Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it has it Artist, Colonel Mustafa, has confirmed he’s a mjengo construction site worker and financially broke. (Read More Here).
Away from music, Mustapha has also appeared on a Kenyan reality show, Nairobi Diaries.
In 2022, he revealed that he suffered from depression after leaving the popular reality show ‘Nairobi Diaries’.
In an interview with The Trend, Mustapha said things have been tough, forcing him to disappear from social media for a while.
He has not released a song for almost five years but is currently working on an album.
“It’s been five years since I released music. Now I am back,” he said. “I had depression at some point, about two or three years after I left ‘Nairobi Diaries’, and things went bad.
His first song ‘Monalisa’ became a massive hit in the early 2000s as he continued to soar high musically alongside his then-partner Nasty Thomas with whom formed the now-defunct Deux Vultures.
Mustafa is also more widely known for his stint at the Reality Show ‘Nairobi Diaries* where fans got a glimpse into the thrill-packed life of the Ladies Man who went on to dub himself ‘Loboko’.
The TikTok footage of Colonel Mustafa doing manual labour at a construction site has gone viral among Kenyans, eliciting a range of emotions and reactions.
Netizens were taken aback by the sight of the famous musician lifting stones with his fellow workers and questioned the status of his singing career.
There were also calls to stop the trend of criticising and mocking former celebrities, with supporters arguing that these individuals have the right to live their lives as they see fit because they are human beings.
In July 2022, while on a popular entertainment TV show, the ‘Katika’ hitmaker revealed that he had battled depression for at least three years after leaving Nairobi Diaries.
“Things have been a bit tough, which forced me to disappear a little from social media as things were not good. It’s been five years since I released music. Now I am back. I had depression at some point, like two or three years after I left Nairobi Diaries and things went bad,” he said.
Colonel Mustafa was born in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania to a Kenyan dad and a Tanzanian mum.
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