Willy Paul seems to have dropped his gospel tag late last year, when performing at the third annual Pulse Music Video Awards he was introduced to the stage without the ‘gospel musician’ tag.
The well-known controversial musician has done what this paper predicted he would: move to secular music.
Lady Bee
Introduced to the music industry by Nonini, who said that she was his cousin, the singer hasn’t had it all easy in the gospel scene but she’s been working trying to keep up with the pace.
In an interview with a local TV station the singer says that she had it all in the secular scene but no peace on the inside.
Her music career has been inspiring with several inspirational videos alongside her music videos posted in her YouTube channel to keep her fans updated with her well-being in the faith.
Bamboo
Together with Abbas they formed the pioneering duo K South and elevated the hip-hop scene to new level with their catchy rhymes.
The duo broke up and Bamboo left for the United States where his family lives. After coming back into the country he got born again, released few gospel songs but not long after the allure of the bottle couldn’t let him be; he backslid.
The on-and-off patter seems to be his thing as he has done it several times to a level where even a close member of his family confided that they no longer understand him.
Collo
Collo
For some time, he was the only visible guy of the Klepto trio before the return of Nyashinski who was in the United States.
‘King wa Rap’ as he often called himself says that his wife influenced his decision to crossover as she gave him an ultimatum that if he didn’t change she was going to leave him. His wife seems to have had her way.
Collo got born again and released Bazokizo, in which he features singer Bruz Newton, the song and dance did well, even winning them the coveted Groove Award. Not long after he released Jijue featuring Scooby the Lazy rapper.
Juliani
Juliani
The contemporary rapper wasn’t having it easy doing secular music under Ukoo Flani group despite getting a chance to shine with them.
He saw the light and switched to gospel going ahead to release songs that topped the charts with his albums been lauded as some of the most well produced gospel hip-hop albums of all time.
Juliani, however, dropped the tag and his association with gospel music and has since started describing his music as “socially conscious”.
Tero Mdee
Namtero Mdee
The elder sister to Vanessa Mdee had a glamourous stint in showbiz with a successful TV and radio career but she, in what remains one of the biggest shocks, got up one day and quit her lucrative TV job.
She went off the radar with rumours that she had married a preacher. This was confirmed when she came back to the scene a completely changed person; from her dress code, type of music and even her name.
During the time Namtero changed tune and saw the light, she also got married to a Tanzanian evangelist-turned-prophet Hebron Kisamo and released her first single Taa ya Miguu Yangu last year.
Dunco
Dunco
The ‘Kubamba’ Radio breakfast presenter had it all with his musical career but everything went south. The singer is alleged to have found new love for the bottle, making him abandon the gospel despite many denials. With a newfound job and new collaborations recently released, we can only hope that this time he will be able to keep it together in the faith for longer.
