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Shatta Movement Records

Shatta Wale's own Accra-based recording imprint, current phonogram credit holder on his releases.

Based in
Accra, Ghana
Founded
2013
Founder
Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr. (Shatta Wale)

Shatta Movement Records is Ghanaian dancehall artist Shatta Wale’s (Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jr.) own recording imprint, based in Accra. It is the current phonogram (P) credit holder on his releases from September 2024’s SAFA album onward, crediting “Shatta Movement Records/Damaka Group of Companies.”

The credit line has moved between entities over the years: a predecessor, Shatta Movement Empire, appeared alongside Zylofon Music on his 2018 album Reign and alone on 2019’s Wonder Boy; between 2018 and August 2023 most releases instead carried a Waka Music Limited credit, before returning to Shatta Wale’s own company in 2024. No source found by this desk explains the moves precisely.

As an artist-owned imprint with no outside investor named in any source checked, it is independent.

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