Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr., (born 17 October 1984)[1] is a Ghanaian reggae-dancehall artist. He is known by his stage name Shatta Wale, formerly Bandana.[2][3] His best-known singles are “Dancehall King”, “My level” and “We taking over”. He is also known for “Already” from Beyoncé’s Black Is King which also featured Major Lazer.[4] His song “Dancehall King” earned him the Artiste of the Year at the 2014 edition of the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. Wale is also an actor who appeared in the films Never Say Never[5], The trial of Shatta Wale[6] and Shattered Lives.[7] Wale’s 2004 recording “Moko Hoo” was nominated for a Ghana Music Award.[8]. In 2014, he peaked to number 38 on E.tv’s “Top 100 Most Influential Ghanaian” Awards chart.[9][10] He has since then appeared on the chart every year. He was ranked “Most Influential Musician” on social media in 2017.[11] He made a record-setting as a dancehall artist to have won 11 awards at the 2019 3 Music Awards ceremony.[12]. Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr. was born in Accra, Ghana at the Police Hospital on 17 October 1984 to Charles Nii Armah Mensah Snr and Elsie Evelyn Avemegah. His father is a politician, businessman and legal practitioner.[13]. Shatta Wale attended Seven Great Princes Academy at Dansoman, a suburb in Accra, where he demonstrated an affinity for arts and acted in a popular drama series, By the Fireside, at the National Theatre of Ghana.[14] He then continued to the Winneba Secondary School where he obtained his second cycle education.He started his young music career with borrowed name and identity-Doggy- a name he took in reverence of his favourite DanceHall artiste at the time- Yoggy Doggy.[15]. Then he changed to Bandana- a name that shot him to fame after a single hit track titled Moko Ho. He died in music, buried for years, only to resurrect with a new name, Shatta Wale, a new identity and a solid repertoire of hits after hits.