Rayvanny officially announces exit from Diamond's WCB Wasafi label

Tanzanian singer Raymond Shaban Mwakyusa, popularly known as Rayvanny, has announced his official departure from the WCB Wasafi record label after six years.

He highlighted his time at WCB and the accomplishments he made while signed to the Diamond Platnumz-led record label in a video posted on his social media platforms on Tuesday.

Rayvanny begins the video by taking his fans back to his early days and how he built a strong friendship with Diamond during his time at the label.

“Ni miaka sita sasa toka tuanze kufanya kazi pamoja. My team, my family, WCB Wasafi, upendo, umoja imekua gunzo kubwa sana kama team," he said.

The ‘Tetema’ hitmaker highlighted his accomplishments while working with WCB, including being the first Tanzanian musician to be nominated for and actually win a BET Award, as well as appearing on international stages like MTV Awards and the Dubai Expo.

“Nimekuwa msanii wa kwanza mwenye tuzo ya BET Awards, nimekuwa msanii wa kwanza kupanda majukwaa makubwa duniani kama MTV, Dubai Expo na mengine mengi,” he narrated.

In addition, Rayvanny takes satisfaction in being the first Tanzanian artist to feature on the Billboard charts following his ‘Tetema’ remix hit with Maluma.

He is additionally the first musician from his nation to exceed 100 million Boomplay streams.

“Haya yote yalifanyika kipindi tukiwa pamoja,” he says in the emotional video directed towards the label, as well as its founder Diamond.

Rayvanny thanked Diamond, his boss, for giving him a stage on which he was able to show the world his talent, as he announced his departure from WCB Wasafi to now concentrate on running his own record label company, Next Level Music (NLM).

“Shukran for that to my family, Wasafi, lakini pia my brother Diamond Platnumz kwa kunipa nafasi dunia ione kipaji changu nilicho barikiwa na Mwenyezi Mungu na kuweza kufika hapa nilipofika kusaidia familia yangu na mafanikio mengi kwa maisha yangu,” he added.

Rayvanny went forth to describe Diamond as someone he admires and respects, saying he will forever be grateful to him for helping him get this far.

“My brother Diamond Platnumz, heshima yangu kwako haitowai futika, nathamini sana mchango wako, Mungu akusaidie ata ulonifanyia Mungu akuzidishie. God bless you Lion, Diamond Platnumz,” he said.

Diamond took to the Instagram comment section of Rayvanny’s departure video to say: “NLM PRESIDENT! Let's Gooooooo!"

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