Stonebwoy fires back at critics over ‘cripple’ insults

Dancehall Artiste Stonebwoy has criticised people who continue to refer to him as a “cripple”, saying those who use his physical condition against him are “not in the right frame of mind”.

Stonebwoy has criticised people who call him a “cripple”, saying such critics are “not in the right frame of mind”.

He opened up about his accident, years of living with a damaged knee and his journey to becoming an award-winning artiste.

He made the comments on the BBC’s This Is Africa ahead of his BHIM Festival headline show at OVO Arena Wembley on August 15, 2026.

Stonebwoy made the comments during an appearance on the BBC’s This Is Africa, where he opened up about the accident that changed his life, his long-term physical challenges and his journey to becoming one of Africa’s leading dancehall artistes.

The musician, born Livingstone Etse Satekla, said he was involved in an accident while travelling from Ashaiman to Accra at a time when he was preparing to travel to the United States.

“I think I was about to leave for the States, you know, and that shattered everything,” he said.

Stonebwoy said the accident left him hospitalised for several months and caused significant damage to his knee.

“I was in the hospital for like, give and take, four months straight and then come back in and out. And I had to live with a stiff knee,” he recalled.

He said he lived with the damaged knee for about 13 years before undergoing surgery in Germany in 2016, where he received an artificial prosthesis and a total knee replacement.

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