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Malalaking Boses ng Accra: Stonebwoy, Shatta Wale at ang Linya ng Afro-Dancehall

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Hindi isang label lang ang nagpapatakbo sa musical engine ng Ghana. Sa local radio at dancefloors, ang bansa ay tumatakbo sa banggaan ng Afrobeats, Highlife, Hiplife, at dancehall. Isang ecosystem ito kung saan ang dominance ay nabe-base sa ground sa Accra, naka-chart track by track, at sinusustentuhan ng mga artist na mahigit isang dekada nang nakaangkla sa rotation.

Sa sentro ng sound na iyon ang Shatta Wale at Stonebwoy. Sa MUSIGA charts, hawak ni Stonebwoy ang number six spot sa mga artiste na may apat na active tracks, sinundan ni Shatta Wale sa number seven na may tatlo. Pareho silang may lock sa local charts habang pumipivot sa pagitan ng mga genre.

Si Shatta Wale, ipinanganak na Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr. sa Accra, ay nananatiling isa sa pinaka-visible na pangalan sa Ghanaian dancehall. Kilala locally bilang King of African Dancehall, siya ang nagpo-produce at nagma-mastermind ng bulk ng output niya independently, dahil siya mismo ang nag-record at nag-master ng karamihan ng hit songs niya. Sinabi ng Graphic Online na ang 2025 ay kay Shatta Wale kasama sina Wendy Shay at Black Sherif, dahil parte dito ang single niyang “Street Crown,” na naging isa sa mga defining records ng taon at nag-sustain ng heavy activity sa Ghana Audiomack chart ng Soundcharts. Ang catalog niya ay sumasaklaw sa local mainstays tulad ng “Ayoo,” “ON GOD,” at “Pancake,” pabalik sa mas lumang staples tulad ng “Fool Is The Last To Know” at ang 2018 na “Bullet Proof.” Gaya ng comment ng isang YouTube viewer sa ilalim ng “Bullet Proof,” “I am from Nigeria but i love shatta Wale music pls hit shatta Wale like.” Sinundan ito ni Shatta Wale ng release ng Shatta Movement Empire na African King, na naglagay ng mga kanta tulad ng “God of the Universe” sa Apple Music Ghana Top 200, bago ni-release ang single na “One More Year” at nakipagtambalan sa Nigerian artists na sina Tekno at Bankuli sa Afrobeats album niyang Konekt.

Si Stonebwoy (Livingstone Etse Satekla) ay mayroon ding dedicated na fanbase mula sa Ashaiman, sa Greater Accra. Umangat siya sa mga rap showcase sa Kasahare Level ng Adom FM at sa mga early hit tulad ng 2012 na “Climax” at “Ghetto Love,” binuo niya ang Burniton Music Group at nagtayo ng catalog mula sa Grade 1, Necessary Evil, hanggang sa 2017 na Epistles of Mama. Ang era na ‘yon ay nag-produce ng mga staple tulad ng “One Thing” featuring Damaris at ang hit na “Bawasaaba.” Sa ilalim ng “Bawasaaba” video, may isang listener na nagsulat: “Who else is in support that Stonebwoy is just talented? #EOM #Bawasaaba #BHIM🔥🔥.” Ang 2023 album ni Stonebwoy na 5th Dimension ay nag-push ng kanyang sound papunta sa Afropop at amapiano, na nag-set up ng kanyang single na “Jejerje,” na umabot sa tuktok ng parehong YouTube at Apple Music charts sa Ghana. Ang kanyang 2024 album na UP & RUNNIN6, na inilabas kasama ang ADA Worldwide ng Warner Music Group, ay nagdala ng features mula kay ODUMODUBLVCK, Duncan Mighty, at Spice, habang ang kanyang single na “Many Times” ay patuloy na naka-hold down sa lokal na Audiomack rotation.

Ang club rotation ng scene ay regular ding kumukuha ng diaspora at regional voices. Ang British-Ghanaian artist na si Eugy Official, na ipinanganak sa Ghana bago lumipat sa London, ay naging club fixture sa 2016 na “Dance for Me” kasama si Mr Eazi, 2017 na Team Salut-produced na “Tick Tock,” at “Captain” featuring ang South African vocalist na si Siza mula sa Flavourz EP. Sa ilalim ng “Tick Tock” video, may isang viewer na nagsulat, “I feel Eugy is underrated like highly underrated.” Sinundan ni Siza ang “Captain” ng kanyang debut video para sa “Say What You Want” featuring si Eugy, at kalaunan ang kanyang 2019 Pull Up EP. Direktang nag-tap si Eugy pabalik sa lokal na sound ng Accra sa kanyang five-track na Home Run EP, na nakipag-pair kay Jhay Bhad ng Kumasi para sa drill track na “Show Me The Light” at kay DanceGod Lloyd sa “BumBumBum,” bago nag-drop ng mga recent single tulad ng 2024 na “He Called Me” at 2025 na “God Is Good.”

Ang mga Nigerian artist na sina Falz at D’Banj ay parte pa rin ng performance circuit ng Ghana. Si Falz, na nanalo ng Best African Rapper sa AFRIMA sa Accra noong 2018 matapos lumipat mula sa law papuntang music, nag-collab kina Medikal at Maleek Berry para sa “Next” noong 2018 at lumabas sa “Ghana Jollof” kasama si Kwabena Kwabena. Mula noon, inilabas niya ang 2025 album na The Feast at ang 2026 EP niyang Break Time. Si D’Banj, na ang early foundation ay nag-umpisa sa pag-record kasama si Don Jazzy sa studio ni Kas noong 2004, nag-drop ng video para sa “Action” noong 2018 at tuloy-tuloy pa rin ang club appearances kasama ang 2024 album niyang The Entertainer: D’Sequel at ang “Tobari” noong 2025 featuring DJ Maphorisa at DJ OBI.

May malalim na history ang rotation na ito. Nagsimula ang Highlife sa huling bahagi ng 19th at unang bahagi ng 20th century Gold Coast bilang expression ng modernity at resistance, at noong 1990s ipinakilala ang hiplife nang i-blend ni Reggie Rockstone ang rap, local dialect, at street speech sa Highlife at Dancehall. Sa track counts ng MUSIGA ngayon, sina Sarkodie, KiDi, at Kuami Eugene ang nasa itaas ng lahat, na naka-frame ng mga events tulad ng 2025 Telecel Ghana Music Awards. May mga foreign crossover moment—ang “Kwaku the Traveller” ni Black Sherif ang naging first Ghanaian record na nag-top sa Apple Music Nigeria, at umabot si Shatta Wale sa international listeners sa pamamagitan ng collaboration with Beyoncé. Pero ang current pulse ng local scene ay pagmamay-ari ng mga track na dominating sa home rotation, pinangungunahan ng 2025 release ni Black Sherif na “Sacrifice” at ng “Darkest Style” nina D Global at Lasmid.

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  1. Bawasaaba is still moving💃💥who's here with me 2019 on 3rd of June 🖐️ up. 🔥 ❤️ 💃 💃

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    • I'm in 2020 30th April

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    • 6 june 2026

  2. I am African American. I hope that African Americans do not become upset when I say this:

    Outside of the United States, African musicians have made an amazing concerted effort to re-Africanize music that has been mislabeled as "Salsa", "Merengue" and other names that give credit to those who "appropriated" the musical genres associated with African music and made it appear as though non-Africans are the original inventors.

    African heavy metal
    African hip hop
    Afro-soul
    Afrobeat
    Apala
    Azonto
    Batuque
    Benga
    Bongo Flava
    Bikutsi
    Cape Jazz
    Coladeira
    Coupé-Décalé
    Hipco
    Highlife
    Hiplife
    Isicathamiya
    Chimurenga
    Fuji music
    Jit
    Jùjú
    Kapuka a.k.a. Boomba
    Kizomba
    Kuduro
    Kwaito
    Kwela
    Makossa
    Maloya
    Marrabenta
    Mbalax
    Museve
    Mbaqanga a.k.a. Sungura
    Funaná
    Genge
    Mbube
    Morna
    Ndombolo
    Palm-wine a.k.a. Maringa
    Pandza
    Raï
    Sakara
    Salegy
    Sega
    Semba
    Shangaan electro
    Soukous aka Congo, Lingala or African rumba
    Taarab
    Zouglou

    The Caribbean is now another happy recipient of the progeny of Africans whose musical talents were plundered without ever receiving payment, let alone recognition. This reinvigoration of Africentric music by real Africans is now what African Americans need to pull ourselves out of the entertainment trap set by the sex-starved, Molech-worshipping, Ashkenazi leaders, who have a disgusting knack of capturing our talent when we are at our best and brightest, sexualizing not just what we sing, but sexualizing us too.

    The ancestors have now sent some of her children to wake us up. Those of us who are intelligent enough to listen will heed the words of these musical griots and adjust our music to fit the spiritual needs of continental Africans and Africans in the Diaspora by relearning the languages, words, stories -- and above all, the music that has kept us alive, even when we did not know it.

    Please . . . let us open our hearts and arms to African performers so that our talents are no longer sexualized by Hollywood. We owe that to ourselves and our children.

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    • Well explained brother respect for your knowledge

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    • Can u repeat that

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  3. Who else is in support that Stonebwoy is just talented? #EOM #Bawasaaba #BHIM🔥🔥

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    • Korkor Djaba I am in 1000%

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    • U aa hear too haha we will meet at dis thing wae

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  4. Hmm I found out this the song Ebony was singing in her vedio on Snapchat 😢😧RIP Nana hemaa

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    • Hmmmm she was suppose to be part of it kraaa so the part she was singing was her part

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    • Very true.... her last snap

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  5. I use to be a fan..am now an air conditioner 😆😆😆 BHIM to the world

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    • Hahahaaaaa this has just made my morning!!!!

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    • Amina Ibrahim gh

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  6. Stonebwoy and Mugeez from Ghana don't mess with those two guys they're very talented! I'm from Congo, I live in Congo I never went to Ghana but I'm very interested in visiting Ghana one day and when I do I will make sure I meet those two exceptional guys.

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    • We welcome u
      U gonna feel good here in Ghana
      One people one love

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    • Look sharppp

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  7. Am a Nigeria ,the reason why I came here was because of shatta words about stone boy....but I think stone boy is better....

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    • Don't mind that shatta guy, he's always hating on Stonebwoy for no reason. It's just pure envy. Stonebwoy is really good & humble and that makes him stand out.

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    • Stonebwoy is good but Shatta Wale is also good still I know that Shatta was been picking on Stone but please give Wale some COMPANY!😤

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  8. in church my bishop in *Nigeria* heard this song and repented .. *Ghana* to the world at large . *9JA* loves you *stonebwoy* #BHIM to all the nations .

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    • trust me guys i play this every 2 days at least [ 30-40 times minimum ] on repeat . An overflow of internet [ work in a *Youtube Company* ] so u can can pikcha that. song is every kinda emotions man . *#BHIM** !!!*

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    • Pray some more 🤩

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  9. My friend passed away just recently and in one of the videos I have of him he requested for this song to be played. So I'm leaving this comment here, anytime someone likes it, I'll come and listen to it again in memory of him

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    • My condolences 💐

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    • May he Rest In Peace 🙏🌹

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  10. Who else liked b4 watching the video..... 2nd best reggae album fi de whole world. 💥💥💥💥💥 album of de year If u believe hit de like button

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    • Awal Yusif me

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    • Awal Yusif B.B.

  11. Who else is here to read comments 🙌

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    • Daniel Wiaki หวยรัฐบาล

    • Daniel Wiaki 😆✌🏻️☝🏻️

  12. Ghanaians got every talents like seriously. high life, dance hall, hip hop, this boys no dey play ooo.

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    • @henryemele3147 we are talking about ghana and yur stupid self wants to put nigerian into it

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    • @henryemele3147 no.

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