Lady Du Reacts To Her Huge Streaming Numbers On Apple Music Without An EP Or Album. With a career dating back to the early 2000s, singer, rapper, and DJ Lady Du found international success after refining her sound to become a leading figure in amapiano, which exploded as a worldwide phenomenon at the dawn of the 2020s. Hailing from a musical family (which includes her father, DJ Choc, and uncle, DJ Zan D), Lady Du naturally gravitated toward DJing as a child, and went on to win national competitions. Though she was initially known for house music, Lady Du now works alongside some of the biggest names in amapiano (including DJ Maphorisa and Kabza De Small) and has produced hits like “Umsebenzi Wethu” alongside Busta 929, Mpura, Reece Madlisa, Mr JazziQ, and Zuma.
The star has not yet dropped an EP or an album of her own, however, her numbers are so huge that even her she doesn’t believe it. Lady Du has 11 million plays on Apple Music streaming platform, and she took to social media to share the achievement and milestone with her fans and followers. Check it out:
For her debut EP, which she’s in the process of finalising, Lady Du has chosen to work with less established artists and producers so as to give them a platform. Speaking on her career skyrocketing during a time which amapiano is popular, the star said: “It’s funny that I popped because of amapiano. When “Superstar” was released, I had been working with JazziQ for a while. We have a few deep house tracks that we released together! My dad and JazziQ’s uncle are business partners so he’s more of a brother to me. “Superstar” was actually the last song I had planned to do. I had so many scars from having previously tried to launch my music career and felt like it was time to give up. I now know some of the celebrities I sang about on “Superstar” personally. The funniest story is that on “Superstar” I mention my actor fiance Andile Maxaka, but we hadn’t even met him when I wrote it. It’s true what they say about speaking things into existence — I wrote the song two years ago and I only met Andile last year [chuckles].”
“And it’s about time! I feel like South Africans have always had the talent and flavour, but lacked connections and contacts. If the latter hadn’t been an issue, then kwaito would have gone international. Amapiano, New Age kwaito if you may, is smashing boundaries at the moment! We’re coming for everything they said we couldn’t get,” she added on how she feels about amapiano crossing international boarders.
