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Tanzania's songstress Zuhura Othman Soud famously known by her stage name Zuchu has opened up about how she met her boss/boyfriend fellow artist Diamond Platinumz.
In an interview with Tanzania's Salama on Salama Zuchu dished out how it was her famous mother, taarab singer Khadija Kopa who introduced her to Diamond.
However, her getting signed to his label Wasafi Records wasn't as smooth sailing as people assume.
Zuchu revealed that after her mom got her a hearing with the "Kwangwaru" hitmaker she had to perform twice for him as a tryout.
"I used to sing in our house’s corridors and my mother would praise me but I went to an event that had real talent and felt as though I did not know how to sing,” the "Sukari" hitmaker revealed.
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How did she end up auditioning?
"One day my mom wanted to host an event in Morogoro and wanted to invite Harmonize and Rayvanny.
While planning, she ambushed me by saying she wanted to visit Diamond.
Since this was a lifetime opportunity, I quickly dressed up and accompanied her."
While with Diamond, Khadija went on to request the artist to give her daughter a listen assuring him that if Zuchu did not meet his expectations she would not push the matter further.
She went on to add, “I was slotted in for an interview and did the first song which was not loved but then for my second song I performed 'Wana' which was accepted."
Zuchu added that when she developed an interest in music her mother took her to music training and though there were other labels that wanted to sign her she constantly rejected the offers.
“I rejected the offers and told my mom that I wanted to work with big names in the industry like Diamond.”
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