{"id":40824,"date":"2020-03-12T12:35:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-12T10:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/shatta-wale-teams-up-with-his-militants-for-the-chacha-visuals\/"},"modified":"2020-09-27T13:05:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T11:05:16","slug":"shatta-wale-teams-up-with-his-militants-for-the-chacha-visuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/shatta-wale-teams-up-with-his-militants-for-the-chacha-visuals\/","title":{"rendered":"Shatta Wale teams up with his militants for the &#8216;Chacha&#8217; visuals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"pam-featured-content\"  style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><iframe  class=\"pam-featured-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a5p4QOAFU9Q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/iframe>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4>With his album <em>Wonderboy<\/em> out since last October, the productive artist continues to release off-project singles, to his audience&#8217;s delight.<\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Born Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr., the Ghanaian superstar has nonetheless nothing to prove. Indeed, his record is undeniably considerable: having started music professionally in 2009, the artist has 15 official projects to his name. Nicknamed the \u201cAfrican Dancehall King\u201d, in Ghana he is a sulphurous personality with a powerful influence, known for his hits and his controversies. He has also collaborated with many international artists (including a certain Beyonce) and is currently said to be one of the most awarded dancehall singers in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/tag\/shatta-wale\/\">Shatta Wale<\/a>\u00a0ju<\/span>st release his new single &#8220;Chacha&#8221;. The visuals were shot in Nima, his home neighbourhood, reputed to be one of the most malfamous areas in Accra. The inhabitants interviewed at the beginning of the video claim to be part of the &#8220;Shatta Movement&#8221;, this legion of fans who see the singer as their ambassador. An ambassador who has surrounded himself with his &#8220;militants&#8221; Addi Self, Captan and Natty Lee, three emerging artists signed on his label Shatta Movement Empire.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Last year, we investigate\u00a0the <a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music.com\/en\/stonebwoy-shatta-wale-beef\/\">Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale beef<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38298\" src=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/e687c1c0-shatta-wale-militants-chacha-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1436\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/e687c1c0-shatta-wale-militants-chacha-.jpg 1436w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/e687c1c0-shatta-wale-militants-chacha--759x424.jpg 759w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/e687c1c0-shatta-wale-militants-chacha--1010x564.jpg 1010w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/e687c1c0-shatta-wale-militants-chacha--661x369.jpg 661w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/e687c1c0-shatta-wale-militants-chacha--465x260.jpg 465w, https:\/\/pan-african-music-production.fra1.digitaloceanspaces.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/e687c1c0-shatta-wale-militants-chacha--375x209.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(min-width:1010px) 759px,100vw\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 With his album Wonderboy out since last October, the productive artist continues to release off-project singles, to his audience&#8217;s delight. Born Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr., the Ghanaian superstar has nonetheless nothing to prove. 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