Social media was sent into a frenzy after Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy publicly lambasted the C.E.O of Charterhouse, Theresa Ayoade, for some comments she made.
At a forum organized by Charterhouse to announce plans for the 2020 Ghana Music Awards, Theresa Ayoade asked the media to grow beyond Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy.
This follows an indefinite ban slapped on the two artistes after their brawl at the 2019 Ghana Music Awards.
“Can you as the media help the industry rise above these two? Let’s rise above these two and let the industry breathe and move on. Sarkodie won artiste of the decade and nobody even talked about it. The industry is bigger than these two artistes and that what I what I want you to go back with. There are a lots of young people who need the opportunity so let’s move on”, she said.
Reacting to these comments, Stonebwoy stated that Theresa Ayoade’s comments were negative and shouldn’t be encouraged.
“Asking people to grow beyond us is a negative call more than banning us. It’s your own private awards if you decide to ban us we accept your rules. But when you ask people to grow beyond the two of us then it’s like you are taking music out of our mouths,” he said.
In a Facebook Live video, Shatta Wale warned Charterhouse not to try to fool Ghanaian artistes.
”Dey they make dema mind sey anything they want just talk like ebi dem dem dey control….Don’t think you can fool us because you are not controlling the musicians union . You don’t have that power, that mandate!”, he exclaimed
The ‘Melissa’ hit maker compared the work of the VGMA board to Ghana’s Electoral Commission and stressed that the board doesn’t have the right to ban artistes.
”They do election and they vote…. and they say dem dey fight, wey dem they vote and Electoral Commission sey e dey ban NDC and NPP…. They don’t have that power.”, he stressed.
After the statements form Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy, fans have been reacting to issue on social media.
Check out some of the reactions below:
