It seems the drama surrounding the Vodafone
Ghana Music Awards (VGMA) takes a new twist
each day, as it has emerged that the lady who
took the awards on behalf of Shatta Wale
remains unknown days after the event.
NEWS-ONE has confirmed that neither Shatta
Wale's management nor the VGMA organizers
Charter House had planned for the 'unknown'
lady to pick up the statuettes on behalf of
Shatta, and her presence on stage came as a
surprise.
Meanwhile, Shatta has also not received the
statutes that went with the three awards he
earned on the night – Overall Best Artiste of
the Year, Most Popular Song of the Year and
Dancehall/Raggae Song of the Year, all with his
song, 'Dancehall King'.
"My brother, we don't know her. We were
watching from home when we saw her going
on stage to pick the award and say she is a
lover of the SM family and was taking the
award on our behalf. But honestly, we do not
know her. I could have been there myself to
pick on his behalf but as I said there were
issues we could not reach a compromise on,"
Bull Dog, Shatta's manager told NEWS-ONE
after the awards and said they did not know
where the statutes were.
On Monday, NEWS-ONE found the drama
intriguing and decided to find out from
Charter House under which circumstances the
'unknown' lady took Shatta's awards and was
even given VIP treatment at the event.
George Quaye, Senior Events Producer/Director
and Head of Media, Brands and Communica
tion for Charter House expressed surprise
when NEWS-ONE told him Shatta Wale's
manager had denied knowing the lady.
"Well that is surprising; so where from the
lady and where are the awards then? We had
planned for KOD to pick up the awards on
behalf of Shatta Wale because he had worked
with him when he was Bandana but the lady
turned up," George Quaye noted.
Indeed, when the unknown lady appeared on
stage for the second time to pick an award on
behalf of Shatta, she was joined on stage by
KOD who announced that he should have been
the one representing Shatta. He however
allowed the 'unknown' lady to pick it.
On why the 'unknown' lady was given VIP
treatment by the organizers, Mr. Quaye said it
was normal practice that anyone who had a
VIP ticket would receive complete VIP
treatment.
He continued: "It was not only the lady who
had VIP treatment. And you may have seen
that there were other members of the SM
family who had VIP tickets and were given
same treatment just like all other VIP guests."
Meanwhile Shatt Wale has taken to his face-
book wall to explain why he did not attend the
VGMA: "MY LOVELY PEOPLE, I TOLD YOU LAST
YEAR I WAS GOING TO PROVE THIS PEOPLE 1
DESERVE TO BE RESPECTED WHEN IT COMES TO
MUSIC IN GHANA.# CHARTER
HOUSE CONTACTED ME TO COME AND PER
FORM AT THE # VGMA AND I ASKED THEM
TO PAY ME #70,000GHC AND THEY
REFUSED. BUT THEY WILL PAY HUGE SUMS
OF DOLLARS TO OTHER ARTISTE FROM
OTHER COUNTRIES TO COME AND PERFORM.
BUT FOR US (GH ARTISTE), THEY WILL SAY
THE MONEY IS TOO MUCH FOR THEM TO
PAY..GH STARS STAND
– UP!!!!! I KNOW MOST OF YOU CANT TALK
WHEN THEY TAKE YOU FOR GRANTED BUT 1
WILL….AWARD OR NO AWARD…I AM STILL
SHATTA WALE….THE #REVOLUTIONIST
SM4LYF"
