Career
Charles attended Winneba Secondary School and during that time he was known as 'Ayoz'. He changed his name to "Bandana" after senior high school and released the track "Bandana from Ghana". The song made tremendous air waves in the Ghanaian music industry in 2004. After the release of his first album titled Bandana from Ghana, Bandana went into a musical hiatus until he re-branded himself to Shatta Wale and released his song "Dancehall King" in 2013, which became a hit. He is the leader, chief executive officer (CEO) and founder of the Shatta Movement (SM) or (SM4LYF).
Philanthropy
During Christmas festivities of 2014, Shatta Wale took the opportunity to visit the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital Ghana's biggest hospital to donate generously to the Children's Block worth Thousands of Ghanaian cedi[26][27] whilst many were spending time with friends and family.
Shatta Wale, Light A Million Lives and Quallo's Production along with Gasmilla, Keche, Episode and Dada Halfco donated to the victims of the twin disasters (flood and fire) that occurred in Accra on 3 June 2015 in which hundreds of people lost their lives. The group brought along Food, Water, Antiseptic Liquid, Antiseptic Soap, Wipes, Sanitizers, Clothes and a whole lot of items to support the victims.[28]
As part of his philanthropy works, on February 8, 2016, Shatta Wale donated some items to the Police Hospital in Accra. These items included 3 LED TV, Wheel Chairs, Beverages, Detergents, and many others. He also made an undisclosed cash donation to save the life of a young girl and also to help with general administrative work at the government-owned establishment.[29][30][31][32] According to Shatta, he chose the Police Hospital because "Today we donated some items to the police hospital in Accra-Osu. Since this was the hospital I was born in, I and my shatta movement management and crew decided to visit the children's ward. We will be visiting most hospitals as time goes on..#notime #SMTAKEOVA".[19][33]
Shatta, on an educational campaign dubbed "Shatta Back to School Campaign" along with his Shatta Movement Management Team donated some educational materials to some schools which were selected in by the team in collaboration with the regional unit of the Ghana Educational Service as well as the Techiman Traditional Council.[34]
As part of his educational campaign, Shatta Wale donated several books to support Nana Aba Anamoah’s RAISING READERS GHANA FOUNDATION ahead of its official launch, which seeks to cultivate and promote reading among Ghanaian children aged between 6 and 13 years
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