Wendy Shay

Wendy Shay was born on 20 February 1996 in Accra, a suburb of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.^[6][7][8] She was born to Mr. and Mrs. Addo from Obo, Kwahu, Ghana's Eastern Region. After the death of her father, she relocated to Stuttgart, Germany with her three siblings. Wendy's love of music grew after the death of her father when she was four years old.

She attended Morning Star School and St Martin de Porres^[6][9] in Accra before relocating to Stuttgart, where she continued her education from grade 7 (JHS 1).^[10] She also attended a music school in Bernhausen in Germany.^[7][11]

Shay is a trained nurse by profession. She worked as a midwife in the clinical field until she moved to Ghana to pursue her musical dreams.^[12][13] Her interest in music began when she was four years old, and she enrolled in a music school in Burghausen, Germany.^[14]

She was introduced to music by Mohit Records manager Bullet and signed in January, 2018^[15] after the untimely death of label mate Ebony Reigns.^[16][17]

On 1 June 2018, Shay released her debut single, "Uber Driver", produced by M.O.G Beatz.^[18] The song was released together with the official video the same day.^[19][20][21]

Shay was enstooled as the Ahenemba Hemaa of Gomoa Afransi^[22] in the Central Region with the stool name Queen Ewurabena Ofosuhemaa Shay 1.^[23]

Shay is the brand ambassador for the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) in Ghana.^[24][25][26]

There was a controversy around Shay being sacked as the brand ambassador for the YEA, but it was later confirmed that she is still the ambassador.^[27][28][29]

Shay has performed at several events including the Miss Ghana 2018 Finals, RTP Awards Africa 2018, and BF Suma Ghana Connect 18 concert.^[30][31][32]

Shay was named Discovery of the Year at the 2018 Vodafone Ghana Music Awards. She was nominated for several other prizes that year, including the three music prizes; she won Breakthrough of the Year, new artiste of the year at the Ghana Music Awards SA, Best New Artiste of the Year Ghana-Naija Showbiz Awards 2018, and Eastern Music Awards Video of the Year.^[8]

In December 2019, she performed at Ghana's Afronation Music Festival.^[33]

Her performance in Belgium at the Ghana Culture Festival 2022 was stopped by the police.^{[clarification needed][34]}