Doja Cat (Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. At the age of 17, she rose to prominence with her song “So High,” which led to her working with RCA Records and Kemosabe. She began making and releasing music on SoundCloud as a child. Amala, Doja Cat’s debut studio album, was released in 2018 and was followed by a deluxe repackage in 2019, both of which featured the hit single “Juicy.”
Age of Doja Cat
Doja Cat was born on October 21, 1995, in Tarzana, Los Angeles, California, to a creative family. She is currently 27 years old. According to her birth date, she was born under the sign of Libra. By nationality, she is an American.
Doja Cat’s mother, Deborah Elizabeth Sawyer, is a painter of Jewish ancestry. Her father, Dumisani Dlamini, is a Zulu actor, musician, and film producer best known for his role in the 1992 musical film Sarafina.
Doja claims she never met her father as a child. Her father, on the other hand, denies this, claiming that he and his daughter have an “excellent” relationship.
Doja and her mother moved to New York City shortly after Doja was born and stayed for five years. Her family relocated to Oak Park, California, when she was five years old, and her mother enrolled her in ballet, tap, and jazz classes. Her aunt, who is a singer, taught her how to sing in order for her to be accepted into a performing arts school.
She studied piano and danced as a child and teenager. Her brother would rap to her and she would listen, inspiring her to improve her rapping and writing skills.
Erykah Badu, Pharrell Williams, Jamiroquai, PartyNextDoor, and Drake, as well as Indian, Hindu, and Japanese cultures, are said to have influenced her.
Height of Doja Cat
The singer is an average-height woman. For those who are curious about her height, she is 5 feet 5 inches tall, which translates to 1 m 65 cm.
Net Worth of Doja Cat
Doja Cat’s net worth is estimated to be $8 million as of 2022, according to reliable online sources. This income is sufficient to cover all of her assets, earnings, and real estate. Her primary career as a rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer has netted her a sizable fortune.
Doja Cat lives a lavish lifestyle. Her automobiles, mansion, and other opulent collections will be updated.
Education
Her family moved to the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles when she was eleven years old, where they lived in an ashram in the Agoura Hills mountains and practiced Hinduism for four years.
Throughout her life, Doja wore headscarves and sang bhajans at the temple. She claims that after that, she lost interest in education and became obsessed with dance.
While at the ashram, she had been practicing Bharatanatyam, an Indian traditional dance technique. She began taking breakdancing lessons after leaving the ashram and eventually joined a professional pop-locking company, with whom she performed in dance wars throughout Los Angeles while still in high school.
She also regularly skipped school to participate in online chatrooms. She eventually dropped out of high school during her junior year, at the age of sixteen.
Professional Career
Doja learned to sing, rap, and use GarageBand while she was at home without a job, after becoming obsessed with online cultures and websites such as eBaum’s World and MySpace.
She regularly composed music and uploaded it to SoundCloud. Doja Cat’s debut single “So High” was released on SoundCloud in 2013, and she rose to prominence after signing with RCA Records and releasing her debut album in March 2014.
Her follow-up single was ‘No Police.’ She then began uploading her music to YouTube and Soundcloud. Doja worked with artists such as Hellboy, Elliphant, Pregnant Boy, and Skoolie Escobar. She was featured on L8LOOMER’s song “Right Side” on July 13, 2017.
The artist released her single “Roll with Us” on February 1, 2018. The following month, the music video for ‘Go to Town,’ the second single from her upcoming album, was released.
Doja’s first full-length album, ‘Amala,’ was released on March 30, 2018. On August 10, 2018, she uploaded ‘Mooo!’ to her YouTube channel. The song was an instant success. The music video drew many celebrities, including Chris Brown and Chance the Rapper.
On March 31, she reiterated her intention to stop releasing music once she has completed her current duties, which include serving as the opening act for The Weeknd’s After Hours to Dawn Stadium Tour in North America.
Relationships Status of Doja Cat
Doja Cat’s marital status is single. She claims she is not dating anyone right now. According to sources, she has had several relationships in the past, with Johnny Utah, an Indie artist, being her most recent.