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Diamond Platnumz

CTL-P-0221 · Person

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Combined Graph record U-01240 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0221. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Diamond Platnumz, whose real name is Naseeb Abdul Juma Issack, is a Tanzanian Bongo Flava recording artist and chief executive of the WCB Wasafi record label; his breakthrough hit 'Kamwambie' was released in 2010 and he was nominated for Best International Act: Africa at the 2014 BET Awards (per Pulse Kenya).

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Diamond Platnumz, whose real name is Naseeb Abdul Juma Issack, is a Tanzanian Bongo Flava recording artist and chief executive of the WCB Wasafi record label; his breakthrough hit 'Kamwambie' was released in 2010 and he was nominated for Best International Act: Africa at the 2014 BET Awards (per Pulse Kenya).

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Diamond Platnumz, whose real name is Naseeb Abdul Juma Issack, is a Tanzanian Bongo Flava recording artist and chief executive of the WCB Wasafi record label; his breakthrough hit 'Kamwambie' was released in 2010 and he was nominated for Best International Act: Africa at the 2014 BET Awards (per Pulse Kenya).

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