Uncle Waffles’ Local And International Booking Fees Revealed. Someone who has been instrumental to the amapiano’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 internationally.
Entertainment blogger has revealed that Uncle Waffles charges R80 000 for an hour’s set indoors, while the outdoors booking fee is R120 000. For internnational ggs the amapiano star charges $25 000 (R420 000) for festivals, and charges $18 000 (R300 000) for club gigs. See the below:
Speaking on her overnight career change, where her video went viral leading to her being recognised globally including Canadian rapper Drake; Waffles said this is something she will forever be grateful for. “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 6.30 pm, 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,” she said.
“So, back in Swaziland, I used to work at a TV station hosting a show on Eswatini TV. I took advantage of the equipment there to familiarise myself with the technical side, as well as practising in my own time. When I initially started DJing, I didn’t do so with the aim of playing Amapiano—I wanted to play Afro-house, which is a slower mix of kwaito, deep house and tribal; think Black Coffee. I used to watch a lot of South African DJ DBN Gogo’s mixes on YouTube; she wasn’t using headphones and I couldn’t understand how she was so adept at being aware when she wasn’t even using headphones,” she said on her DJing career.
