Wendy Shay wanted a love song. She got one, and a feud came with it. Her new single “This & That”, with Sarkodie on the second verse, was released on Friday 6 November, and within hours one name in that verse had the internet talking: Patapaa.
The official video, directed by Director Boldz, passed 74,000 views on YouTube in its first day. By Saturday, breakdown channels were posting videos with titles such as “Patapaa’s response to Sarkodie’s jab”, and the conversation had moved from the song to an argument that is now eight years old.
Wendy Shay and Sarkodie on “This & That”
The song itself is a flirtation in Pidgin and Twi. Wendy Shay sets out what she expects from a lover and warns him not to play with her feelings, and Sarkodie answers as the man trying to keep up, promising affection and generosity. It comes out on RuffTown Records, the label that signed her in 2018.
It is not their first record together. Sarkodie joined her and Kuami Eugene on “Psalm 35” in her debut year, and she has spoken warmly about how quickly he delivers a verse when she asks. “This & That” follows a busy 2026 for her: the 4PLAY EP in July and “Bendova” with Lasmid in September.
Why Sarkodie’s Patapaa line matters
Sarkodie names Patapaa in his verse, and anyone who has followed Ghanaian music since 2018 knows why that line was always going to travel.
The story starts with Y Pee’s “Meye Guy” remix in early 2018. Patapaa, the Agona Swedru artist behind the viral 2017 hit “One Corner”, was one of the most talked-about entertainers in the country, and Sarkodie used him in a punchline suggesting that, without money, he would be the kind of act hired to perform at funerals. At the time Patapaa took it with a smile and said he was honoured to be mentioned by Sarkodie at all.
The good mood did not last. In 2021 Patapaa released “Throwback Diss”, which attacked Sarkodie’s wife, Tracy, and in an interview with Bryt TV that October he refused to apologise. “I’m not insulting that girl, I’m insulting Sarkodie,” he said.
The funeral line still stung in April 2025, when a host on Afroculture’s The Savage Room podcast raised it again. Patapaa insisted his career was far from over. “The kind of shows I play, Sarkodie can never be booked for those shows,” he said on the podcast, as reported by Yen.com.gh.
Has Patapaa responded?
Reaction channels on YouTube say he has. A video titled “Patapaa respond to Sarkodie verse on Wendy Shay’s new song This & That” went up on the night of the release, and others followed on Saturday.
As of Saturday evening, though, no major Ghanaian outlet had reported what Patapaa said, and he had not addressed the line in a published interview. AfroYard will update this story when his words are on the record.
Sarkodie, for his part, has not commented publicly beyond the verse.
What comes next for Sarkodie
The timing suits him. His Deja Vu EP arrives on 27 November, with “Deja Vu” featuring KiDi and “Cold” with Olivetheboy already out, and “GEN Z II” with Fameye and Joey B lands on 12 November. A week of debate about one line on someone else’s single does no harm at all.
