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Renowned Ghanaian musician, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, has detailed why he did not show up for the Ghana Party in the Park UK.
He was announced to be performing at the event but things did not go as expected.
Other musicians like Kofi Kinaata and Nigeria’s Mayorkun also declined to attend.
The event was held at London’s Trent Park on Saturday, July 16, 2022.
After the event, a lot of questions have been raised about why Shatta Wale and others were not present as advertised.
The outspoken musician revealed in an interview with Andy Dosty on Hitz FM why he refused to travel and perform at the event in the United Kingdom.
According to him, the organizers defaulted on some of the agreements they had.
“I wanted it to be a GOG in conjunction with Akwaaba UK. So the whole title was going to be ‘Akwaaba UK in conjunction with Shatta Movement GOG experience’ and we accepted that,” he said.
“Secondly, I told him that he should try and get visas for my team, my team is big but we came to a conclusion where I could just take four of them with me including me making five and we agreed on that too. What I told him basically and vividly was that it’s time we Ghanaians start supporting our industry gatekeepers and coaches.
This is a show that I would want to come and perform for him for free, I don’t want to charge him any money. I want him to take all the money that he’s going to make from the show and just make sure to get these two things done for me,” the ‘Gringo’ composer explained.
It also came to him as a surprise when he saw a flyer announcing that he is the headline artiste when he was waiting for confirmation about some of his demands.
“I was there and I saw a flyer featuring a whole of artists including my information and I called him and told him this isn’t what we spoke about. When I was in America, there was no team with me, I explained to you vividly about how you guys have organised the show for a long time and this is how I want us to go because I have never been to Ghana party in the park before and this is going to be my first time and people are going to be excited about it and he was like it was his team and he forgot about that side…,” Shatta Wale added.
