Dancehall heavyweight Shatta Wale has initiated a GHS100 million defamation suit against reggae artiste, broadcaster, and socio-political commentator Blakk Rasta, alleging that a widely circulated video portraying him as a fraud has gravely tarnished his reputation and caused emotional distress.

The writ of summons, filed on January 8, 2026, by lawyers from Robert Smith Law Group, takes issue with a video titled “SHATTA WALE, SELF-CONFESSED KING OF FRAUD.” The video was published on December 15, 2025, across Blakk Rasta’s Blakk Empire Media social media platforms.

In the statement of claim, the plaintiff, Charles Nii Armah Mensah, professionally known as Shatta Wale, contends that Blakk Rasta made a series of serious and damaging accusations. These include claims that Shatta Wale is a fraudster, keeps close ties with individuals engaged in fraud, and permits illicit funds to pass through his bank accounts.

One excerpt from the video, reproduced in the court filings, states: “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.”

Shatta Wale’s legal team argues that the remarks are entirely false, malicious, and deliberately crafted to scandalise, ridicule, and lower the public standing of the award-winning musician.

According to the claim, the video gained significant traction shortly after publication, recording over 150,000 views on Facebook and more than 27,000 views on YouTube within 24 hours, thereby intensifying the alleged reputational harm.

The suit seeks multiple remedies from the High Court, including a declaration that the statements are defamatory, a perpetual injunction restraining further publication of similar content, an order compelling the removal of the video, and a full-page public apology to be published in the Daily Graphic, Ghanaian Times, and Graphic ShowBiz.

The plaintiff further maintains that the allegations have unsettled his family, worried business associates, and disturbed his fan base, ultimately casting him into “ill repute and ridicule” within society.

| Blakk Rasta has not publicly responded to the legal action yet

When social media influencer Frederick 'Abu Trica' Kumi was arrested on December 12, 2025, by the US government in connection with an $8-million-dollar romance scam and elder fraud, Blakk Rasta made the observation that it was common to see a connection or form of friendship between Shatta Wale and all the alleged and convicted scammers arrested by the US government from Ghana.

Shatta Wale responded to the comments through a song titled Flaunt, released on December 13, 2025. In the track, the singer and record producer dismissed Blakk Rasta’s remarks as foolish and went further to criticise the quality of Blakk Rasta's music, describing it as substandard.

Within the same song, Shatta Wale suggested that he had been cautioned by his father at the start of his career to avoid hard drugs and fraudulent activities, noting that he has remained true to that guidance, stressing that he was “resolute in my mind music is how we will make good money”.

Flaunt also marked the first time Shatta Wale publicly disclosed that he had sold 300 songs from his music catalogue, a deal he said earned him US$3 million.

Blakk Rasta's next public move was to publish the December 15 video cited in Shatta Wale's writ of summons.