Lady Du Reacts To ‘Tjina’ As It Hits Gold Status. 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. Though she made songs with renowned producers such as DJ Clock, DJ Mshega and DJ Maphorisa (back when he still did gqom) in 2013, 2014 and 2018 respectively, her breakthrough only came under a year ago through the track “Superstar”, alongside revered amapiano deejay and producer Mr JazziQ.
Lady Du’s hit song, Tjina reached Gold status 2 weeks after its official release.The 2023 hit song has taken over various media waves before its official release on September 29. “When everything falls into place. Tjina officially dropped today, it’s almost on half a million streams. @megadrumzsa we did it boys,” she wrote on the drop day.
Taking to social media, the Amapiano star announced the success of the song; she says it reached 1,200,000 streams.Lady Du appreciates people who are streaming her song.“teka teka teka nay ngozi 🔥🔥🔥 itaku ah itaku thank you to everyone streaming,” she wrote.
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
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.
