Ghanaian singer Wendy Shay has shared an emotional account of how online trolling nearly drove her out of the music industry. In a candid interview on the Afrobeats Podcast with Adesope Shopsydoo, the award-winning artist opened up about the mental toll of being constantly bullied online, especially in the early stages of her career.According to Wendy, she faced intense backlash from some Ghanaians who felt she was trying to imitate the late Ebony Reigns.
The criticism became so severe that even her family began to feel the impact. "At a point, my mum asked me to quit music and return to Germany because the trolling was overwhelming and it affected everyone in my family," she said. "Some of my relatives were even kind of shy to associate with me at the time." The RuffTown Records signee described how deeply the insults and ridicule cut, recalling the harshness of some of the content circulated about her online. "Imagine they take your face, edit it to make you look like an old woman, and start mocking and laughing at you.
They even said I wasn't talented enough.
It was crazy.
