{{short description|Tanzania talent manager and politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Honorable | name = Babu Tale | honorific_suffix = MP | image = | office = Member of Parliament | term_start = 2020 | term_end = | predecessor = Omary Tebweta Mgumba | successor = | constituency = Morogoro South | birth_name = Hamisi Shaban Taletale | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1982|12|31}} | birth_place = Dar Es Salaam | occupation = Talent manager,politician | party = Chama Cha Mapinduzi | years_active = | known_for = }}
'''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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/mwana-fa-and-babu-tale-cleared-to-vie-for-parliamentary-seats-2714852|title=Mwana FA and Babu Tale cleared to vie for parliamentary seats|access-date=14 November 2020|archive-date=21 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121065636/https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/mwana-fa-and-babu-tale-cleared-to-vie-for-parliamentary-seats-2714852|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://millardayo.com/talemtv02/|title=Meneja Babu Tale imebidi ayaseme haya kuhusu kauli ya Diamond kupitisha video MTV BASE – Millardayo.com|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref> He is the co-founder of the WCB Wasafi music label.
== Career == Tale represents artists including Diamond Platnumz,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nairobiwire.com/2018/06/why-diamonds-manager-is-worried-about-singers-sudden-weight-loss.html|title=Why Diamond's Manager is Worried About Singer's Sudden Weight Loss|date=22 June 2018|work=Nairobi Wire|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mzurii.com/diamonds-manager-babu-tale-reveals-zari-did-not-allow-diamonds-kids-to-talk-to-him/|title=Diamond's manager Babu Tale reveals Zari did not allow Diamond's kids to talk to him|date=5 June 2018|work=Mzurii|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ghafla.com/ke/babu-tale-diamond-was-not-paid-a-dime-to-perform-with-davido/|title=Babu Tale: Diamond was not paid a dime to perform with Davido|last=Oduor|first=Martin|website=ghafla.com|date=19 June 2018|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ugandaonline.net/201946_zari_not_moved_by_the_iyena_video_as_babu_tale_woos_her|title=Uganda Online – Zari not moved by the Iyena video as Babu Tale woos her|website=ugandaonline.net|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref> Madee, Rayvanny, Mbosso, Rich Mavoko,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ghafla.com/ke/babu-tale-offers-new-insight-into-claims-rich-mavoko-has-dumped-diamonds-wasafi-records/|title=Babu Tale offers new insight into claims Rich Mavoko has dumped Wasafi Records|last=Oduor|first=Martin|website=ghafla.com|date=31 July 2018|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref> and Dogo Janja. Through Rayvanny, Tale was the first manager to bring BET Award<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://biggestkaka.co.ke/rayvanny-wins-bet-international-viewers-choice-award-los-angeles/babu-tale-with-rayvannys-bet-trophy/|title=Babu Tale with Rayvanny's BET trophy |work=Biggest Kaka|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref> 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|date=March 2023}}
In 2017 he controversially endorsed an independent candidate for Embakasi seat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ghafla.com/ke/diamonds-manager-babu-tale-rebuked-endorsing-independent-candidate-embakasi-seat/|title=Diamond's manager Babu Tale rebuked for endorsing an independent candidate for Embakasi seat – Ghafla!Kenya|last=Oduor|first=Martin|website=ghafla.com|date=3 July 2017|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref>
In 2018 he was arrested and taken to Tanzania court of law for debts.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/chillax/diamonds-manager-babu-tale-arrested/|title=Diamond's manager Babu Tale arrested over Sh11m debt – PHOTOS – Nairobi News|date=23 May 2018|work=Nairobi News|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mzurii.com/diamonds-manager-babu-tale-reveals-zari-did-not-allow-diamonds-kids-to-talk-to-him/|title=Diamond's manager Babu Tale reveals Zari did not allow Diamond's kids to talk to him|date=5 June 2018|work=Mzurii|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://kiss100.co.ke/diamonds-manager-babu-tale-arrested-over-a-250-million-debt/|title=Diamond's manager, Babu Tale, arrested over a 250 million debt|date=23 May 2018|work=Kiss FM|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://hot96.co.ke/news/entertainment/ksh11-million-copyright-case-lands-diamonds-manager-babu-tale-behind-bars-6453/|title=KSh11 million copyright case lands Diamond's manager, Babu Tale, behind bars – Hot 96|date=23 May 2018|work=Hot 96|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ghettoradio.co.ke/diamonds-manager-to-spend-more-time-in-remand/|title=Diamond's manager to spend more time in remand|date=25 May 2018|work=GhettoRadio 89.5 FM|access-date=24 August 2018}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Current CCM MPs}} {{Chama Cha Mapinduzi}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tale, Babu}} Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:Tanzanian entertainers Category:People from Dar es Salaam Category:Tanzanian Muslims Category:Talent managers Category:Tanzanian MPs 2020–2025 Category:Chama Cha Mapinduzi MPs