The organizers of the annual Ghana Music Awards which has beengoing on for 15 years, unveiled the nominees for this year ’ s edition of the awards show .
As usual it has raised debates from those who wanted to benominated but didn’t make the list.
Shatta Wale was nowhere to be
found in the list for reasons that he has an ongoing beef with the firm, Charter House.
His manager, Bulldog decided to use the opportunity to expose
Charter House and it’s owner (s) regarding the years he worked with
the firm and his findings.
Read his letter below
“I am a believer of hard work, I also believe you have worked very
hard to get to where you are. That’s why I respected you. I am
however bothered, when you try to deprive others of reaching their
goals. It was a learning process working with your firm. Let me
actually thank Mr. Philip Ayesu for that opportunity.
During that period, I watched how you took advantage of your staff
and watched for seven or eight years, how you schemed and took jobs
from other companies with your dirty tactics. How you downplayed
and used Ghanaian artistes and industry people to your advantage
and to their detriment. You never sowed any seed in this Ghanaian
Industry but have cleverly reaped. You took advantage of Highlife/
Hiplife, and for over a decade, built everything you own on it. Some
may say it’s a smart business move. And I have no qualms with seeing
potential business and taking advantage. But spitting in one’s face
afterwards? Not fair!
I am not against Charterhouse Music Awards (CMAs), but it’s
nauseating, the fact that you feel it’s a favour for the musician
rather than an enterprise. Okraku Mante, Abraham Ohene Djan, Fred
Kyei Mensah, Goodies and Ageicoat, just to mention a few, have
invested deeply in this industry for you to reap. If any of the
aforementioned was organizing Ghana Music Awards, I am sure they
will handle it differently, according the proper respect to
participants. Not to say awards go without controversies. When you
pay for studio, video, promotional and welfare fees in the
development of an artiste, you will acknowledge the torment
musicians and investors go through. Then maybe accord the industry
and its players the respect they deserve. You plunder our sweat and
toil.
Almost every staff that resigned from your firm, automatically
becomes an enemy, because you think they have something on you.
You will go to every length to try and knock down their hustle. You
are battling your C. O. O. over shares, after he helped you build your
empire. Ignace of 4syte TV has experienced your covetous ways,
Fred Darko one of your most dedicated staff, you have an issue with
all because of greed. And countless others that you have issues with
for no apparent reason.
My advice to you and your greedy wife is to stay in your lane and
continue to do your hiplife and highlife awards. If not for Shatta
Wale and Bass Awards, did you know what dancehall was? Here again,
as a gluttonous person… you think you found an opportunity to
reap. Please dancehall is not hiplife or highlife. And all the acts in
that genre of music are wise. For over a decade, Samini has won
awards on your platform, why didn’t you create a category to help
grow dancehall as a genre. Why didn’t you give an opportunity to its
participants, but waited for Bass Awards to put it on a platform for
you to take advantage of? All of a sudden you are connoisseurs of
the genre, determining who is dancehall king and queen? Using
dancehall to drive your no longer credible award scheme.
Please if you choose to use dubious means to knock our hustle I will
expose you. We feed our families with the jobs we do, likewise you.
We have not in anyway attempted to deny you a meal at the dining
table, so please don’t return the favor.
Am sure after reading this, you will say I’m ungrateful. Please feel
free to reply openly with all the help you offered me while working
for you. IF YOU DID. If not, I am expecting a bailiff to deliver a writ
of summons from your lawyers… You can sue me too, I won’t have a
dime for your materialistic self. Live and lets live. You can’t have
everything!”
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