Tanzanian musical heavyweight Diamond Platnumz has for a long time had a tumultuous relationship with his father Abdul Juma.
That troubled relationship is, however, not about to change after Abdul stated that Diamond will be “troubled” when he dies.
Abdul told Tanzania’s Ijumaa newspaper that he knows that Diamond still hates him but will realize his misgivings when he is no more.
“I know Diamond hates me so much. And this is fuelled the more because I am still alive. After I die, he will be troubled. He would wish I was alive, but I would be long gone,” Abdul told Tanzania’s Ijumaa newspaper.
Diamond had in the past said that his father neglected him when he was young and are not close as he is with his mother, Sanura Kasimu.
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“Babangu tunawasiliana naye…Upande wa kumsaidia namsaidia ikiwa sina uwezo pia sina uwezo. Lakini bahati mbaya hatuna ukaribu kama nilivyo na mamangu, Kuishi pamoja, Kusafiri pamoja.
(We are still in touch with my father. I help him when I can but I do not have the same relationship as I do with my mother who I live with and travel with)
Hatujazoena hivyo, kwa pengine watu kuniona siko na yeye katika hadara wanaona kama Diamond ana vita na babake. Kuna baadhi ya watu wengine wamekuwan na mazoea mabya ya kwenda na Babangu getini Kwangu na kumpigisha pisha kisha waseme nimemfungia geti, sio fresh aisee. Sio kila mtoto ambaye haishi ma wazazi wake mambo yao sio fresh
(While we might not have a connection, there are people who think I am at war with my father since they hardly see me with him in public. Others go as far as going to bringing my father to my gate and taking photos saying that I have locked him out of my home, which is unacceptable) ” said Diamond.