Shatta Wale: Why Ghana's 'dancehall king' is trying Afrobeats – BBC.com

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Ghana's dancehall king, Shatta Wale, energizes the crowd as he holds a microphone during an electrifying Afrobeats performance.

  • By DJ Edu
  • BBC This is Africa presenter

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Shatta Wale (right) tells DJ Edu what fans can expect from his new album

It has to be a testament to the power of Afrobeats that even Shatta Wale is embracing the wonder genre.

Ghana’s self-styled king of dancehall has built a highly successful career on the Jamaican sound. He has numerous awards under his belt, a huge number of releases and legions of adoring fans. His fans are so ardent, in fact, that in Ghana he moves with a team of security guards and tells me he can only…