Rotimi, ‘Power’ actor, announces engagement to Tanzanian lover

Rotimi Akinosho, a Nigerian-American actor and singer, has announced his engagement to Vanessa Mdee, a Tanzanian singer.

The 32-year-old model took to his Instagram page on Thursday to break the news with his numerous followers. He also shared a short video of his fiancee showing off the engagement ring.

“She said yes! You are my everything. My angel. In 2015 I prayed that whoever my wife was going to be and wherever she was at the moment I hoped that she was happy, having a good day and receiving God’s abundance,” he wrote.

“Fast forward… You… you make me such a better man.. I’m in debt to GOD For you. I will pay him back by loving you & giving you everything that you deserve. Nakupenda.”

 

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On her part, Mdee shared the same video and accompanied it with a lengthy caption wherein she described Rotimi as one who “saved my life in ways only a man appointed and anointed by God could.”

“The answer is yes! yes to my best friend, yes to my soulmate, yes to the love of my life. Over and over and over again in every lifetime. How you located me in this time and loved me in ways only you could is a testament to God’s divine order of things and favor and grace. And suddenly it all makes sense. New initials V.A,” she wrote.

Rotimi had made their relationship public in 2019 after sharing a loved-up photo of himself and Mdee.

The singer made his way into acting with the role of Darius Morrison, a drug dealer in the movie ‘Boss’. He has also starred in other films like ‘Power’, ‘Divergent’, ‘Black Nativity’ and ‘Battle Creek’.

50 Cent, an American rapper, signed Rotimi to G-Unit Records, his music label, in 2015. He later released ‘Jeep Music Vol.1’, his debut EP, in 2017.

In June 2019, the singer had narrated how his father made him save all the proceeds he earned from staring as Andre Coleman, in ‘Power’, a popular American television series.