Entertainment of Friday, 28 June 2019
Source: pulse.com.gh
Cyberbullying can be defined as a form of harassment through electronic means.
With technology improving on the daily and access to mobile internet gadgets rising up the graph, cyberbullying has been more frequent than ever.
In history, cyberbullying has almost always been associated with children. However, Ghana has recently seen a host of cyberbullying that is now the new norm tagged fun.
Despite a host of abuses on the internet involving Ghanaian celebrities, the case of Wendy Shay has been different.
When RuffTown records introduced Wendy Shay to the world, Ghanaians were in pain. Their favourite female musician had left earth in a sad way without notice.
Death had rocked hard and people were still bereaved. Ebony Reigns was an interesting act, and she was no more.
Not that the ‘Maame Hw3’ hitmaker had not had an unwanted share of abuse on the internet. The 2018 Artiste of the Year in Ghana music was slandered for showing too much skin when she dresses. Her bold performance was slammed. Her every move was questioned. Just that, she was dead now and typical Ghanaian always show love to the dead.
Wendy Shay came like ‘a thief in the night’ and never got through to many Ghanaians who felt she came to replace the unfillable hole left by the late Ebony Reigns, a school of thought that has ignited disdain for many in what she does.
The first song released by Shay after Bullet, her manager introduced her was ‘Uber Driver’. With the same controversial lyrics that pushes songs coming from the camp of RuffTown Records, ‘Uber Driver’ thrived.
Then, things started to change.
From the ‘dump question’ interview, her performances, alleged snub on stage during the VGMA to the ‘beef’ with Kelvyn Boy, Wendy Shay has almost always been treated unfairly in all.
In the last year, Wendy Shay has been one of the most cyber bullied personalities in Ghana. The latest which has seen her top trends in Ghana shows how the musician is unfairly dealt with.
On June 26, 2019, Wendy Shay posted a photo of her in a purple dress and white coat hanging on her shoulders. The photo that had no caption has seen lots of abuse under the reply section with a few defending the ‘New Artiste of the Year’ at the Vodafone Ghana Music Awards.
— Wendy Shay (@wendyshaygh) June 26, 2019