Deal sheet
- Status
- Diamond Platnumz confirmed on 6 February 2025 that he released Tanzanian singer Mbosso from his WCB Wasafi recording contract without charging an exit fee. Trade press reported in June 2025 that Mbosso had started his own label, Khan Music, with the album Room Number 3 described as its first project. But the rights registry entry for that same album, created when it was released on 9 May 2025, names the label as Ziiki Media, a South Africa-based distributor, not Khan Music. Every subsequent Mbosso release checked through January 2026 carries the same Ziiki Media credit, with two 2026 tracks credited to Mbosso himself and one to an unidentified 'Donja Empire.' Khan Music does not appear as a rights holder or distributor on any commercial release metadata checked for this record.
- Type
- Distribution
- Parties
- WCB Wasafi, Ziiki Media, Warner Music Group
- Amount
- Not disclosed Not disclosed
- Rights covered
- Sound recording rights (masters) to Mbosso's post-exit catalogue, as credited on commercial release metadata
- Territory
- Tanzania / worldwide (digital distribution)
- Announced
- 2025-02-06
- Primary document
- Rights registry
- Sources
- Deezer rights registry, Room Number 3 album record · Diamond Platnumz on-record statement, 6 February 2025 · Independent corroboration of the waived-fee quotes, 6 February 2025 · Trade report naming Khan Music and Room Number 3, 21 June 2025 · Apple Music phonogram credit, Room Number 3, 13 June 2025 · Full Deezer catalogue label history checked for this record
Read this before citing: WHAT IS ESTABLISHED: Diamond Platnumz, on the record, said he released Mbosso from his WCB Wasafi contract in or before February 2025 and did not charge him to leave. Commercial release metadata shows Mbosso's recording credit moving from WCB Wasafi (24 February 2025, eighteen days after the exit was reported) to Ziiki Media (from 9 May 2025 onward).
WHAT IS NOT ESTABLISHED: No document checked for this record shows Khan Music, the label Mbosso told Tanzanian press he had founded, as a rights holder, distributor or label credit on any release. Whether Khan Music is an imprint operating through Ziiki Media, an artist services arrangement, or a label that exists only in interviews could not be confirmed. The commonly repeated figure that Mbosso's buyout was waived on an amount worth roughly Tsh2 billion appears in Kenyan entertainment coverage but could not be verified against a source this desk could fetch and read, and is not used in this record. 'Donja Empire,' credited on one August 2026 release, could not be identified in any public company or rights record checked.
NO PARTY NAMED IN THIS RECORD WAS REACHED FOR COMMENT before publication.
