Wendy Shay
Wendy Shay is one of Ghana’s most streamed artists, despite being subjected to lots of abuse at the beginning of her career. She talks to DJ Edu about winning over her haters.
Ghanaian singer Wendy Shay was born Wendy Asiamah Addo. She moved to Germany as a teenager, where she went to music school and trained as a nurse, then worked as a midwife for a while before being pulled back to her musical roots in Ghana.
In 2018 she was signed to Rufftown Records by its founder, Bullet, and shot to fame with her first single, the mega-hit Uber Driver. Her music is a blend of afrobeats, highlife and hiplife; she is one of Ghana’s most streamed artists, despite being subjected to lots of abuse at the beginning of her career.
But Wendy Shay is not just about the music – she has also set up a charitable foundation to support orphanages, hospitals, and special schools in some of the most deprived communities in Ghana.
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