Black Coco featuring Shatta Wale's Hail the King Wins Sanza Best Reggae/Dancehall

Black Coco’s "Hail the King," featuring Ghana’s Shatta Wale, has won Best Reggae/Dancehall Song at the Sanza Music Awards 2026 in Cameroon. A social media announcement presented the result as breaking news: "BREAKING: The track 'Hail the King' by Black Coco featuring Shatta Wale has won Best Reggae/Dancehall Song at the Sanza Music Awards 2026."

An original report capturing the ceremony’s outcome reiterated the winner, stating, "Hail The King featuring Shatta Wale has won Best Reggae/Dancehall Song of the Year at the Sanza Music Awards in Cameroon." That same report added that "the victory celebrates the track's impact in the genre," and noted fans congratulated the artists on the achievement, a response visible across online communities following the announcement.

The win pairs Black Coco with a featured Shatta Wale at a moment when Shatta Wale remains one of the most decorated names in African dancehall. Apple Music catalogs Shatta Wale as "Known as The King of African Dancehall," and highlights career milestones including the 2014 breakthrough hit "Dancehall King," which earned Best New Entertainer honors at the International Reggae and World Music Awards, and the 2018 Reign album anchored by "Gringo," a No. 1 iTunes single in Ghana that helped Reign reach the Top 10 of Billboard’s World Albums chart.

Shatta Wale’s recent output also kept him in music press coverage ahead of the Sanza Awards result. A Billboard review of his track "Who Send You" described the song as landing "as a diss track amid his apparent row with social media personality Highest Eri" and praised the single’s delivery: "Shatta’s sneering tone is enough to lift bars that could pass as somewhat friendly jabs into searing burns, proving why he’s the baddest deejay in the African dancehall scene." The same Billboard piece quoted lyrics from the song and credited producer Nawtyboi for the sparse trap-dancehall riddim.

Apple Music’s discography listings show Shatta Wale active in 2026 with multiple singles released this year, including "Are you sure," "Danger," and "Top Boss," underscoring the artist’s sustained presence on the scene as "Hail the King" earns recognition at Sanza. Wikipedia fragments of award history included in background material list numerous wins and nominations for Shatta Wale across Ghana Music Awards, Jigwe Awards, Ghana DJ Awards, and the International Reggae and World Music Awards, providing context for how an appearance on a Sanza winners list adds to a long roll of accolades.

Fans’ congratulations and the Sanza accolade place Black Coco and Shatta Wale’s collaboration squarely into the year’s conversation about Reggae and dancehall across West and Central Africa, with the Sanza Music Awards 2026 listing "Hail the King" as the category winner in Cameroon.