Babu Tale | |
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Member of Parliament | |
Assumed office 2020 | |
Preceded by | Omary Tebweta Mgumba |
Constituency | Morogoro South |
Personal details | |
Born | Hamisi Shaban Taletale 31 December 1982 Dar Es Salaam |
Nationality | Tanzanian |
Political party | Chama Cha Mapinduzi |
Occupation | Talent manager,politician |
Hamisi Shaban Taletale, also known as Babu Tale (born 31 December 1982), is a Tanzanian talent manager and politician presently serving as the Chama Cha Mapinduzi's Member of Parliament for Morogoro South constituency since November 2020. [1] [2] He is the co-founder of the WCB Wasafi music label.
Tale represents artists including Diamond Platnumz, [3] [4] [5] [6] Madee, Rayvanny, Mbosso, Rich Mavoko, [7] and Dogo Janja. Through Rayvanny, Tale was the first manager to bring BET Award [8] 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 win in 2015.[ citation needed]
In 2017 he controversially endorsed an independent candidate for Embakasi seat. [9]
In 2018 he was arrested and taken to Tanzania court of law for debts. [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]