{"id":398,"date":"2017-02-27T16:50:03","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T16:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aptnewsgh.com\/?p=398"},"modified":"2018-12-31T23:09:01","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T23:09:01","slug":"shatta-wale-dares-yaa-pono-new-dis-track-say-fi-watch-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/27\/shatta-wale-dares-yaa-pono-new-dis-track-say-fi-watch-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Shatta Wale dares Yaa Pono in a new dis track;  Say fi&#8230; watch video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shatta Wale has released a \u2018diss\u2019 track in response to a challenge by rapper Yaa Pono.<br id=\"0.39831814739761295\"><br id=\"0.5983223750156388\">The song, titled Say Fi, was released by the dancehall artiste on Monday, 27 February via a live Facebook video.<br id=\"0.41966923718366256\"><br id=\"0.6501793666049396\"><iframe id=\"0.49072930058072384\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rasta.flex\/videos\/10211923421151230\/&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=400\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe> <br id=\"0.04066727249483826\">\u201cLet me show people how to do \u2018diss\u2019 songs commercially,\u201d the award-winning controversial musician further stated in an Instagram post suggesting that the song might be released soon.<br id=\"0.9536126293118257\"><br id=\"0.43038063959614115\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-0\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BRBE8RcjAKT\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=7\" scrolling=\"no\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"0.6174720680016423\" width=\"300\" height=\"586\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br id=\"0.8063473449048122\"><br id=\"0.16643495693146604\">The beef between Yaa Pono and Shatta Wale began when the former was prevented from performing at a show at the Cape Coast Stadium where Shatta Wale was the headline act.<br id=\"0.4115224255266261\"><br id=\"0.06542659565292008\">Yaa Pono later suggested in the media he was not allowed to come on stage because he would have stolen Shatta Wale\u2019s shine.<br id=\"0.5123598442246053\"><br id=\"0.3652186480952868\">Julio Olympio, Shatta Wale\u2019s manager, in response to Yaa Pono\u2019s claim, posted on Facebook and explained why Yaa Pono did not perform at the show.<br id=\"0.6048576502259624\"><br id=\"0.949229543564698\">\u201cHow many times do we stand still and watch organisers mess up with the brand\u2026 Why do we always have to go on stage at 4am\u2026when our fans arrive at 6pm\u2026? We expect them to stand from 6pm to 4am before they watch their king perform\u2026 You give us 12pm then we always have to compromise and allow every act to go on stage and the excuse is: \u2018We\u2019ve been trying to reach them but they aren\u2019t picking their calls\u2026\u2019 Our road manager is always at the venue from 6pm coordinating and waiting for organisers to give us the green light\u2026 Shatta has made it a point to suggest Yaa Pono anytime event organisers ask which act he wants on his platform so why this unnecessary rants\u2026when clearly it\u2019s either your road manager isn\u2019t working with time? Or rather direct your rants to the producers of the event\u2026 Same thing happened in Abetifi\u2026 Unnecessary, Unnecessary, Unnecessary hype \u2026.\u201d the post read.<br id=\"0.016074503924311312\"><br id=\"0.6005417687079526\">Yaa Pono, shortly after the post, took to Instagram and challenged anyone to disrespect him in a live video or say \u201cfi\u201d.<br id=\"0.712375299273291\"><br id=\"0.882655398573887\">Entertainment fans inferred Yaa Pono\u2019s message was directed at Shatta Wale.<br id=\"0.8989981675906611\"><br id=\"0.2904899783319723\"><iframe id=\"instagram-embed-1\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BQ0YmSaDzIs\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=7\" scrolling=\"no\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"0.7746844783017466\" width=\"300\" height=\"768\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br id=\"0.9692606592964343\">Since then, fans of Yaa Pono have been taunting Shatta Wale on social media to say \u201cfi\u201d if he was not scared of Yaa Pono, following which the self-acclaimed dancehall king took to Facebook to taunt Yaa Pono in a live video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Shatta Wale has released a \u2018diss\u2019 track in response to a challenge by rapper Yaa Pono.The song, titled Say Fi, was released by the dancehall <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnewsghana.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/27\/shatta-wale-dares-yaa-pono-new-dis-track-say-fi-watch-video\/\" title=\"Shatta Wale dares Yaa Pono in a new dis track; 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