<p>Wendy Shay, the most streamed Ghanaian female artist on Boomplay, is not just a singer and songwriter; she’s a musical innovator. Formerly a nurse and midwife, Shay shifted her focus to music, her first love, and rose to fame in 2018. Her unique music style, a blend of Afrobeats, Highlife, and Hiplife genres, has earned her hits like “Uber Driver” and “Africa Money.” Larry Madowo sat down with Shay in Accra, to discuss her achievements and how the singer has still found ways to “nurse” the world back to health with her music and nonprofit work.</p>
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How Wendy Shay went from midwife to the most streamed Ghanaian female artist

Wendy Shay, the most streamed Ghanaian female artist on Boomplay, is not just a singer and songwriter; she’s a musical innovator. Formerly a nurse and midwife, Shay shifted her focus to music, her first love, and rose to fame in 2018. Her unique music style, a blend of Afrobeats, Highlife, and Hiplife genres, has earned her hits like “Uber Driver” and “Africa Money.” Larry Madowo sat down with Shay in Accra, to discuss her achievements and how the singer has still found ways to “nurse” the world back to health with her music and nonprofit work.

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<p>Wendy Shay, the most streamed Ghanaian female artist on Boomplay, is not just a singer and songwriter; she’s a musical innovator. Formerly a nurse and midwife, Shay shifted her focus to music, her first love, and rose to fame in 2018. Her unique music style, a blend of Afrobeats, Highlife, and Hiplife genres, has earned her hits like “Uber Driver” and “Africa Money.” Larry Madowo sat down with Shay in Accra, to discuss her achievements and how the singer has still found ways to “nurse” the world back to health with her music and nonprofit work.</p>
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