Ghanaian music icon Stonebwoy has opened up on why he failed to make an appearance at the 3Music SallahFest in April 2024 even though he was announced as a headline act alongside rival dancehall artiste Shatta Wale.

Owner of 3Music, Baba Sadiq Abdulai Abu explained that upon getting through to Stonebwoy’s camp after the event, the latter’s manager expressed discontent with the addition of Shatta Wale to the concert line-up, which was a significant factor in the musician’s decision not to attend.

Fast-forward to June 2024, in an interview with Hitz FM, Stonebwoy has clarified that the fallout was due to Sadiq's decision to advertise the event with flyers, contrary to their agreement.

Stonebwoy explained that the event was meant to be a charity show, free of charge, and not intended for public promotion, however, Sadiq proceeded to post an incorrect flyer, which led to a breach of trust and ultimately his withdrawal from the event, which he said was duly communicated.

"They (the organisers) were in contact with my team, but by the time they would even finish for me to hear the outcome, Baba Sadiq had gone ahead to post a flyer. He even posted the wrong flyer. I don't know what his plans were. So that was what broke us, and we couldn't go. And we communicated that.

“If we had ill intentions, we would have gone ahead to say that we could not make it but I pushed it away and suggested we leave it so that the show flowed. Then after, maybe if somebody asks, we can always say, oh, ‘I was sick. I was not feeling well’. So it wouldn’t be like I was going to be disrupting somebody else's show," he said.

Stonebwoy expressed his dismay over the personal attacks and lies spread after the incident, which even drew concern from his family.

"And then the insults on my life came through. I think the insults went so far I had calls from even my father, et cetera.

"We were like, 'Bro, what levels of lies are these? These lies are too much to contain.' But we just chilled and that's how we’ve chilled the whole time,” he said.

He added that, “Nobody can tell me that they’ve seen a reply from any of my people concerning all that misappropriation and that attack on my character. So whatever the plan was or is, only he can answer and tell us what his plans were or are to this day.”

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