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Shatta Wale Opens Up About Family Issues, Says Mum Abandoned The Dad
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The dancehall star discussed his parents’ relationship and how it influenced his childhood.
Ghanaian reggae-dancehall artiste Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr, better known as Shatta Wale, has shed light on his family issues and his parents’ relationship and how it influenced his childhood.
Shatte Wale has stated that his mother’s decision to abandon his father caused him to have a tough upbringing.
According to a report sighted by Mp3bullet.ng on YouTube, the dancehall artist stated that if it hadn’t been for his mother’s decision to leave from home, his father’s grand aspirations for his family would have come true.
He described how his mother’s decision made his life extremely difficult, saying that when he told his father about his inability to catch up with the numerous subjects taught in Senior High School (SHS), his father chose to relocate their family to the United States.
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However, his mother, Madam Elsie Evelyn Avemegah, made this impossible when she abandoned him despite his father’s tireless efforts to reclaim her.
He said in a Facebook live video:
“I’m from a broken home. My mother left my father some time ago when we were young. When I was in SHS 1, we used to study about 13 subjects in a day and I didn’t have the mind for that; my brain isn’t a factory. So, I told my father that I can’t continue that.”
“At that time, he wanted all of us to relocate to the states, Miami to be precise. He had a contract there and wanted all of us to emigrate to the U.S. My mother didn’t think about my father’s plans and left him. She ran from home and left us. My father tried tirelessly to get her back. God is our witness. As a result of that decision, I grew up in hard conditions,”