Shatta Wale Reveals That Patapaa Inspired His Freedom Hit Song: "I Was Following A Trend"

• Dancehall musician Shatta Wale revealed that hiplife musician Patapaa's One Corner was what inspired his Freedom song
• He spoke about Patapaa setting up a new trend with One Corner. adding that it took over the Nigerian music industry like a storm
• He further revealed in an interview on 3Music how he creates his songs in the studio

Dancehall musician Shatta Wale disclosed the inspiration behind his 2017 hit song Freedom.

Shatta Wale talked about Patapaa inspiring his Freedom song

In an exclusive interview with Jay Foley on 3Music, Shatta Wale revealed that his 2017 banger Freedom was inspired by the hiplife musician.

He stated that after hearing Patapaa's One Corner song that went viral after its release in 2017, he was inspired to do something similar.

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"Patapaa's song went into the Nigerian system naturally. I was just watching to see whether I could follow his trend and it just worked like magic."

Talking about how he creates his viral songs, the dancehall musician stated that he keeps the fans in mind and analyses how they would react to the song.

"When I am performing on stage, people look at me and ask why is the crowd charged like that. Spiritually, when I am playing beats, I look at the fans. So I have them in my mind and how I want to see them charge," he said in the interview.

Below is the video where Shatta Wale revealed that Patapaa inspired his Freedom hit song.

One Corner placed GH on the world map; better than Kwaku The Traveller - Patapaa

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YEN.com.gh reported that Patapaa came out to indicate that he had a bigger song and rode a higher wave than Black Sherif.

According to the Scopatumana hitmaker, his One Corner song enjoyed worldwide acclaim and should not be compared to Kwaku The Traveller.

Patapaa spoke in an interview when he indicated that Black Sherif's song was good but could not match the least of his songs.

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YEN.com.gh reported that musician, Shatta Wale had released his much-anticipated studio album, Konekt.

The eight-track project was executive produced by Grammy-nominated Nigerian executive, Bankuli.

The album, which features global dancehall heavyweight, Bounty Killer, garnered a lot of traction on its first day out.

Source: YEN.com.gh