Doja Cat is an American singer known for releasing popular songs like So High, Candy, All Nighter, and Down Low. She released her debut album titled Amala in 2018. She has a big social media fan base with more than 10 million followers on Instagram. Doja is represented by popular record labels and her music is inspired by Indian as well as Japanese culture.
Born Name
Amala Zandile Dlamini
Nick Name
Doja Cat
Sun Sign
Libra
Born Place
Malibu, California, United States
Residence
Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality
Occupation
Singer, Songwriter, Producer
Family
Father – Dumisani Dlamini (Actor, Composer, Film Producer)
Mother – Deborah Elizabeth Sawyer (Painter)
Siblings – She has a brother.
Manager
She is represented by Jadler, Booking Agent, Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles, California, United States.
Her distinctive style of singing which has garnered her an immense popularity on the social media circuit
First Album
Doja Cat dropped her first album called Amala in March 2018.
Doja Cat Tattoos
In May 2023, Doja revealed that she had got a new tattoo on her back. The tattoo is a skeletal bat that runs up her spine with its wing bones extending from one of her shoulders to the other. In June 2023, she added a new tattoo on her back in which, she had a spider dangling from a web trailing down the spine of her back.
Doja also has a tattoo on her hand, which features a sword with an ornate handle stabbed through an eyeball.
Doja Cat Facts
She enjoys surfing and has even attended surf camps in the past.
She used to smoke previously. She is believed to have quit smoking cigarettes in 2016.
Doja lived in New York for 5 years when she was young.
She garners inspiration for her music from pop culture, love, fashion, and her friends.
Doja Cat won the New Artist of the Year award at the 2020 American Music Awards.
Doja was included in the 2021 Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list of musicians.
Along with Megan Thee Stallion, Doja was a featured artist in the remix of Ariana Grande‘s hit song 34+35, released in January 2021.
In January 2021, she officially announced that she was leaving TikTok as she was feeling uncomfortable by the harassing and bullying by critics.
On February 24, 2021, Doja launched her own Twitch channel. Within a couple of weeks, she gained over 125,000 followers on Twitch.
In May 2021, she won the Billboard Music Award for “Top R&B Female Artist” and the iHeartRadio Music Award for “Best New Pop Artist”.
In June 2021, she released the music video for her single, Need to Know.
In December 2021, it was revealed that Doja Cat had been tested positive for COVID-19.
In February 2022, Doja teamed up with Tyga for a new song titled Freaky Deaky.
During the 2022 Billboard Women in Music Awards, Doja was honored with the “Powerhouse Award”.
In April 2022, Doja and SZA won the Grammy Award for “Best Pop Duo/Performance” for their song Kiss Me More.
In May 2022, Doja released a new song titled Vegas. The song was later featured in the soundtrack for the Elvis biopic.
During the 2022 Billboard Music Awards, Doja won the awards for “Top R&B Female Artist” and “Top Viral Song”.
In August 2022, she showcased her new buzz cut (hairstyle) via Instagram Live.
In September 2022, Doja won the “Breakthrough Fashion Icon” award at the Daily Front Row’s Fashion Media Awards.
During the Paris Fashion Week held in January 2023, Doja Cat had covered herself in red paint and 30,000 crimson Swarovski crystals. Overall, it took 4 hours 58 minutes to create that look by makeup artist Pat McGrath which also had a red silk faille bustier and a hand-knitted skirt with wooden beads.
Later in the Paris Fashion Week 2023, Doja was seen wearing a mustache and beard made of fake eyelashes. Social media users had praised her looks.
In March 2023, Doja underwent liposuction on her thighs and also had breast reduction surgery. She revealed that her new breast size was “32C”.
In March 2023, Doja won the iHeartRadio Music Award for “Most Played Artist of the Year”.
In June 2023, Doja released the music video for her new song titled Attention.
In July 2023, Doja graced the cover of V Magazine‘s ‘Global Music Issue’.
In August 2023, Doja released a new song titled Paint the Town Red, which peaked at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
In September 2023, she released a new song titled Balut. The song is a part of her album, Scarlet, which was released later that month.
