Vanessa Mdee has been in the country for days now, promoting her new album, ‘Money Mondays’. Tanzanian singer Vanessa Mdee has recently opened up about an ordeal that made her almost quit music.
Speaking with Adelle and Shaffie on KISS FM, She opened up about her ordeal which pushed her to the edge of almost quitting.
Last year, the Tanzanian government went after a couple of famous celebrities accusing them of drug trafficking.
This was after it had decided to step up its war against fighting drug abuse. Vanessa Mdee was one of those who were arrested and ended up spending seven days in jail.
“So last year, I got into a little situation where I was remanded for an accusation. At some point I was like it’s funny when a woman is successful or is deemed an achiever, it has to be attached to something that’s negative. I don’t understand why people thought I wasn’t doing legit music or I was dealing in other things. It broke my heart a little bit. I didn’t’ go to the studio for a while after. I was like what is it for? All this hustling and then someone comes and tells you aah!! Wewe ni mkora. I was in jail for seven straight days’
Tanzanian police last year questioned top celebrities suspected of drug trafficking and drug abuse in an ongoing crackdown on anti-narcotics trade. The celebrities appeared at the central police in Dar es Salaam for questioning after being named in the investigation.
Those summoned alongside Venessa included: Nassib Abdul, popularly known as Diamond Platinumz, Emmanuel Elibariki, Rehema Chalamila, popularly known as Ray C, Wema Sepetu’s fiancé Idris Sultan, Azan Zungu, Abas Mtevu and Rugemarila Mutahaba.
Minister of Information, Culture, Arts and Sports Nape Nnauye had however warned that the ongoing crackdown should be handled cautiously to avoid damaging reputations of the celebrities.
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