The 'Dancehall King' hitmaker stood tallest among the other nominees including fellow Ghanaian musicians, Sarkodie, and R2Bees; Uhuru, Mafikizolo, and Mi Casa from South Africa; and Congolese singer Fally Ipupa to win the award.
The 9th edition of the Nigeria Entertainment Awards (NEA) was held at the Skirball Performing Arts Center in New York Sunday night.
According to Nana Asiama Hanson (Bulldog), manager of Shatta Wale, they were very confident of winning the award “considering the amount of time and work we put in this year.”
Shatta Wale, who is also the reigning VGMA Artiste of the Year, has again been nominated for the 2014 International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA).
To make it a double on the international stage, he has to be beat off stiff competition from Daniel Bambatta Marley (Jamaica), MC Norman (Uganda), Alkaline (Jamaica), DABO (Tanzania), and Kranium (Jamaica).
The 2014 International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) will come on at the Coral Springs Centre for the Arts, South Florida on Saturday, October 4, 2014.
Shatta Wale, who was in the US to receive the African Artiste of the Year award, is expected to be back in Ghana by the end of the week.
