Tanzanian superstar Diamond Platnumz has set another record by being the first artist in sub-Saharan Africa to hit more than 1 billion views on online video-sharing platform YouTube .

Diamond who enjoys over 3 million subscribers on his you tube channel celebrated the milestone by holding a small party at his mansion in Daresalaam.

A statement from his label WCB reads '“This was not an easy thing to achieve. Billion! Thanks to the fans. Congratulations to the boss on achieving that."

On his part, the Jeje hitmaker his journey has not been easy having faced several challenges 'I have gone through several challenges' said Diamond in a short video shared online.

His mother Mama Dangote was among those who congratulated him for this by posting his picture on instagram and captioned it 'MZEE WA ONE BILLION''.

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