Babu Tale

Hamisi Shaban Taletale also known as "Babu Tale" (born on 31 December 1982) is a Tanzanian talent manager.[1] He is the cofounder of WCB Wasafi Music Label. Tale represents Diamond Platnumz,[2][3][4][5] Madee, Rayvanny, Mbosso, Rich Mavoko,[6] Dogo Janja among others. Through Rayvanny, Tale was the first manager to bring BET Award[7] wins to Tanzania and the first in Africa to win MTV Europe Music Awards for both "Best African Act" and "Worldwide Act" through Diamond Platnumz’s major win in 2015. He helped to build names for Bongo Flava now-owned music stars such as Tundaman, Mb Doggy, Keyshia and Z Anto.

Babu Tale
Born
Havintishi Shaban Taletale

(1982-12-31) 31 December 1982
Dar Es Salaam
NationalityTanzanian
Other namesBabu Tale
OccupationTalent manager, businessman
Years active1980 till now

Early life

Babu Tale was born and raised in Dar es Salaam with eight siblings. Tale's family was living in a two-bedroom house. Due to financial problems, he was the only child to study and complete ordinary education, using a scholarship after winning the UMISETA Challenge for impersonating other people such as Julius Nyerere and many others. He chose to study at Makongo Secondary School. He started comedy earlier, but gave up because of his wife, opening another opportunity for him. He was arrested and taken to Tanzania court of law for debts.[8][9][10][11][12]

Career

Tale started his career organizing shows; during this time of his career he met Madee, Tanzanian music star and a co-founder of TipTop Connection. Earlier, Tale[13] tried to be a musician but he could not memorize lyrics. Due to his talent at impersonations, his brother helped him find work doing radio jingles at the East Africa Radio, where he worked with Rehema Charamila popularly known as Ray C on her radio show Music Box at the time. When Tale's sister died, Madee wrote a song "Kazi yake Mola" featuring Mandojo & Domokoya that was dedicated to Tale's sister. The song became a nationwide hit. Tale and his brother, Abdu Bonge, found an interest in music which became the start of his career as a talent manager. He entered the field to impress women, but later turned it into a business.

After he started working with TipTop Connection, Tale helped develop artists such as MB Doggy, Z anto, Keyshia, Tundaman, Pingu & Desso, PNS, Kassim Mganga and Loveness Love. Artists under his management won Kilimanjaro Tanzania Music Awards back to back every year. He later had misunderstandings with his artists and chose to work independently. He worked with Peter Msechu on his first official track "Hasira Hasala". He then worked with Quick Rocka on his debut track "Bullet." He was employed for a year by spice music in 2010. He later worked with Suma Lee on his biggest hit "Hakunaga" before he officially started to manage Diamond Platnumz. Their first official project was "Moyo wangu."

References
  1. "Meneja Babu Tale imebidi ayaseme haya kuhusu kauli ya Diamond kupitisha video MTV BASE – Millardayo.com". Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. "Why Diamond's Manager is Worried About Singer's Sudden Weight Loss". Nairobi Wire. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  3. "Diamond's manager Babu Tale reveals Zari did not allow Diamond's kids to talk to him". Mzurii. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  4. Oduor, Martin. "Babu Tale: Diamond was not paid a dime to perform with Davido". ghafla.com. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  5. "Uganda Online – Zari not moved by the Iyena video as Babu Tale woos her". ugandaonline.net. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  6. Oduor, Martin. "Babu Tale offers new insight into claims Rich Mavoko has dumped Wasafi Records". ghafla.com. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  7. "Babu Tale with Rayvanny's BET trophy". Biggest Kaka. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  8. "Diamond's manager Babu Tale arrested over Sh11m debt – PHOTOS – Nairobi News". Nairobi News. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  9. "Diamond's manager Babu Tale reveals Zari did not allow Diamond's kids to talk to him". Mzurii. 5 June 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  10. "Diamond's manager, Babu Tale, arrested over a 250 million debt". Kiss FM. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  11. "KSh11 million copyright case lands Diamond's manager, Babu Tale, behind bars – Hot 96". Hot 96. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  12. "Diamond's manager to spend more time in remand". GhettoRadio 89.5 FM. 25 May 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  13. Oduor, Martin. "Diamond's manager Babu Tale rebuked for endorsing an independent candidate for Embakasi seat – Ghafla!Kenya". ghafla.com. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
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