{"id":60895,"date":"2019-02-26T08:20:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T08:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/gh\/?p=60895"},"modified":"2019-02-25T22:50:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T22:50:57","slug":"i-was-poor-those-days-because-i-was-respectful-shatta-wale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/gh\/i-was-poor-those-days-because-i-was-respectful-shatta-wale\/","title":{"rendered":"I Was Poor Those Days Because I Was Respectful \u2013 Shatta Wale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian controversial dancehall artist, Shatta Wale talks about some of his practices. Moreover, he finally admitted that he likes insulting his colleagues in the music industry. However, he have several reasons for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>According to Shatta Wale, during his Bandana days, he was very respectful. That attitude made him poor because people took him for granted those times.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, he realized his mistakes. He switched to his current state and now his colleagues see him to be a threat because he is richer than most of them.<\/p>\n<p>He took to Twitter to share his views<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201c<em>I use to respect everyone in the industry when I was Bandana<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And they took me for granted and I lived a very poor life ..<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But as I changed I made enough money than any many of my colleagues who now see me as a threat cuz they still have that notion at the back of their minds that if you don\u2019t respect you won\u2019t go on..<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>My guy what am doing is called FORMAT !!!\u201d.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian controversial dancehall artist, Shatta Wale talks about some of his practices. Moreover, he finally admitted that he likes insulting his colleagues in the music industry. However, he have several reasons for his actions. 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