{"id":90999,"date":"2019-01-07T11:30:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T08:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=90999"},"modified":"2019-01-07T11:30:36","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T08:30:36","slug":"morgan-heritage-takes-on-government-ban-on-their-song-with-diamond-platnumz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/morgan-heritage-takes-on-government-ban-on-their-song-with-diamond-platnumz\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan Heritage takes on government ban on their song with Diamond Platnumz \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diamond Platnumz featured\u00a0reggae band Morgan Heritage to drop ‘Hallelujah’ sometimes in September 2017. The song was however banned by\u00a0Tanzania Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) five months later.<\/p>\n

On February 28th 2018, TCRA published a list of songs banned from being played by all media stations.\u00a0Diamond\u2019s songs with Rick Ross and Morgan Heritage ‘Waka’ and\u00a0‘Hallelujah’ were among those blacklisted.<\/p>\n

Also read:\u00a0Diamond and 9 other artists slapped with a ban on their songs by Tanzania Communication Authority<\/a><\/p>\n

TCRA banned\u00a0‘Hallelujah’ on grounds that it was\u00a0blasphemous song, they claimed the song was praising\u00a0indecent ladies using a religious term ‘hallelujah’.<\/p>\n

We will never stop glorifying woman<\/h5>\n

Morgan Heritage, who performed with Diamond at new year jump off party in Nairobi, called out Tanzanian authorities for banning ‘Hallelujah’.<\/p>\n

“The Bible say God created woman when He saw man lonely. So we will never stop, ever glorifying woman in a positive way. Because when we do it and we use the bit*h word, we get crucified. Now we say \u2018Hallelujah\u2019 we get in trouble. They say we blasphemy. Let the woman be praised Hallelujah,” said Morgan Heritage during an interview in Nairobi.<\/p>\n