The 2019 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards event was almost ruined after a near-fight incident between fans of Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy inside the auditorium on Sunday dawn.
The fracas occurred after Stonebwoy was called up the stage to be awarded ‘Reggae/Dancehall Artiste of the Year’.
It is not clear what triggered the fight, but the audience and viewers at home saw Stonebwoy pull out a gun before walking off stage.
Reports indicate Shatta Wale had walked towards the stage with his fans allegedly to congratulate Stonebwoy for the award.
Some fans interpreted Shatta Wale’s gesture as a move to protest the award to Stonebwoy to appeared to be charging towards Stonebwoy when the latter pulled out a gun.
The confusion that ensued after the clash halted proceedings at the venue and in the the live broadcast for some minutes.
In the immediate aftermath, Stonebwoy came back on stage to denounce Shatta Wale alleging that he wanted blood and death in Ghana.
That forced another delay but order was restored after nearly 30 minutes and the show continued with many of the patrons staying till the end, although some left due to the incident.
Stonebwoy, however, apologized when he came back on stage later to accept the award for ‘Songwriter of the Year.’
“I am really sorry for the incident that happened earlier on and I only had to react out of natural instincts because we all know how premeditative some people can be. We’ve seen on social media the treats and everything so we couldn’t come in unprepared because anything could have happened as you guys saw. I come in peace and I go in peace and I apologize to the whole masses of Ghana that the Awards is going to continue. Thank you very music for supporting my music, for supporting everybody else’s music by their deeds we have all seen.”
Stonebwoy and Shatta Wale and known rivals in the Ghanaian music space with each of them drawing unique audiences.
There have been several discussion and debate about who reigns supreme over the other but that has almost ended without a useful conclusions.
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