Ghanaian dancehall artist Shatta Wale has denied the rumors that he was paid GH 100,000 by the government to perform at the launch of the Covid-19 Tracker App.

Rumors went viral that all musicians who performed at the concert were paid GH¢40,000 with Shatta Wale pocketing a cool GH¢100,000 for his trouble. Shatta Wale made it clear on a Facebook live video that if he were to have collected anything from the government, he would have collected nothing less than 500k.

Prior to the concert, some Ghanaians described the entertainment component of the event to launch the Covid-19 Tracker App as unnecessary and a waste of the tax payers’ money. They alleged the government pumped huge amounts into the needless fanfare, which could otherwise have been used to procure extra PPEs for frontline Covid-19 workers.

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"Why do people lie like that? U see me, people have said me I like money, Yes! I like money bad, but when my country needs me to perform in these difficult times, there is no way I will choose money first,” the ‘My Level’ hitmaker noted.

“When they talk about patriotic people I am one of them, I am very patriotic, I like to support my country.”

“My God-father called to say the ministry wants to do something and I am one of the main people to have done a virtual concert and that they would love to involve me and I agreed to do it for free…I did it for free because I know where that thing go fit take me go.”