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Next Level Music

Based in
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Founder
Rayvanny (Raymond Shaban Mwakyusa)
Website

Tanzanian record label founded by the artist Rayvanny (Raymond Shaban Mwakyusa) in March 2021, while he was still under contract to WCB Wasafi, with the artist Macvoice as its first signing. Rayvanny named the label as his reason for leaving WCB Wasafi in July 2022. Apple Music catalogue metadata carries a Next Level Music phonogram credit on one Rayvanny release, Jenifer (Rimix), dated 8 March 2022, before the public exit; no other own-artist release checked, before or after that date, carries the credit. Most of Rayvanny’s own-artist catalogue, both before and after his WCB Wasafi exit, credits Ziiki Media instead. No company register entry has been located.

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