Diamond Platnumz, umwe mu bahanzi bakomeye muri Afurika, ni icyamamare mu njyana ya Bongo Flava ndetse akaba ari na umwe mu bashinze uburyo bwo gukora umuziki wa “Afropop” ugezweho. Uyu muhanzi w’imyaka 35 yavukiye muri Tanzania, ndetse yakomeje kuba ikimenyabose mu myaka 10 ishize kubera impano ye, ibikorwa byo guteza imbere umuziki, n’ubucuruzi.
Diamond Platnumz yavutse ku itariki ya 2 Ukwakira 1989, mu mujyi wa Dar es Salaam, muri Tanzania. Yatangiye gukora umuziki akiri muto, yagiye abona ibihe bikomeye ariko ahagararira neza umuziki we. Yamenyekanye bwa mbere mu 2009, nyuma yo gusohora indirimbo ye “Mbagala”, aho yifashishije umudiho wa Bongo Flava ndetse n’ijwi rishimishije.
Diamond akomeje kwerekana impano ye mu bijyanye no guhanga indirimbo, gukora imiziki y’ubwoko bwa Afropop, na Afrobeat. Indirimbo ze nka “Number One,” “Salute,” “Jeje,” na “Inama” zagiye ziba indirimbo ziri ku isonga mu muziki wa Afurika. Yafashije mu guteza imbere uruganda rw’umuziki rwa Tanzania ndetse n’umuziki wa Afurika muri rusange.
Diamond Platnumz ni umuyobozi w’ikigo Wasafi Classic Baby (WCB), gifasha abahanzi bo mu Burasirazuba bwa Afurika kumenyekana. Yafashije umuziki wa Tanzania kugira isura ku rwego rw’isi. Ni na we washinze Wasafi Media, ikigo cyamamaza umuziki, gifite urubuga rukunzwe n’abafana benshi. Uyu muhanzi kandi afite ubucuruzi bwa Diamond Platnumz Foundation, bugamije gutanga ubufasha ku batishoboye no guteza imbere ibikorwa by’imibereho myiza.
Diamond Platnumz afite umuryango ukomeye muri Afurika, akaba yarigeze gukundana n’umugore w’umunyarwandakazi Zari Hassan. Bamwe mu bantu bafatanyije na Diamond mu kazi ni Harmonize na Rayvanny, abahanzi bakomeye bo muri Wasafi.
Mu minsi yashize, Diamond Platnumz yagaragaje ko akiri ku isonga mu gukorana n’abahanzi bakomeye. Uyu mwaka, yatangaje ko ari gutegura indirimbo nshya ndetse anitegura igitaramo cya The Ben kizaba muri Mutarama 2025. Yakoze ibikorwa bitandukanye by’imyidagaduro ndetse n’indirimbo za collaborations n’abandi bahanzi bo ku isi yose. Ibi byose byamuhesheje kuba umwe mu bahanzi bafite igikundiro cyo ku rwego rw’isi.
Diamond Platnumz abinyujije mu mishinga y’imyidagaduro n’imikino, akomeje gutanga ubutumwa bwo kubaka no gushyigikira impano z’abahanzi bato, ndetse afite gahunda yo gukomeza gukorana n’abahanzi batandukanye mu guteza imbere umuziki wa Afurika.
Diamond Platnumz, uretse kuba umuhanzi w’icyubahiro, ni icyitegererezo mu guteza imbere ubukungu no gufasha abandi ku rwego rwa Afurika n’isi yose.