What Happened To Mr. Nice? Why was He Completely Ruined? Find Out Here!

Just a few years ago, Mr. Nice was the end all and be all of popular Tanzanian music known as “Bongo”. He was responsible for giving us a slew of hits such as “Kidalipo”, “Kila Mtu Na Dame Wake”, “Kuku Kapanda Baiskeli” ad infinitum.

So popular was he that he caught the eye of a huge record label down under in South Africa who subsequently signed him on and gave him a house in South Africa. Get this, even though he still had cash from his royalties and from his performances, he was still given an advance. Therein lay Mr. Nice’s Waterloo.

Flush with cash, Mr. Nice went on a hedonistic spree of mythical proportions. Thing is, for celebrities, that isn’t necessarily a bad thing. What was however is the fact that he stopped making any music. His lifestyle of revelry and debauchery soon caught up with him when the record company terminated his contract and threw him out on the streets.

He ended up living in some shanty town. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Mr. Nice had alienated his fellow musicians and artists from back home. Ali Kiba took advantage of Mr. Nice’s troubles to fire a salvo and he recorded the track Mac Muga which tells Mr. Nice’s story. Check it out below:

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Mr. Nice was bucked up and ashy! He was subsequently deported from South Africa back home to Tanzania where he begun taking stock of all he’d had and lost. As if the stress of loosing it all wasn’t enough, everyone was waiting in line to humiliate him and kick him while he was down.

But no long ting! He soon surfaced at a gospel crusade at Sheikh Amri Abeid Stadium singing gospel songs. This happened in 2010. He then embarked on a mission to rebuild what he had squandered and he released the track “Tabia Mbaya” last year before signing (watch the vide here) on with Grand Pa Records and being unveiled today.

Read about where he’s been musically speaking all this time he’s been silent here.