Shasha Marley Decries Spintex Traffic In New Song, Recounts A Near-Death Situation Of His Child

• Reggae musician Shasha Marley has released a new song talking about the traffic situation on the roads leading to Spintex
• The town, which is one of Accra's prime areas, boasts several top personalities as residents
• In a recent interview, the singer recounted an experience which almost claimed the life of his child, influencing his new song

Ghanaian reggae veteran Shasha Marley has released a new song dedicated to the terrible traffic situation on the roads leading to the Spintex suburb of Accra.

The celebrated musician sat down with Abeiku Santana on Okay FM to deconstruct the song's motive and inspiration behind it.

In the interview, Shasha Marley opened up about a situation involving his ill child who couldn't get early medical attention because of the traffic.

Shasha Marley cries out as Spintex

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According to Shasha Marley, he used to live in Spintex, but he had to move out because of the terrible traffic situation.

Abeiku Santana also admitted that popular personalities, including Ghana's speaker of parliament Alban Bagbin, celebrated journalist Kwame Sefa Kayi and the IGP have all moved out of the community for the same reasons.

That's the bane of the reggae veteran's new release, which he hopes will gain the attention of the responsible authorities.

In an exclusive chat with music executive Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh about the impact of Shasha Marley's new song, he established that,

"His plights may be ,overlooked and the song's impact may not be felt now. But an artiste will always channel their emotions the best what they know how, and that's music."

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Netizens react to Shasha Marley's new music

YeN.com.gh gathered a few comments from netizens as they reacted to Shasha Marley's frustrations and new music.

georgejnr_11 said:

Our spintex is getting out of hands especially the rail way to nugua

gaiseyeliz900 wrote:

Creativity at it's best, Dope tune lyrics on point

dedebills added:

They are fixing the okpoi gonno stretch and it’s been helpful lately.

KK Fosu chooses Cheddar's New Force movement

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that highlife veteran KK Fosu had registered his support for the political movement of Nana Kwame Bediako, aka Cheddar.

The musician criticised the leaders involved in the affairs of Ghana's top two political parties, NPP and NDC, describing them as greedy and hoping that Cheddar's New Force can lead the country with change.

Source: YEN.com.gh