Alicia keys talks about her experience with working with Diamond

She has spoken highly of Tanzanian Singer Diamond after she featured him on his album

“wasted energy is such a vibe … I also love that diamond Platnumz is a part of this ,an amazing Tanzanian artist who happened to be able to come in and bless this track with his unique style and I love how the worlds collide  . This is like world music collision at its finest, “she said

She also revealed that she met Diamond Platnumz through her husband Swizz Beatz who is a big fan of his music. In September Swizz Beatz was forced to intervene after diamond fans complained on the issue about diamond only being featured for 26 seconds

Swizz defended his wife saying it was diamonds wish to be allocated 26 seconds in wasted energy. However the two still have projects coming up

“my brother for life please tell your fans that you did as you pleased on the record and this is just part 1 she didn’t waste anything we just granted him his wish and we are happy so y’all need to relax he said.

After so many comments towards Alicia she finally spoke about the matter on a tweet which said

“Looks like wasted energy is a fan favorite so far what else y’all feeling

Diamond replied as said it’s my mum’s favorite tune as well.”

He is the only artist from Africa featured in the album which is track 4 which he sings in Swahili

The embassy also tweeted and said: “great to see American artist Alicia Keys collaborate with Tanzanian artiste Diamond Platnumz