Diamond Platnumz has indicated that all is well between him and Rayvanny amid reports of push and pull following the latter’s decision to quit Wasafi.
Rayvanny on July 12, 2022, officially parted ways with Diamond Platinumz’s record label Wasafi after six years.
The Bongo singer expressed his gratitude to his former boss and recounted some of his highlights in Wasafi in an emotional tribute video uploaded on his social media.
Shortly after Rayvanny’s exit, reports started emerging indicating a fallout between Vanny Boy and Wasafi management caused by the terms and conditions of his contract.
It was reported that the ‘I Miss You’ hitmaker was forced to pay Tsh800 million/Ksh40 million for terminating his contract with Wasafi before its expiry.
Rayvanny Tsh1 billion/Ksh50 million exit clause on his contract but the amount was negotiated down to Tsh800 million after Babu Tale intervened. (Tale was the one who brought Vanny to Wasafi in 2016).
The singer was reportedly allowed to terminate his contract with Wasafi after he raised the Ksh40 million to buy out the remainder of the contract he signed when he joined the label in 2016. As per reports, the contract was to run for 10 years.
During the negotiations, Rayvanny went ahead to perform at Nandy Festival on July 23, 2022, in breach of his contract with Wasafi which at that point had not been terminated yet.
Wasafi slapped Rayvanny with an additional fine for performing at the Nandy Festival before completing the process of exiting Wasafi.
Diamond’s record label demanded that Rayvanny pays an additional Tsh50 million/Ksh2.5 million for performing at the Nandy Festival before completing the process of exiting the label.
Amid all these reports of Wasafi clashing with Rayvanny, Diamond Platnumz caused confusion on August 22, 2022, with his birthday message to Vanny Boy.
The WCB Wasafi wished Rayvanny a happy birthday in a post on social media. In his message, Diamond referred to the Next Level Music President as his young brother for life.
“Chui, young brother Always,” Platnumz captioned a photo he shared via his insta-stories.
