“Shatta Wale Doesn’t Respect Me” – Sugar Ranking Walks Off Live Interview

Veteran Ghanaian dancehall artiste Sugar Ranking abruptly walked off the set of a live television interview after a tense exchange with broadcaster Roman Fada over comments concerning fellow musician Shatta Wale.

According to a video shared by Atinka TV on social media, the interview turned confrontational after Sugar Ranking alleged that Shatta Wale has consistently failed to accord him the respect he deserves as one of the senior figures in Ghana’s dancehall fraternity.

Speaking during the interview, Sugar Ranking argued that age and experience should earn him respect from the SM boss.

“Shatta doesn’t respect me. He’s younger than I am. He wants to be an alpha male, but if he’s an alpha male, naturally, I am also older than him, so I can say he doesn’t respect me,” he stated.

As Roman Fada sought further clarification on what he meant by Shatta Wale’s alleged disrespect, the discussion quickly escalated.

Sugar Ranking accused the broadcaster of deliberately attempting to provoke him into making controversial statements about Shatta Wale because of what he described as Roman Fada’s alleged association with the artiste.

“I can see you’re setting me up today, but I know you support Shatta Wale. Before I came here, I did my research on you, so I know you do campaigns for Shaxi. That is why you’re pushing me to say something,” he alleged.

Roman Fada immediately rejected the accusation, insisting that he is a professional broadcaster and has never personally met Shatta Wale.

“I am a professional broadcaster. I don’t support Shatta Wale. I have never met him. But he’s doing something good, so I spoke about it. I am simply saying don’t say things about him when he’s not here to defend himself,” Roman Fada responded.

Sugar Ranking further claimed that in recent times, some people have been trying to create unnecessary tension between him and Ghana’s two biggest dancehall artistes, Shatta Wale and Stonebwoy.

According to him, social media users have falsely accused him of receiving money from Shatta Wale to publicly attack Stonebwoy and members of the Bhim Nation camp.

He denied those allegations, maintaining that his only concern has always been the issue of respect.

“What I am saying is someone came on live and said Shatta Wale has paid me to go on TV and destroy Bhim Nation. For what? I only said Shatta doesn’t respect me because dancehall is a culture, and I am older. So when he sees me, he must call me father, but he doesn’t. That’s why I say he doesn’t respect me,” he explained.

Roman Fada, however, insisted that Sugar Ranking should withdraw his remarks, stressing that he would not allow his platform to be used to make allegations against someone who was not present to respond.

The broadcaster advised the dancehall veteran to settle any personal issues directly with Shatta Wale rather than using the interview to air grievances.

“If you have a personal problem with him, then it’s better you leave here and go solve it with him,” Roman Fada said.

Moments after the remark, Sugar Ranking stood up from his seat and walked out of the studio, bringing the live interview to an abrupt end.