News"Compare me with Stonebwoy": Carter Efe's joke on his Ghana stream starts the third Shatta-Stonebwoy ranking row in ten days
On his own Twitch stream in Ghana, with Shatta Wale look-alike Made in Ghana beside him, the Nigerian streamer said Shatta was the biggest in Ghana and he should be compared with Stonebwoy instead. Stonebwoy fans called it disrespect.
Nigerian streamer Carter Efe arrived in Ghana on Saturday, 31 October, ahead of a planned livestream, NDTV Sports reported. He told fans who came to meet him that "Ghana jollof is the best", the outlet reported. Carter Efe is up for Best International Streamer at The Streamer Awards in Los Angeles on 12 November.
What he said
That night, on his own Twitch stream, Carter Efe was sitting with the Ghanaian content creator Made in Ghana, who is known online as a Shatta Wale look-alike and calls the dancehall star his "godfather", YEN.com.gh reported in 2021. NDTV Sports reported that Made in Ghana said Carter looks after him whenever he visits Nigeria, and that showing him around Ghana was a way of returning the favour.
When Carter was compared to Shatta Wale on the stream, he answered in Pidgin. In the clip, which spread on X from Saturday night, he says: "You dey compare me with Shatta Wale, the biggest of all Ghana... you no dey shame? You suppose compare me with Stonebwoy."
YEN.com.gh wrote on X on Sunday that "the Nigerian streamer insisted that the Ghanaian dancehall star was on a different level".
The reaction
The clip drew tens of thousands of views on X. One post sharing it, by @dizzy10_, had more than 46,000 views by Sunday afternoon and asked: "Wey disrespect this??" Others called the line disrespectful to Stonebwoy, while some Shatta Wale fans laughed it off.
One X user, @Brilliantmayor, wrote that some fans were trying to report Made in Ghana's TikTok account. The words in the clip are Carter Efe's, on his own stream.
Other clips claiming that Carter Efe called Stonebwoy fans "crazy", or asked Made in Ghana why he "hates" Stonebwoy, were posted by accounts that X labels as parody accounts. QMS News could not confirm those words in the footage.
Third time in ten days
It is the third public ranking of the two dancehall stars in ten days. On 21 October, Shatta Wale said on a TikTok Live that Stonebwoy "should try to learn how to calm himself down", GhanaWeb reported. On 27 October, an Accra FM presenter said he would choose Shatta Wale over Stonebwoy, and Stonebwoy replied on X the next day, DailyGuide Network and GhanaWeb reported.
Four weeks earlier, on 4 October, Shatta Wale performed Stonebwoy's song "Putuu" at his ShattaFest concert in the Volta Region and called for unity among artistes and fans, GNA and YEN.com.gh reported.
A guest praising his host's idol is manners, not an attack. Carter made himself the small one in his own joke, and it still became a fight he never came for. That one is on us. Shatta and Stonebwoy are both big, and a month ago Shatta was singing a Stonebwoy song on stage. We keep turning two of our best into a league table and handing every visitor the pen.
- Carter Efe's Twitch stream, 31 Oct 2026 (clip posted on X by @popsynightmare2 and @kamakaziih)
- YEN.com.gh on X (1 Nov 2026)
- @dizzy10_ on X (1 Nov 2026)
- NDTV Sports: Carter Efe lands in Ghana on final day of Streamer Awards voting (31 Oct 2026)
- YEN.com.gh: Made in Ghana, Shatta Wale's look-alike (19 Mar 2021)
- @kan_gah, @popsynightmare2 and @Brilliantmayor on X (31 Oct-1 Nov 2026)
- GhanaWeb: "He should learn to calm himself down" - Shatta Wale advises Stonebwoy (22 Oct 2026)
- DailyGuide Network: Stonebwoy fires back after presenter picks Shatta Wale over him (Oct 2026)
- GNA: Shatta Wale performs Stonebwoy's 'Putuu', preaches unity (4 Oct 2026)
- YEN.com.gh: Shatta Wale performs Stonebwoy's 'Putuu' at ShattaFest in Ho (5 Oct 2026)
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