Diamond Reacts After Losing BET Award To Burna Boy

Tanzania’s award winning musician Diamond Platnumz was on the verge of clinging a BET award for the Best International Act; 2021 after being nominated as one of the favorites for the award. Even though a section of Tanzanians weren’t rooting for him and wanted him out of the competition, Diamond still went on with it.

A great number of Tanzanians, including fellow musicians; had admitted to siding with Nigeria’s Burna Boy or WizKid on voting day.

To make things worse, they launched a petition to disqualify him. However, Diamond still has a huge fan base in Tanzania and East Africa.

Stiff Competition

Anyway, we have to admit that the competition was stiff. Take a look at The Best International Act Nominees, who were in competition with Diamond;

Burna Boy, Nigeria, Aya Nakamura-France, Diamond Platnumz- Tanzania Emicida- Brazil Headie One-UK, Wizkid- Nigeria, Young T & Bugsey- UK, Youssopha- France.

Despite losing the award, Diamond has thanked Tanzanians for their massive support. He has written on his Instagram saying;

”kupitia tuzo hii nimeona ni kias gani watanzania tuna umoja, upendo na kuthamini vya kwetu… Nawashkuru sana kila mmoja wenu kwa Upendo mkubwa mlionionesha… Nifaraja kuona Dunia inapotaja nchi zenye Wanamuziki bora Tanzania inatajwa. Ni jambo la Kumshukuru Mungu….

Na naamini wakati mwingine Tutaibeba… Nitafarijika kesho na kesho kutwa msanii mwingine pia, akiwa katika jambo la kuwakilisha Taifa tumpe nguvu kama mlionipa…. sis ni #SwahiliNation sisi ni Taifa la Waswahili”

The fact that Diamond isn’t giving up on winning the award still makes him a champ.