YouTuber and rapper Diana Marua popularly known as Diana B has broken Bahati’s record after her new song ‘One Day’ clocked over 1 million views on YouTube within two days.
An excited the Ms Marua shared the good news via her social media pages, taking a jibe at her critics for what she termed as hating on her flourishing career.
"Amkeeeeniiiiii 🔥🔥🔥 There's a new record broken in KE 🇰🇪 #1 Million YouTube in 2 Days!!! Now team Diana B! tag one person who started as a hater then after the tag add some 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 emojis to remind them that what god has blessed no man can curse!!! 🙏 waambie next time wachunge mdomo🤐 na waheshimu wanawake #RESPECTGIRLPOWER 💪,” wrote Diana Marua.
Diana B managed to beat Bahati’s record by a few hours basing on the fact that his song ‘Adhiambo’ ft Prince Indah also garnered over 1 million views within 2 days.
However, Diana B is the first female rapper in Kenya to achieve such a milestone within such a short period.
“Oh no!!! 🙆♂️🙆♂️🙆♂️ if Diana B! @diana_marua gets 1 million youtube by morning my #adhiambo record is broken ✅ I have learned that joke with everything else but never joke with girl power 🔥🔥🔥 tumetii my queen 👸👸👸👑👑👑 #1 trending #oneday 🎬,” wrote Bahati minutes before the song cross the 1 million views mark.
This is an improvement from her first release ‘Hatataachana’ that accumulated 1 million views within 3 days.
“They first run their mouth, then they run 🤷♀😂️ #recordset 1st kenyan female artist to hit 1 million YouTube views in 3 days 🔥🔥🔥 team Diana tag any artist who has been hating but deep down in their heart unajua wana struggle ku get attention ndio ngoma zao zi try kufikia views za Diana B! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 #WhatGodHasBlessedNomanCanCurse," said Diana B.
On November, 29 2021, Marua joined the music industry as a rapper. She announced that she would now go by the stage name "Diana B" stating that her fans have known her as Diana Bahati and she wanted to keep things simple.