Top 7 Richest Dancehall Artists in Ghana

Have you ever wondered who the richest Dancehall Artistes in Ghana are? Ghana is one of the African countries with an incredibly good number of Dancehall artistes. However, we can classify them as “multi-genre” but the artistes are well known for their dancehall hit songs.

Music myriads already know that dancehall is one of the popular music genres in Ghana but who are the richest Dancehall Artistes? Owing to that, it’s quite reasonable if we list their names according to their net worth.

Here is the list of the Top 7 Richest Dancehall Artistes in Ghana:

• Shatta Wale

Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr popularly known as Shatta Wale was born in Ghana Capital city (Accra) in 1984.  Shatta Wale combines the art of music production, acting and song writing/music composition hence acclaimed among the popular dancehall musicians in Ghana.

He derives a good amount of credit from his songs, production and collabos thus giving him a spot at the top. Shatta Wale is also the C.E.O of Shatta Movement Records and in 2014 was mentioned among the top 100 Most Influential Ghanaians.

• Stonebwoy

Livingstone Etse Satekla popularly known as Stonebwoy is a Ghanaian artiste who combines reggae with dancehall and Afropop. In 2015, he was honored as the “Artist of the Year”( Ghana Music Awards) and Best International Act: Africa(BET Awards).

Stonebwoy started singing back in High school and attended some of the Rap Battles where he was discovered by Samini and endorsed in Samini Music, after his breakthrough he joined Zylofon Media and started his own label called Burniton Music Group. He is currently the second richest Dancehall Artiste in Ghana.

• Samini

Emanuel Andrews popularly known as Samini is a native of Wa and he is considered as one of the Best Gnanaians Dancehall artistes. He is a prolific Dancehall and reggae recording artiste who was endorsed from Ashanti International for his first record deal.

Samini’s breakthrough was initiated with his debut single “Linda.” He then proceeded to featuring in several hit songs. Besides being one of Ghana’s leading dancehall artistes, Samini has fortified his music career with substantial wealth and a decent amount of accolades.

• Scata Bada

Rashid Mortey popularly known as Scata Bada is a Ghanain songwriter/dancehall artiste. He started his music career in a duo group but later decided to be a solo rapper due personal reasons when he joined Lyfstyl Entertainment and recorded his debut single “Style it” ft Sarkodie.

Since 2014, Scata Bada has managed to release a good number of songs and in conjunction with his endorsements have earned him a spot among the richest dancehall artistes in Ghana.

• Kaakie

Kaki Awo Ocansy populary known as Kaakie or the dancehall queen was born in Ghana, Accra and started singing at a younger age but managed to root herself in the music industry in 2012. She was endorsed under Xtra Large Music after eeting Joshua Raphaelson- a popular Ghanaian Excutive Producer and the owner of Xtra Large Music.

• Iwan

Abdul Razak popularly known as Iwan is a Ghanaian dancehall and reggae artiste. He was born in Accra, Ghana and has been active in the music industry since 2008. He was part of Bullhaus Entertainment then shifted to Gideon Force where he recorded his first album “My Time”

• Eye Judah

Benard Okaiteh popularly known as Eye Judah is a Ghanaian dancehall and reggae artiste born in Accra. He was recently endorsed by Ghanaian based label known as Freedom Cry Records while his songs are circulated globally by VPAL Music Group.