Dancehall artiste Livingstone Etse Satekla, Stonebwoy has disagreed with assertions that Dancehall King Shatta Wale often get attacked by fellow musicians for no reason.

According to him, According to Stonebwoy, any public comment made by artistes about Shatta Wale is usually in response to something he has already said.

“Which artist attacks Shatta Wale? Who wakes up in the morning, unprovoked, picks a camera and starts talking about Shatta Wale?” he asked. “I don’t think there’s anybody.”

“Should anybody say anything, it will be like a response to what he has said. So I tell you for free, no human being is attacking Shatta Wale, not me," Stonebwoy said in an interview with Headless YouTuber.

He dared critics to cite a single occasion where he spoke about Shatta Wale without being provoked.

“Point at one interview where I’ve gone unprovoked, where I’m not replying to something that has already been said, and say I’m causing a rift or beef,” Stonebwoy stated. “I don’t think any artiste does that.”

He noted that certain people fuel unnecessary disputes by assuming they are under attack even when they are not.

“I can confidently tell you every day, every time, that some people are their own enemies,” he said. “Some people are going through so much that they always feel others are against them.”

Montths ago, Dancehall artiste Charles Nii Armah Mensah, popularly known as Shatta Wale, addressed long-standing rumours of animosity between himself and fellow musician Stonebwoy, blaming the media for fueling a false narrative.

During a TikTok live session, the "On God" hitmaker insisted there is no real tension between them and said they actually live very close to each other.

“Where I live is only about a 30-second drive from Stonebwoy’s place, so we are neighbours. Sometimes, I see that people are worried about us not being at peace, but it’s important to understand that this perception is largely influenced by the media,” Shatta Wale said.

He stressed that even Stonebwoy is unhappy with the way their relationship is often misrepresented.

“Stonebwoy doesn’t like this portrayal either. However, it’s all part of the game, and we just have to live with it,” he explained.

Shatta Wale further pointed out that the media’s persistent portrayal of rivalry has made fans believe there is genuine bad blood between them.

“The media tends to create a narrative that suggests we are at loggerheads, and many of you take it seriously,” he added.

Over the years, the relationship between the two artistes has been characterised by public disagreements, brief reconciliations, and renewed speculations — a situation Shatta Wale now says is far from reality.

In April this year, the came a need for the management of Stonebwoy to dismiss claims by popular disc jockey, DJ Lord, that they prevented him from playing Shatta Wale’s songs during the Guinness Accravaganza concert.

In a post on X on April 1, Stonebwoy’s manager, Chief Stylz, refuted the allegations, calling them fabricated. He questioned why DJ Lord would push the narrative that Stonebwoy’s team was behind the directive when he had already acknowledged that it was an event organizer who approached him.

"Just got off the phone with DJ Lord, and he admitted it was a lady from the organisers who told him that Stonebwoy’s team wouldn’t be happy if he played Wale’s songs. And just like that, you run with it? C’mon bro, think!" Chief Stylz wrote.

However, DJ Lord stood by his claims, insisting that his version of events was accurate. He maintained that the Guinness representative explicitly relayed that Stonebwoy’s team was not comfortable with a Shatta Wale back-to-back set.

"I have been faultless all my years in this industry, and I have no reason to fabricate stories. The Guinness representative explicitly relayed to us, verbatim from her phone, that ‘Stonebwoy’s team wasn’t comfortable with the Shatta Back-to-Back.’ I’m simply sharing what occurred," DJ Lord stated.

Amid the ongoing dispute, an audio recording of a conversation between DJ Lord and Chief Stylz surfaced online. In the purported clip, Chief Stylz expressed disappointment over what he described as DJ Lord’s misrepresentation of the situation.

"Lord, what you are telling us right now isn’t what you wrote on social media… It’s like you have an agenda and you know what you are doing. If you were a good person, you wouldn’t have done what you did because we didn’t speak to any organiser," Chief Stylz was heard saying.

Responding to the leaked audio, DJ Lord accused Stonebwoy’s team of recording the conversation without his consent and selectively editing it to fit a narrative.

"Recording without consent? Selective editing? That’s not how respectful communication works. I spoke openly in trust. Let’s not twist words to fit narratives," he fired back.

As the controversy unfolds, the disagreement continues to spark debate among fans and industry players.