Timmy Tdat and female Bongo rapper Rosa Ree collaborated to release a sexually explicit and down right nasty songs dubbed ‘Vitamin U’.
‘Vitamin U’ was released on November 6th 2019 and many Kenyans took to social media calling for the song to be pulled down by Google’s Youtube since it contained numerous nude scenes.
Public uproar made moral police Ezekiel Mutua to petition Google to take action against Timmy’s song. Google reacted by restricting ‘Vitamin U’ on YouTube.
Timmy Tdat has since re-edited his music video after YouTube and Ezekiel Mutua took action against him. The parts of the original video where the Tanzanian rap queen was captured almost nude have now been removed from the redone video.
While Kenya’s moral police took action against Timmy, Tanzanian authorities have also decided to institute punitive action against Rosa Ree.
Tanzania Music Regulatory board, which is known as Baraza la Sanaa la Taifa (Basata), has decided to ban Rosa Ree from performing in and outside the country for a period of 6 months. The Bongo rapper has also been banned from releasing any new song for the period of the ban.
“Baraza la Sanaa la Taifa (Basata) limemfungia msanii wa bongfleva nchini Tanzania Roza Ree kutojihusisha na muziki kwa miezi 6 kutokana na video ya wimbo wa Vitamin U aliyoshirikishwa na Msanii Timmy Tdat wa Kenya,” read a statement from Basata.
