make it up to Asake\u2019s 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\u2019t know.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"ezoic-pub-ad-placeholder-912\" data-method=\"placement-service\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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