Tanzanian female rapper, Rosa Ree has been slapped with a
six-month ban over an explicit music video she shot with her Kenyan boyfriend,
singer Timmy Tdat.
The Tanzania Music
Regulatory Board, known as Baraza la Sanaa la Taifa (BASATA) said that the
music video for her song ‘Vitamin U’ which she did with her man, went against
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,”
In her apology, Rosa
Ree said in a video: ' 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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