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After revealing the story about her pending nuptials to American rapper,Bongo flava singer Nakaaya Sumari is single again. And true to the speculations that her engagement to the rapper had been broken, the singer has confirmed the vibe in her tattoo. Well,going by the tatoo on the singer’s hand, all is not well. Nakaaya had tatooed her would be hubby’s name on her arm. But now she has re-tatooed it while replacing the name with a map of Africa. Sources said that the singer and the rapper had broken up.

‘’Nakaaya and M1 are nolonger an item. That wedding was just another hoax. She is searching again and you can see she even rubbed him on her skin,’’added the source.

Nakaaya Sumari was earlier on reported to wed in May this year. The wedding which was hyped as invite only has not taken place to date and the singer has remained mum over the man she once referred to as ‘sweetheart’’.

She featured the Dead Prez rapper in her runaway hit  ‘Mr Politician’.The two started dating in 2007 when the rappers visited Dar es salaam. And they took their alleged affair to another level during  American visit the same year. Before dating the popular rapper,Nakaaya had been engaged to another American researcher Gaidi and even shared an apartment with him in Arusha.

The singer however regretted her affair with Gaidi as the worst mistake she made in her life. ‘That to me remains my worst ever made mistake but i thank God i have moved on,’she was overheard telling friends. Gaidi and the diva dated for several years and the latter had even introduced her to his parents in the US. The couple broke up late in 2008.

Mr Googz going big

Mr Googz seems to be flying high in the gospel scene too. After releasing a couple of gospel tracks, American gospel artiste, Sherwin Gardner,who visited the country recently, has show interest in producing some of his tracks.

“During our Uganda tour Sherwin loved my style of music and decided to go with the vocals of my unreleased tracks. He will produce the music in America and send the finished product back to me,” said Mr Googz.

However, Mr Googz just launched his new single ‘Gospel Celebrity’, produced by Herbal Records, last week. He has launched his website www.mrgoogz.com.