Zuchu: “Diamond will always be my hero, regardless of what happens to us”
Zuhura Othman Soud, best known by her stage as Zuchu, is a Bongo Flava singer who recently performed at the Furaha Festival while touring the nation with her lover and boss, Diamond Platnumz.
The absence of Platnumz on the stage added drama to the event. Zuchu did, however, have her time. She was formally revealed as Wasafi Record Label’s newest signee in 2020. She earned her first YouTube trophy for hitting 100,000 followers in less than a week. Zuchu surpassed all other female artists in Sub-Saharan Africa in terms of subscribers in 2022. Zuchu talks
To be honest, I haven’t yet accomplished what I would consider my greatest accomplishment.
Although my YouTube accomplishments were significant at the time, I now have more ambitious goals that I hope to fulfill.
To be honest, I was taken aback by the fact that I had 100,000 YouTube followers in just one week. Since I was a female artist just getting started, not many people knew anything about me. I went from having no subscribers to having 100,000 in a matter of seconds, and I received my YouTube Gold Plaque—a million—less than a year later.
I discovered my sisters, who had been playing the game for a long time, and it felt amazing to surpass them. Although it was unexpected, I still don’t consider it a significant accomplishment.
No matter what happens (to us), Diamond will always be my idol, and I give him credit for my accomplishments. When you compare his journey from the slums of Tândale to his current position as the most well-known artist in East Africa, you can see the amount of effort he put in to get there.
Again, though, there is another way to look at it: support me. He had the option to put his money into his music endeavors or other businesses, but instead he choose to put it into me. Since it takes a lot to get an artist out there and make them popular, I will always send him flowers in appreciation of the fact that all of the artists who have gone through his hands are now A-listers in East Africa.
He had to put his initiatives on wait for a year when he let me be his new signee, so he transferred the investments to me to ensure I succeeded right away.
Instead of investing in me, he most likely would have used that money to construct his daughter Tiffah an apartment. Investing in female artists was, if anything, far riskier than investing in male artists.
It takes a lot of sacrifice to put your career on wait for a year in order to facilitate someone else’s. “I don’t think I can do that to anyone,” I tell him every time. Being a label owner requires a lot of sacrifice, which I don’t believe I can do, therefore I never see myself doing it. He needs his flowers from the industry.
His legacy is something he has built. Even though he is no longer with us, his name is inextricably linked to the Tanzanian music scene. You must bring up Diamond Platnumz’s name, Rayvanny’s name, mine, and so on if you wish to discuss Harmonize.
Being the mother of his kids (with Zari) is something I’m proud of. Since they weren’t mine at first, I was somewhat anxious, but now they are my little friends.
