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Shasha Marley, whose birth name is Julius Amua-Sekyi, has said that the success of his song Maata has brought him both fame and significant legal problems.
Speaking with Ghana Television, Shasha Marley said that the song was a hit upon its first release and opened doors for him as an artist.
I was at this very studio in 2007 when the song was first released. I’ve tried to explain this music from here a million times, but no one ever seems to believe me.
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All the success and all the failure came from just one song. He remarked, “This earned me the greatest honors.”
“This is my song and I want to hear it,” he stated when asked whether he was concerned about the song’s reception and interpretation.
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The Reggae musician reiterated that the song’s title had nothing to do with flatulence, but rather the names of his pals in Papua New Guinea: Maata Tuitui, Maata Pue, and Maata Fish.
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