charles nii armah mensah jnr., known by his stage name shatta wale (formerly bandana), is a ghanaian born producer , reggae-dancehall artiste and an actor. he is best known for his biggest breakthrough hit song ‘dancehall king’ which led to winning the artiste of the year at the 2014 edition of the ghana music awards. he is the founder of the shatta movement empire. shatta wale has in recent times demonstrated that he can act as well by featuring in his first ever movie titled never say never and also featuring in shattered lives along with bisa k’dei and majid michel

shatta wale attended winneba secondary school and during that time he was popularly known as ‘doggy’. he changed his name to “bandana” after senior high school and released the hit track “bandana from ghana”. the song made tremendous air waves in the ghanaian music industry in 2004. after the release of his first album titled bandana from ghana, bandana went into musical hiatus until he re-branded himself to shatta wale and released his hit song dancehall king in 2013.