Media personality Blakk Rasta is facing a GH¢100 million defamation suit filed by dancehall artist Shatta Wale over a video accusing him of being the “self-confessed king of fraud”.
According to Wale, the words had damaged his hard-earned reputation and caused him significant distress.
The plaintiff, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, known widely as Shatta Wale, in a writ filed by his counsel, Robert Smith Law Group, on January 8, 2026, asserted that the defendant described him as a fraudster who associated with known fraudsters and allowed stolen money to pass through his bank accounts.
He knows all the fraud boys in Ghana and outside Ghana. The Hausas have a saying that I like, ‘Aboki barawu shima barawu ne’: the friend of a thief is also a thief,” the writ read.
These statements were said in the court documents to be false and malicious and were calculated to scandalise and ridicule the multiple-award-winning musician.
The video shared by Blakk Rasta had garnered over 150,000 views on Facebook and 27,000 on YouTube within 24 hours, amplifying the alleged damage.
Shatta Wale therefore sought several reliefs from the High Court, as he wanted a declaration that the statements were defamatory, a permanent order for Blakk Rasta to delete the video, an injunction against further such publications, and a mandated full-page apology in the Daily Graphic, Ghanaian Times, and Graphic ShowBiz newspapers.
Central to the claim was the assertion that the comments have caused anxiety among Shatta Wale’s family, fan base, and business partners and have brought him into “ill repute and ridicule” in society.
Blakk Rasta, a former musician turned outspoken broadcaster, is yet to publicly respond to the writ.
