Why Shatta Calls Himself A ‘Nima’ Boy
A resident of has narrated how Shatta Wale has come to identify himself with the people of Nima
Tanitoluwa J. Adedotun 
A Nima resident has narrated how Shatta Wale has come to be loved and supported by Nima residents.
He recounted how Shatta Wale humbly came to ask for help since he already knew that Nima people fiercely support their own.
According to him, most people have the wrong impression of people from Nima which is why they try to label them as bad eggs.
Shatta Wale however did not follow the bad impression because he saw that the Nima people have just been misunderstood just like he was when he was still using the stage name 'Bandana'.
The resident, Abdul Fatahu Alhassan explained that Shatta Wale approached the Nima-based music group ‘VIP’ for a boost.
The group subsequently provided him with hype and street support in the Nima community till he became big.
“You know Shatta Wale’s first name? Doggy, that’s his first nickname. Then he changed the ‘Doggy’ to ‘Bandana’, then he changed ‘Bandana’ to ‘Shatta Wale’,”
“When he changed his name to Shatta Wale, he came to Nima and came to live with our boys. He told them; ‘my people, help me, support me, I see the way you support your own; VIP. He went to Prodigal, Promzy and Lazzy and told them to manage him.
“He came and found the love from the Nima people and that love and support carried him along and today he has made his name as Shatta Wale. He humbled himself. You see the way he talks; he doesn’t talk to Nima people like that. He humbled himself so Nima people love him, they hold him and they die for him, now you see where he is,” he narrated.
Fatahu further claimed that the misconception of the Nima people being violent came from a wrong place because the people support individuals who treat them with respect.
“We are not violent; we don’t like disrespect; we don’t like to be undermined. When a Nima person sees that you are trying to undermine them because you see they are coming from Nima, and they know that there’s a perception out there, that when you hear you are from Nima, they start looking down on you, some of them are aggressive for that,” he said.
“So Nima, you give them fire, they’ll give you fire, if you respect them, they’ll respect you,” he concluded.
