Lady Du Shares Her Thoughts On Being The Only Female Featured In A Song That Has Created A Male Dance Challenge. Lady Du is currently one of the hottest voices in amapiano. Born into a family of musicians, her father DJ Choc and uncle DJ Zan D are reputable deejays and producers. Lady Du, real name Dudu Ngwenya, first learned how to play at the tender age of nine. Since then and during her early adult life, she had been trying to get a successful break into the music industry
The Umlando challenge has topped trends on Twitter for days and, knowing how much South Africans love to dance, it doesn’t seem like it’s about to die down any time soon. The amapiano song is called “Umlando” by Toss, 9Umba and Mdoova featuring Young Stunna and Lady Du. Being the only female in the song that has created such a huge wave and seen multiple men participating in it, Lady Du doesn’t take this lightly. Taking to social media, the star shared how grateful she is for the opportunity. “Being the only female on a song with a lot of men is intimidating but when people compliment you for doing a great job that right there is priceless 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 #Umlando,” she wrote.
The collective success of the tracks she’s featured on have catapulted her to household status, not only in South Africa but abroad too, as the world continues to check for amapiano. Early last year, she appeared in a New York Times Square billboard as part of Spotify’s African Heat campaign, a feat only a few South African artists have achieved. And there are also the viral social media dance videos soundtracked by the aforementioned hits
