A war of words ensued on Sunday night between Tanzanian star musician Harmonize and his former boss Diamond Platnumz signaling a deepening feud between the two artists.
It all started after Diamond Platnumz who had been nominted for the MTV EMA Best African Act award took to social media to congratulate singer Rayvanny for his performance during the award ceremony held in Hungary.
In a strongly worded message , Diamond Platnumz bragged that Rayvanny is so far the first African artist to perfom at the awards ceremony calling on fellow youths to appreciate each other and avoid drugs a message that was translated as a direct jab to his former friend turned rival Harmonize.
Diamond Platnumz lost the award to Nigeri'as Wizkid
"The first Afirican Artist to Perfom #MTVEMA @rayvanny Chui ? ?.... Niwakumbusha Msanii wa Kwanza Africa Kuperform MTVEMA anatokea Tanzania, Mkoa wa Wasafi na sasa ni Raisi wa Next Level Mh @rayvanny ... Vijana wenzangu Tujifunzeni Kuwa na Nidhamu na Fadhila ili Sanaa zetu zitufikishe mbali zaidi na tusiishie kwenye Mihadarati....? #WCB4life #NextLevel #Tetema" psoted Diamond Platnumz.
The message did however not go down well with Harmonize who in turn also responded through instagram story.
"Vijana ni vyema kujifunza ukimsaidia mtu sio lazima umdai fadhira maana kama ndio hivyo basi Tanzania yote inanidai pia ukishapokea mamillioni ya shillingi 600M ukishavutia unga yakiwa yanakalibia kuisha ni vyema kuyauliza au kuyadai fadhira. Pia vijana jitahidini kutofautisha kipi ni hatari kati ya mihadarati na huo unga unao wakondesha . Vijana jitahidini kutofautisha kati ya wewe mwenye miaka 11 na wenye miaka 6 umefika wapi mana baar ni zile zile kichenipati ni zile zile huku USA licha ya kuvimba kote mkiwa jiji la mama Samia. Vijana ni vyema kuendelea kuwalipa wakina mama Levo waendele kutukana watu unaotaka wakuheshimu huku ukiamini watakufa kimziki bila kujua unawalipa promotion. Vijana jifunze kupost msani wako akitoa wimbo sio kuumia kwa kutolewa collabo na sio kutafuta pakutokea kupitia kijana mwenzio sio vizuriii kaka" posted Harmonize.
Adding " Mkishakosaga tuzo zisizo nunulika msikimbilie ngada haraka. Rudini studio subirieni Afrima".
The two singers have been in a beef ever since they parted ways when Harmonize left Diamond's Wasafi label and formed his own label, Konde Gang.
In an interview with clouds fm in 2019, Harmonize revealed that he had to pay the label Tshs 500 million (Kshs 22M) as stipulated in his contract in order to get rights to his masters and part ways with Wasafi.
