Shatta Wale Biography; Real Name, Age, Baby Mamas, Children, Houses, Cars, Albums, Awards, Net Worth, Contact
Shatta Wale Biography – Listing your top five Dancehall artistes in Africa will surely include the most controversial African artiste, Shatta Wale.
The aforementioned has risen from grass to grace and his story is one that many people have tried to delve into and find answers for themselves.
This literature talks about Shatta Wale biography featuring his real name, his age, his children, his baby mamas, his houses, cars, numbers of albums, awards, net worth, and contacts.
Checkout Shatta Wale Biography below:
Shatta Wale Real Name
Popularly known in the music circus as Shatta Wale, the dancehall musician’s real name is Charles Nii Armah Mensah. Due to his popularity, his real name is one that many find difficult to recall despite its frequent usage in most online publications.
He is originally Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr as he takes after his father who is Nii Armah Mensah Snr.
Shatta Wale Age
Charles Nii Armah Mensah as he is officially known was born on October 17, 1984. The now 35-years-old musician was born in Accra, Ghana at the Police Hospital.
Though most of Shatta Wale’s profile suggests he is 35 years old (turns 36 this year), others – especially spectators- believe he is way older than the said age as they claim he reduced his age to keep himself in the music game.
Shatta Wale Parents
Shatta Wale is the son of a couple from Accra and the Volta Region of Ghana, his father is Charles Nii Armah Mensah Sr, a politician, businessman, and legal practitioner. Shatta Wale is known to be one of the very few musicians who flaunt their fathers than anyone.
His father, a core member of the SM family is known as Shatta Capo and has been one of the major backbones of the controversial musician.
His mother is Elsie Evelyn Avemegah. We recall vividly that Shatta in a Facebook live video stated that he did not enjoy motherly love and care at the early stages of his life because a pastor caused a separation between his parents which made him remain under his father’s care and later ending up on the streets.
Amidst the above facts, Shatta has flaunted both parents on social media, but he loves his daddy more than his mum.
Shatta Wale Educational Background
Talking of Education, Shatta Wale is on record to have attended Seven Great Princes Academy at Dansoman, a suburb in Accra, where he demonstrated an affinity for arts and acted in a popular Akan drama series, By the Fireside, at the National Theatre of Ghana.
Shatta Wale commenced his high school studies at Winneba Secondary School and completed at Aguafo Secondary School.
Shatta Wale did not attend a university. He quickly dived into his music career after finishing high school.
Shatta Wale Baby Mamas
Dancehall King Shatta Wale is indeed a king of women, just in case you don’t know, Shatta has bonked over 10 women throughout his life but officially impregnated and fathered kids with three different women.
The popular Baby Mama and ex-girlfriend of Shatta Wale is Michelle Diamond, aka Michy and that will be because of the fact that they both stayed together for a long time prior to their sudden break-up.
But Shatta has two kids with two different women aside Michy, one of these women lives in London. Whiles the other who happens to be the mother of his first child, lives in Ghana and she has been identified as Eden.
Shatta Wale Children
The renowned musician is blessed as he fathers three kids with three different women. Shatta Wale has two sons and a daughter namely, Majesty, Papa Nii, and Nhyira who is also known as Cherissa.
Cherissa happens to be Shatta Wale’s only daughter and the oldest among the Shatta babies. Shatta Majesty and Papa Nii, who is based in UK, are both of the same age, 5 yrs Old.
Shatta is known to be a responsible dad and makes sure the needs of his kids are catered for. He also celebrates all three kids on his social media pages when the their birthdays are due.
Shatta Wale Houses
The artist of the year 2014 musician has quite an exquisite and expensive taste when it comes to selecting and purchasing assets. He has 2 houses, the most recent costing $1 million. It’s a mansion in East Legon – Accra, the capital city of Ghana.
In his new house which is also known as the Shatta Mansion, Shatta Wale has a self-style swimming pool which he brags of being the only top-flight musician in Ghana to own a pool.
He has a recording studio, a summer hut and others in his so-called mansion.
Shatta Wale Cars
Having a good taste for wheels, the Shatta Movement boss brags of being the owner of five different luxurious cars after ditching his two Toyotas. Shatta Wale previously flaunted a Ferrari, but in a most recent update, Gossips24.com did not see the Ferrari.
In Shatta’s garage, one could see a Mercedes S-Class, a white Range Rover, one Black Range Rover, a Dodge Charger, and a brand new car which he is yet to use.
This makes it obvious that he is one of the richest musicians in Ghana.
Shatta Wale Career
His musical career began during his high school days at the Winneba Secondary School where he learned to play keyboard and received routine vocal training at the school’s music class department, then known as Doggy. After secondary school, he took time to work on his music. Having achieved street credibility in a fairly undeveloped Ghanaian dancehall genre at the time, he soon gain recognition with his hit single, “Moko Hoo”, which featured fellow Ghanaian musician Tinny in 2004 using Bandana as his stage name. T
he song earned him a nomination at the Ghana Music Awards that year. Bandana followed with the hit songs “No Problem” and “Obaa Yaa”. At this point, he was receiving heavy rotation on radio and was backed by a fan base that shot him into the mainstream Ghanaian music scene. Despite his prominence, Bandana went missing in the music circus in Ghana.
With a rebranded name from Bandana to Shatta Wale, he started a new career which largely bothers on dancehall in a Jamaican style of production in Nima, a small community in Accra, Ghana, a place that harbors a lot of Muslim youth and ghettos. It was there he amassed a fanbase, who were influenced by him and felt empowered by his songs. Wale released songs almost everyday on his social media handles free to download and would performed them in small communities in Accra mostly in Nima. He started gaining slow attention again with songs like “Telephone No” “Anastasia” “My Eyes Pon Di Money” and others. This approach revived dancehall in Ghana, a genre which had been left abandoned. The likes of Root Eye, General Marcus, Yoggy Doggy and others years ago had started but could not breakthrough. Shatta Wale gives credit to the likes of Terry Bonchaka and Yoggy Doggy for nurturing him when he began his dancehall journey. “It was under their tutelage that they told me I was going to blow up and that my style is so unique.” Stated in an interview on PeaceFm. He explained in an interview with King Lagazee why he had been less active and what the reason for his decreased popularity was.
His best known song is “Dancehall King”, which led to winning the Artiste of the Year at the 2014 edition of the Ghana Music Awards. Wale is also an actor, having appeared in the films Never Say Never ,The trial of Shatta Wale and Shattered Lives.
Having achieved street credibility in a fairly undeveloped Ghanaian dancehall genre at the time, he achieved popularity with his 2004 single, “Moko Hoo”, which features Tinny. Then known in the industry as Bandana, the song earned him a Ghana Music Awards nomination. There afterwards, Bandana went missing in the music circus for nearly a decade until rebranding himself in 2013. He began releasing music under a new name, Shatta Wale, under his own record label (SM For Lyf Records).
Fast Forward, the musician signed with Zylofon Music in January 2018. He released his third album, Reign, on October 13 at the Fantasy Dome in Accra, and used the occasion to propose to his longtime girlfriend Michy on stage. The album achieved a record for a Ghanaian act by appearing on the Billboard Top World Albums Chart, placing sixth.
Shatta Wale Albums and Collaborations
Shatta Wale has released a total of 15 albums and mixtapes over the course of his musical career from 2013. We are considering the music he made under his current stage name “Shatta Wale” only.
- In Death Warrant Riddim (2013)
- Green Times Mixtape (2014)
- Answers (The Hybrid) (2014)
- Times & Season (2015)
- Foundation (2015)
- Rasta Flex (2015)
- Million Miles Mixtape (2015)
- Up a Road Mixtape (2015)
- Magical Year Mixtape (2015)
- After the Storm (2016)
- Shatta Wale (2017)
- Reign (2018)
- Wonder Boy (2019)
- The Manacles Of A Shatta (2020)
Shatta Wale has also worked with the likes of Beyonce, Mariahlynn, Burna Boy, and his much anticipated joint with Vybz Kartel.
Shatta Wale Awards and Honors
Mayor of Worcester, Joseph Petty, presented Shatta Wale with the Key to the City on July 8, 2017, in recognition of his contributions to the arts.
On March 18, 2018, Wale was presented an honoree award for his outstanding contribution to reggae in Ghana and globally at the 37th Annual Chicago Music Awards (CMA), in conjunction with the 36th International Reggae & World Music Awards (IRAWMA).
According to the musician’s profile on Wikipedia, he has 73 awards and has been nominated for close to double that figure. These awards include both domestic and international accolades he has received over the years.
Shatta Wale Net Worth
Shatta Movement Records has been incredibly successful. This has led many to ask wonder: how rich is Shatta Wale? Even more direct, how much money does Shatta Wale have?
According to Forbes, Shatta Wale is worth $6.2 million.
Shatta Wale Contacts
| CONTACT TYPE | CONTACT |
| Charles Nii Armah Mensah (shatta wale) | |
| Shatta Wale (@shattawalegh) | |
| Shatta Wale (@shattawalenima) | |
| SNAPCHAT | @shattawale |
| [email protected] |
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