Diamond in trouble for displaying Confederate flags in his new video

WCB President Diamond Platnumz has return underneath significant criticism for displaying Confederate flags in his new music video.

The flags were 1st discovered by Tanzanian rapper Wakazi, United Nations agency asked the musician to edit the scene that risks a backlash from Diamond’s yankee fans and allies.

Confederate flags are related to oppressors of the black individuals of the u. s., associated Platnumz having them displayed in his video makes him seem as an advocate.

In one in all the scenes on the Gidi music video, Diamond is dressed as a cowboy with 2 of the Confederate flags hanging over him as he dances.

In his message, Wakazi United Nations agency is among famed opinion shapers in Tanzania, suggested Chibu Dangote to try to to away with the scene.

He conjointly raised the question of whether or not Diamond had been awake to the uncomplimentary symbolism of the flags or that they had been sinisterly value-added while not his data.

Wakazi any asked African artistes to urge well-acquainted with the cultures of the globe before borrowing from them in their art. He acknowledged it as an honest thanks to attractiveness to a bigger audience however cautioned that such slip-ups is also harmful.

“Diamond pasipo kudhamiria au kujua, anaweza jikuta affiliation yake yote ya Marekani akaipoteza Kwa kitu kidogo tu Kama hicho kibendera! If attainable anaweza edit the video, au kuombea wasione Na wasizingatie, maana candidly speaking market kubwa bado nickel huku kwetu ambako hatujui wala hatujali. nickel ushauri tu… I’m simply a traveller

“(Diamond might lose all his connections in America over such atiny low detail as a flag. If attainable, he will edit the video or issue a clarification spoken communication that it absolutely was not intentional, candidly speaking, the marketplace for Diamond’s music still remains for the most part USA and plenty of {of USA|folks|people} do not know regarding the flag and it extremely does not hold any that means for us. It’s simply my recommendation… i am simply a messenger),” said Wakazi.

The song Gidi was 1st performed by Diamond on Grammys’ new program dubbed Global Spin, on Feb eight, 2022.

Global Spin is a performance series spotlighting world music and international artists, and East Africa was lucky to own Platnumz as its 1st representative.

“In the newest episode of worldwide Spin, a performance series spotlighting world music and international artists, Afrobeat creative person and music bourgeois Diamond Platnumz represents Tanzania with a kinetic performance of ‘Gidi’,” read associate update from the Recording Academy.