- Popular Bongo flava star Diamond Platnumz is under siege after releasing his new song ‘Fire’ featuring Nigerian singer Tiwa Savaga
- The singer is under attack after it emerged that he had copied another musician’s song
- Diamond has been accused of copying Jason Derulo’s song ‘Swalla’
Celebrated Tanzanian singer Nassib Abdhul ,alias Chibu Dangote ,alias Diamond Platnumz is at it again, this time round dealing with a huge case of criticism.
The singer, famed for countless hit songs such as ‘Salome’, ’My Number One’,’Utanipenda’ and the likes on Wednesday, June 21 2017,dropped a new song dubbed ‘Fire’, which features Nigerian popular pop star Tiwa Savage.
Unlike his other hits, ’Fire’ was greeted by fans with a shrug and total ire.
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Being a music enthusiast myself, ’Fire’ is not bad of a song compared to some of his previous releases such as ‘I Miss You’.
However, Diamond Platnumz’s fans and critics think otherwise judging by the heated online bashing against the star.
Diamond Platnumz's Fire
Jason Derulo's Swalla
According to hundreds of his fans’ comments on the song seen, Diamond has turned into a chronic copycat.
Quite a multitude of music lovers called out Diamond Platnumz whom they accused of borrowing, rather stealing the video idea from American star Jason Derulo, who was recently in Kenya for the Coke Studio.
A snippet from Derulo's Swalla
A snippet from Derulo's Swalla
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The singer clearly copied the candy look of Jason Derulo’s video ‘Swalla’ featuring Nicki Minaj and Ty Dollar ,and used part of it on his own ‘Fire’.
That’s not all, Diamond even included the vixens with candy sprinkle lips and Nicki Minaj in a multi-colored stripped booth.
Watch Diamond's Fire here:
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The lash out against the star comes barely days after he flowered the headlines for exposing his wife, Zari Hassan, as a cheat.
The two were even said to have split following Diamond’s expose’, claims they vehemently trashed via their respective social media accounts.
Meanwhile, watch the NAIJ.com TV video below to see what Iyanya has to say about his musical career: