Tanzanian Gov’t Bans Rapper Over Explicit Music Video

Tanzania Rapper Rosa Ree

Tanzanian Gov't Bans Rapper Rosa Ree Over Explicit Music Video

The Tanzania government has slapped Rosa Ree, a female Tanzania rapper with a six-month ban over an explicit music video she released on her YouTube account.

The video was for her son – Vitamin U which was shoot with her Kenyan boyfriend and singer Timmy That.

The Tanzania Music Regulatory Board has said that the music video for Rosa Ree’s song went agains rules and regulations of the board as it was too ‘raunchy and immoral.’

The board banned her from releasing any new music and performing in and out of Tanzania until the ban period is over. The rapper was also forced to apologize publicly and ordered to pay a fine of Tsh2 million for failing to notify the body of her work with her lover, Tdat.

Confirming the ban, BASATA’s acting Secretary-general Onesmo Kayanda said: ‘We summoned Rosa Ree and granted her a hearing. The board found her with two mistakes other than sharing explicit content online. One, she never brought the project to Basata for review and two she did not enter into a contract with the international artiste she collaborated with as per the law,”

Rosa Ree has apologize in a video, saying: ‘ I would like to apologize to everyone who was offended by the video that has been doing rounds on social media. Today, I had a meeting with Tanzania Films Board and they have enlightened me on a number of rules and regulations that I was not aware of. Moving forward we will work together on matters art in Tanzania.’

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Source: OccupyGh.com

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Elisha Opoku-Fosu: Elisha Opoku-Fosu is a final year student of the University of Ghana, pursuing a degree in Fine Arts. Elisha is a fascinating celebrity writer. I also find local politics interesting and have plans of taking up a political task in the near future. You can contact me on Phone: +233242067933 or Email me on: ElishaOPF@gmail.com