The Tanzanian Art Council has today fined Diamond Platinumz, Rayvanny and the WCB record label 3 million Tanzanian shillings each which sums up to 9 million
(Ksh 403611.76) for going against the law and releasing the ‘ Mwanza’ song.
Earlier today, the council had summoned the WCB management and the duo after they released a statement yesterday saying that the song should be pulled down from all social media platforms and not be used in the awaited Wasafi Festival.
The summon was honored by Rayvanny and Babu Tale who is Diamond Platinumz manager as Diamond had sent an apology saying that he is currently out of the country.
The Tanzanian Art Council has rejected the duo’s plea to lift the ban insisting that the words in the song contain vulgar language which is against the values.
The Secretary general of BASATA, Godfrey Mngereza expressed his disappointment saying that the artists might have done this intentionally by ignoring the law.
The council’s expectation is that WCB should observe all the regulations set in regard to the creation of their art work; before sharing it to the public.
“Our reasons to ban the song were very clear and we decided to have a sit up with the team, we are aware that Diamond Platinumz is not in the country but we had a meeting with Rayvanny and his manager today.
We have asked them to provide us with the lyrics of the song that we insist is inappropriate and also told them to pull down the song from the social media platforms; especially on YouTube. We are insisting that they pull it down and they should know we are not playing games.” – Godfrey Mngereza
The artists have however not responded after the meeting and the song remains on their platforms leaving fans in suspense on what their next move is.
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