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Platnumz has frequently collaborated with videographer Director Kenny for his music videos. The music video for "Waah", directed by Kenny, was nominated for "Best African Video" at the 2021 All Africa Music Awards. [10] [11] With over 100 Million views on YouTube, Waah is one of the most watched Tanzanian music videos on YouTube. [12] [13]
Tanzanian Ngoma group. Ngoma (Bantu, meaning dance, drum, and celebration) [4] [5] is an East and Southern African style of music, dance, and instruments, however in Tanzania, and other Swahili areas, also refers to events such as celebrations, rituals, or significant event in life such as giving birth or the passing of a loved one.
Taarab music is a fusion of Swahili poetry sung in rhythmic poetic style, performed by male or female singers and taarab ensembles comprising numerous musicians. Taarab forms a part of the social life of the Swahili people along the coastal areas, especially in Zanzibar, Tanga and even further in Mombasa and Malindi along the Kenya coast. [ 4 ]
In 2015, he received an award for 'Best R&B Song' at Kili Music Awards, also known as the National Tanzania Music Awards. In 2017, he received an award for the Best East African Music Video at the Zanzibar International Film Festival. [4] In 2018 and 2019, Jux was nominated for 'Best Male East Africa' at the AFRIMMA awards. [5]
MTV Africa Music Awards 2009: Himself Best Hip Hop Nominated 2009 Channel O Music Video Awards: Naongea Na Wewe Ft Mwana Fa: Best African East Nominated 2010 Tanzania music awards: Leo Best Music Video Nominated 2011 Tanzania Music Awards: Himself Best Male Artist Nominated 2011 Tanzania Music Awards: Usije Mjini Ft Mwana Fa: Best Hip Hop Song ...
Director Kenny shot his first professional music video, for Tanzanian artist Lava Lava's song "DEDE", in 2017. [9] He then directed the video for "Nishachoka" by Harmonize . [ 10 ] Through his company, Zoom Production, [ 11 ] Director Kenny has shot and released more than 50 videos of hip hop , RnB , reggae - dancehall , bongo flava , and afro ...
The genre has since the late 2010s spread throughout Tanzania, and since 2020 the surrounding Great Lakes. Singeli is a ngoma music and dance where an MC performs over fast tempo taarab music, often at between 200 and 300 beats per minute (BPM), while women dance. Male and female MCs are near equally common, however styles between MC gender ...
The following list of Tanzanian artists (in alphabetical order by last name) includes artists of various genres, who are notable and are either born in Tanzania, of Tanzanian descent or who produce works that are primarily about Tanzania.