Lady Du Opens Up About Her Spirituality. Dudu Ngwenya also known as Lady Du has been hitting the industry for a while now after completely blowing to fame following one of her biggest amapiano features on ‘Umsebenzi Wethu’ by Moira and Busta 929 featuring JazziQ, Reece Madlisa and Zuma. Like any other artist, there is more to Lady Du than meets the eye.
If you have been following Lady Du, you probably already know that she is quite a spiritual person. “I’ve never felt any reason to be embarrassed about my own spirituality, and embracing my ancestors. My beliefs should never offend someone that, for instance, doesn’t believe in ancestors. We are all allowed to believe in different things. I was once very ignorant where African spirituality was concerned. This was until my family did umsebenzi (a traditional ceremony) for me. I left that ceremony and went straight to the studio. There, I felt an indescribable force operate within me — I’ve never sung like that before,” she explained.
“What people don’t know is that I was literally crying tears on “Umsebenzi Wethu”. There are parts where it sounds like I missed a note, but that’s only because I was crying silently. I felt a heavy weight leave my shoulders. On “Umsebenzi Wethu”, I was thanking my ancestors for opening the doors to success because once I started embracing them wholeheartedly, I started making big moves in my career. Needless to say, the song sat at number one on South Africa’s music charts!,” she added.
Lady Du’s musical journey speaks to her resilience, and her success can rightfully be attributed to her perseverance. On “Superstar”, Lady Du sings about aspiring to superstardom, even going as far as mentioning some South African celebrities that she looks up to! Today, her name is listed among the very stars she once mentioned on the track. Since 2020, she has collaborated with heavyweights like Oskido, Cassper Nyovest, Khuli Chana, Focalistic, De Mthuda, Josiah De Disciple, Busta 929, DBN Gogo and many others.
