It's official: Rayvanny parts ways with Wasafi records

After months of speculations about his future at Wasafi Classic Baby (WCB) records Tanzanian singer Raymond Shaban Mwakyusa better known as Rayvanny has officially left the recording label.

Rayvanny confirmed his exit on Tuesday revealing he will now focus his energies on his record label dubbed "Next Level Music" and is looking forward to growing music talent.

In a short video shared on his official Instagram handle,  Rayvanny paid a glowing tribute to his former boss Diamond Platnumz thanking him for giving him an opportunity to showcase his talent to the world.

“It has now been six years since we started working together, my team, my family WCB Wasafi, we have been driven by love and unity. I have learnt a lot and we have achieved a lot together. I was the first artiste to win a BET award, also the first artiste from east Africa to obtain 100,000,000 view plays on Boomplay. All these happened when we were together. My heartfelt gratitude to my family at Wasafi but most especially to my brother Diamond Platnumz, for giving me an opportunity for the world to see my talent,” Rayvanny said.

“My respect to you Diamond Platnumz will be forever, God bless you Diamond. But there comes a time when a child goes out to start their own life and bring back respect to his family. Now it is my time to leave, and grow other talents at my record label, Next Level Music,” he said.

Rayvanny was signed by Wasafi in 2015.

He becomes the second artiste to leave Wasafi. Singer Harmonize was the first to leave the stable in 2018 to form his Konde Gang Record label.