Davy Ngoma Di Malonda (born August 29, 1992), better known by his stage name Da Uzi (sometimes stylized as DA Uzi and pronounced Dé-A Uzi), is a French rapper.

Early years

Davy Ngoma Di Malonda was born in 1992 in

Angers Angers (, , ;) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Duchy of Anjou, Anjou until the French Revolution. The i ...

Pays de la Loire Pays de la Loire (; but can also mean 'Lower Loire') is one of the eighteen administrative regions of France, located on the country's Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. It was created in the 1950s to serve as a zone of influence for its capital an ...

. He spent his early years until 11 years old in

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and Villeparisis where he played soccer (soccer) in a local sports team. Then he moved to live with his aunts in a community in

Seine-et-Marne Seine-et-Marne () is a department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square kilometres (2,284 square miles); it roughly covers its ...

, then a year at

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where he enrolled in a soccer school. At fifteen, he moved to Trois Tours,

Sevran Sevran () is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Seine-Saint-Denis, northeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of Paris. History The current Hôtel d ...

, Paris Region.Genius: Da Uzi biography
He wanted to pursue a career in soccer, but after an injury, he was dropped for treatment and spent the remaining of his short sports career in third level competition at his club before quitting altogether at 15. After that, he started rapping and taking part in rap competitions specially at Villeparisis.

Career

His beginnings in rap are still sketchy as he was imprisoned several times. But in 2016, he was noted for several freestyles efforts collected in the self-release ''La D en personne'' in 2017. At the end of that year, he was signed to Vrai2Vrai Industry and the rap label Rec 118, an affiliate of

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. With the signing, he was featured in releases by of Sevran artists, including Maes and the 13 Block collective. His single with

Ninho William Nzobazola better known by his stage name Ninho (; born 2 April 1996) is a French rapper and singer. Early life William Nzobazola grew up in Nemours, in Seine-et-Marne. His parents are Congolese. His father was Congolese singer Serg ...

titled "Entre les murs" charted peaking at #62 on the

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French singles chart in 2018. In 2019, DA Uzi released his mixtape ''Mexico'' that peaked at number 5 on the French Albums Chart in addition to 4 freestyle releases titled ''WeLaRue''. His debut studio album ''Architecte'' was released on 3 April 2020 peaking at #1 in France, selling 9,700 copies in its first week of release,Booska-P: DA Uzi: Les ventes de son album «Architecte»
and eventually more than 50,000 copies and certified gold. "Crois-moi" featuring is his highest charting single reaching #3 in France.

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes

;Other releases *2014: ''Sans prétention Vol. 1'' (self-published)

Singles

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Featured in

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Other charting songs

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Da uzi French male rappers 1994 births Living people Actors from Angers Black French male actors Black French rappers 21st-century French male actors French people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent Musicians from Angers Rappers from Seine-Saint-Denis Male actors from Pays de la Loire