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.
Babu Tale | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Career
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]
