Queen Darleen

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Queen Darleen
Birth nameMwanahawa Abdul Juma
Also known asQueen Darleen
Born (1985-11-04) 4 November 1985 (age 38)
Kigoma, Tanzania
Genres Bongo flava, afro-pop
Occupation(s)Singer
rapper
Instrument(s)Vocals
Years active2000–present
Labels WCB Wasafi

Mwanahawa Abdul Juma (born 4 November 1985 ) better known by her stage name Queen Darleen is a Tanzanian singer signed under WCB Wasafi. [1]

Contents

Biography

Early life

Born as on born 4 November 1985 in Kigoma Region as Mwanahawa Abdul Juma, Darleen is a daughter of Abdul Juma Issack (father) [2] and a sister to tanzanian singer Diamond Platnumz. [3] [4] [5] Darleen is a Muslim by religion. [6] [7]

Personal life

Darleen was alleged dating fellow Tanzanian singer Ali Kiba, a speculation that she and Ali Kiba publicly denied revealing that they were just friends and business partners. [8] [9]

At the end of 2019, Darleen was married to Isihaka Mtoro as his second wife. [10] [11] [12] [13] Mtoro and Darleen were separated in 2022. [14] [15] [16] [17] [18]

Darleen has two children, a son and daughter with Isihaka. [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24]

Music career

Darleen started her music career in the early 2000s as an independ artist featured in Dully Sykes' songs "Historia Ya Kweli" and "Sharifa" also "Mtoto wa Geti Kali" a song by Inspector Haroun. [25]

Darleen released her first debut song as a professional singer "Wajua" featuring Ali Kiba [26] in 2006 whom she addressed not to collaborate with, after a rumor that she slept with him [27] also Ali Kiba's long rivalry with her brother Diamond Platnumz. [28] [29] She released her first song "Maneno Maneno" in 2011 that won her the first award of her career at the 2012 Tanzania Music Awards for the best Ragga/Dancehall song.

WCB Wasafi

Darleen was signed to WCB Wasafi music label, a label owned by her step brother, Diamond Platnumz in 2017. She released her first song as an official WCB Wasafi artist "Kijuso" [30] on February 17, 2017 featuring Rayvanny, followed by couple of hitsongs; "Ntakufilisi", "Touch" and WCB's joint song "Zilipedwa" released on August 25, 2017. She is nicknamed "Wasafi's first lady" as she was the first female artist to be signed under WCB Wasafi. [31] [32] [33]

Awards and nominations

2012 Tanzania Music Awards

YearNominee / workAwardResult
2012Maneno Maneno ft Dully Sykes Best Ragga/Dancehall songWon [34]

Discography

2012

2017

2019

2020

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