Shatta Wale, a Ghanaian dancehall musician, has explained why, despite their friendship, he has yet to record a song in Christian Atsu's honour. Atsu was a winger for the Black Stars.

Shatta Wale claims that his ability to write and create a song to honour Christian Atsu's memory was hampered by the loss of the musician.

He admitted that despite their friendship not being as close as it was with Asamoah Gyan, he was always proud of Christian Atsu's perseverance in achieving success in life.

"I have heard people ask why I haven't done a song for Christian Atsu as I have done in the past. I know I have done songs to honour some personalities in the past, including the late Major Mahama."

"I haven't been able to do it for Atsu because his death has hit me so hard and it has affected my ability to write a song for him," Shatta Wale said.

He also criticised the media for waiting for Christian Atsu to die before publicising his good deeds and the charity work he was doing while he was alive.

"God will punish you media people for waiting for him to die before making Ghanaians aware of the good deeds that he was doing. All the charity work he did, you couldn't talk about it but now you are doing it because he is dead," Shatta Wale ended.

Background

Christian Atsu was found dead on the morning of Saturday, February 18, 2022, at the site of his collapsed apartment twelve days after a devastating earthquake hit parts of Turkey and Syria.

The one-week observation of Christian Atsu has been scheduled for Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Accra.

Christian Atsu played in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil and four other African Cup of Nations tournaments.

In all, Christian Atsu made 65 appearances and scored 9 goals for the Black Stars from 2012-2019.