Can someone explain why he made the change? Was it because of a unsuccessful career like JF Ifonge and others - aka mpiaka? He's one of those guys I really haven't paid attention to in recent years.

I remember he was making bank from Bralima, then they cut him off a few years ago.

Lots of talent came from his group

This was a banger in the ndombolo era:

Now:


It's weird to see these guys as pastors and men of  god now when they used to practice kindoki. Does it really give them a fresh start regardless of their history?
https://voila.cd/dakumuda-newman-la-danse-linda-venait-dune-sirene/

Il a choisi de se détourner du mal? pour embrasser la voie de Dieu. Le mal, pour lui, a été de pratiquer la musique profane sous l’influence diabolique. Vous l’avez compris il s’agit de l’évangéliste Christian Kimbukusu Newman autrement dit Nouvel homme.

Il y a quelques jours, il a avoué l’inconscience de de ses actes à une certaine époque. Pendant qu’il était le patron de Lavinyora Esthetique, il avait été confronté à la tentation de s’engager avec le diable pour réussir. Mais étant un appelé de Dieu, il avait réussi à se retenir.

Il a, par ailleurs, révélé que la danse Linda avait pour source une sirène.  Raison pour laquelle à chaque fois qu’il interpréter ce cri, la population était emportée dans une ambiance  folle et inexpliquée. L’esprit de la sirène soufflait sur elle. Il n’a pu comprendre toutes ces choses qu’une fois délivré.

C’est dans le même sens, qu’il martèle pour attirer l’attention des congolais sur certaines chansons étrangères, notamment Dorobucci des nigérians. Car il s’agit là encore d’un autre mauvais esprit envoyé par le diable. Un esprit qui avait été chassé au Nigéria et qui s’est réfugié au Congo.

Il promet d’intercéder tous les jours pour tous ceux qui persistent dans la mauvaise voie et marchent avec le diable.

Étant fils de Dieu, il estime que nous ne devons pas nous soumettre et servir un être inférieur à nous : Lucifer.  Il est donc important de faire très attention aux endroits où nous nous rendons, selon l’homme de Dieu.

Notez que l’évangéliste Christian vient de mettre sur le marché un nouvel album chrétien, son tout premier d’ailleurs, qui s’intitule “Wumela na yo Yesu”. Pour l’instant, le disque n’est disponible qu’en version audio. il comporte 7 titres dont  “Amour du prochain”.

 he had recorded a secular album which was almost finished(only mix of last generique was not done) and started making hints about God in some interviews along with talking about his political ambitions
https://www.sangoyacongo.com/2016/02/fr-christian-kimbukusu-dakumuda-dans-la.html
this article talks a bit what happened behind the scenes and himself admitted indirectly that he was ruined with her not helping anymore and bralima firing him despite the intervention of jb werra and wazekwa and when trying a desperate attempt to get a visa again he got rejected
difficult to say its all due to that,but it was not even weeks after those events that the process of switch started
and its not the first time,long ago back when laviniora was one of the wenge rivals before wenge became a big group he shortly went religious after a story of one of the guys who was among the leaders before he became later the only leader who went for kindoki to become a big group and who lost his head so it scared him and the others and laviniora went idle a bit before returning in the early ndombolo era

And this same guy wants to be president of drc ... Smfh...really?

And this same guy wants to be president of drc ... Smfh...really?

Yeah, what a joke. After Youssou N’dour tried, then Trump, and George Weah all ran for president entertainers are all motivated to run despite their pasts good/bad

Who is this Dakumuda guy. Only heard his name when he sung  in Koffi's Pomme Verte and when one of animators Baby Tangofort went to Fally and I listened to his generiques to hear Tangofort. That's interesting how Werra and JB both went to speak on his behalf but Primus still didn't keep him.