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Official Nawtyboi Tattoo Murky cover art featuring Shatta Wale in thin green The Ent News brand frame

Some producers stay behind the glass forever. Others invite the Dancehall King into the booth, park a black Rolls on wet asphalt, and let Accra decide the rest. Nawtyboi Tattoo has chosen the second option with “Murky”, a fresh Afro-Beat / dancehall flex featuring Shatta Wale, released on 9 October 2026 through Black Tradition Studios. Chale, when the cover already looks like a midnight flex and the feature is Charles Nii Armah Mensah himself, you do not ask for a soft landing — you turn the volume up.

📌 Quick Facts

  • Song: Murky
  • Artist: Nawtyboi Tattoo
  • Featuring: Shatta Wale
  • Released: 9 October 2026
  • Type: Single
  • Producer: Nawtyboi Tattoo
  • Written by: Charles Nii Armah Mensah
  • Genre: Afro-Beat / Afro-Dancehall
  • Length: 2:51
  • Label: Black Tradition Studios

The Vibe: Smoke, Chrome and Command

Two minutes and fifty-one seconds of late-night Accra heat. Nawtyboi Tattoo sits in the producer chair and Shatta Wale handles the vocal, according to the DistroKid-supplied credits on the YouTube Topic upload. The result sits right in the pocket Ghana already understands: Afro-Beat bounce with dancehall swagger, short enough to loop and heavy enough to clear a corner. Think wet driveway lights, a little smoke under the bumper, and a voice that does not need to shout to own the room. Whether you catch it in Osu, East Legon or on a night bus with one earbud, the mood is the same — murky air, clear intention.

Nawtyboi Tattoo: From La to the Boards

Behind the tag is Kester Teye Ashong, an Accra producer, audio engineer, artist and composer who runs Black Tradition Studios as CEO. Profiles on Ameyaw Debrah and Kumikasa trace his path from La in Greater Accra: he started rapping and writing around nineteen, then moved into beat-making when studio sessions were not giving him the sound he wanted. Slimdrumz opened the production door; from there he learned to produce, mix and master for a run of Ghanaian acts that includes credits around Amg Armani, Kelvyn Boy, Medikal, Gemini Orleans, TeeRhyme and Atswei Franaalo.

Lately the Nawtyboi catalogue has been moving fast — riddims, features and Shatta-adjacent heat. “Dues” with Shatta Wale landed in March 2025, and “Murky” keeps that conversation open: same Accra studio family, same Dancehall King on the mic, fresh October 2026 stamp. When a producer who already knows Shatta’s pocket brings him back for a new single, the street reads it as continuity, not a random tag.

Shatta Wale: Still the Landlord

Shatta Wale does not need an introduction in Accra, but the timing still matters. 2026 has already seen him across lanes — from the John Legend link-up “AIN’T NOBODY” earlier in the year to solo flexes like “GborGborvi (Small God)” and “Heat”, plus the Medikal collab “Sika” at the start of October. Sliding onto a Nawtyboi Tattoo record keeps the BHIM / Shatta Movement energy in the producer underground as well as on the big stages. Apple Music lists Charles Nii Armah Mensah as the composer on “Murky”, which is simply Shatta writing his own lane into the beat.

Why It Matters Now

Ghana’s October playlist is crowded with album rollouts and recycled catalogue pitching itself as new. “Murky” is the opposite: a dated single on Apple Music, Deezer, YouTube Topic, TIDAL and Amazon Music, stamped 9 October 2026, with DistroKid delivery under Black Tradition Studios. For listeners who follow Accra dancehall, it is another reminder that the next hit is as likely to come from a working producer’s hard drive as from a billboard campaign. For Nawtyboi Tattoo, putting Shatta on the cover of a new single is a statement of range. For Shatta, it is another booth session that keeps the streets guessing what drops next. Either way, Accra already knows what to do with a Shatta feature on a fresh Nawtyboi beat.

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