Diamond Platnumz recently released a stellar music video for his latest record dubbed ‘Gidi’ that is currently enjoying massive rotations on radio and other major streaming portals there is around the world.
The song, especially the music video has come forth with a taste of controversy that has seen a lot of people question why the award-winning African hitmaker would be comfortable to take a picture with a confederate flag on set of his music video.
The singer who dons Cowboy-inspired apparel from head to toe shared a photo of him on set of the music video shoot for ‘Gidi’ with the Confederate flag clearly spotted right on top of the shelve.
An outspoken blogger Abraham Mutai took notice of this and called out Diamond Platnumz castigating him for not knowing better about the history that the confederate flag holds.
The controversial, outspoken blogger who commands a huge social media following likened Diamond Platnumz to a stupid person who is famous but rather ignorant blaming his entire team for even allowing him to take a picture with the confederate flag right there in the open.
“This man DIAMOND is an embodiment of fame with ignorance and stupidity. That he allowed these flags and himself in one set is indictment on his team, his level of knowledge or lack of it thereof,” Abraham Mutai shared on Twitter.
This man DIAMOND is an embodiment of fame with ignorance and stupidity. That he allowed these flags and himself in one set is indictment on his team, his level of knowledge or lack of it thereof. pic.twitter.com/mPKdaOrVvL
— Lord Abraham Mutai (@ItsMutai) February 22, 2022
It’s not yet addressed why Diamond Platnumz chose to have a Confederate flag on set of his latest music video shoot. He’s yet to address the reason/s behind it because a lot of his fans worldwide are starting to ask hard questions about the same.
It’s only a matter of time before he addresses his fans about the reason why he decided to feature a symbol that’s considered hurtful to black people.
Diamond Platnumz recently shared these photos on social media with one among them having the confederate flag in full display as Simba blows out Cigar smoke.
Fans are happy that the heartthrob ultimately didn’t include a confederate flag in his music video even though he took a photo with it on set of the music video shoot for his ‘Gidi’ record.
Watch the official music video for ‘Gidi’ as performed by Diamond Platnumz below
Brief history on the confederate flag
A Confederate flag is usually a symbol that promotes white supremacy which has been used as an attack of people of color.
The flag was first raised in 1962 as a way of defiance against civil rights and a white supremacist response that was meant to intimate black people. It’s often seen as a symbol of slavery and/or racism toward black people.
The 44th President of the United States is in record saying that the confederated flag “belongs in a museum” back in 2015.
BBC reported on the confederate flag saying that the flag was designed in South Carolina in the US for the confederacy of the South which declared that it was going to be its own nation leading to a civil war in the 1860s.
Despite being considered as a symbol of The South and its heritage and everything it stood for, the original designer of the flag wrote saying that the symbol of the confederate flag was a white background and was designed as a symbol of white supremacy.
