Uncle Waffles Joins BBC RADIO 1’s Residency As A Host. Someone who has been instrumental to the genre’s growth for the last couple of years is 22-year-old Lungelihle Zwane, more commonly known as the DJ/producer Uncle Waffles. Since shooting to international stardom following a viral clip late last year, Zwane has since performed at a string of sold-out shows—at home and, more recently, here in the UK—and is here to prove that she is more than just an internet sensation.
Uncle Waffles joins BBC Radio 1’s residency as a host for September 2022. The DJ excitedly announced the new gig bagged on Twitter.Waffles will be talking more about Amapiano, the genre that gave her a breakthrough.“So proud to announce that I will be joining BBC RADIO 1’s residency as a host where I will be shedding the spot light on the genre that changed my life; AMAPIANO and some of its hottest songs to date! Every Thursday night 11pm UK time & Midnight SA Time,” she wrote.BBC 1 also confirmed by sharing the line up of artists who bagged residencies from September to November.
Speaking on her rise to fame, which happened overnight, Waffles said: “Nothing was planned, but it all happened at the right time. I’m originally from Swaziland—a small country neighbouring South Africa—and there isn’t much of a creative scene there, maybe two or three gigs a year at best, so I had to work in South Africa to develop my career. The people who have now become part of my team were hosting a show and invited me to come over and DJ; they had originally given me a slot of 6.30pm, which is a horrible time. I had another show that day, too, but after a flurry of cancellations, I ended up covering somebody. I was terrified, because not only was it my first big event in South Africa, it was sold-out too.”
