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Lady Du pays tribute to Mpura, Busta, Reece Madlisa and Zuma

Musician and dancer Dudu Ngwenya, popularly known as Lady Du has paid tribute to the Amapiano stars who have helped her in her musical journey.

The Vorsloorus born star took to Instagram to appreciate the late Mpura, Busta 929, Reece Madlisa, and Zuma. 

She posted an old photo they all took on the day they recorded eight songs, reminiscing on a time in her life that she will never forget. 

“A time in my life I’ll never forget!!!!! People I’ll never forget ❤️❤️❤️ my brothers @busta_929 @reecemadlisa09 @dereal_zuma @mpura_mpura will always have a safe space in my heart for what they did for me ❤️❤️❤️❤️ ngiwakhumbula amasessions wethu ????? On this day we recorded 8 songs,” she wrote.

 

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Lady Du also recently revealed that her music has been performing well internationally. The Woza hitmaker shared a screenshot on Instagram of the digital music platform streams her tracks received, and she is humbled to see that her music travels beyond South Africa but to other parts of the world too.

“I am humbled by the fact that my music travels beyond South Africa, the fact that I didn’t drop anything last year, I still have no album or EP is really wild, @applemusic @apple it’s time ???? thank you for everything ❤️❤️❤️ time to go above and beyond,” she wrote.

 

 

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Also see: ‘Let her dance if she wants to’ – Simz Ngema jumps to defence of grieving Babes Wodumo

 

 

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