Davy Ngoma Di Malonda (born August 28, 1992), better known by his stage name Da Uzi (sometimes stylized as DA Uzi and pronounced Dé-A Uzi), is a French rapper of Congolese origin (
DRC
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Angers
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Pays de la Loire
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He passed his early years until 11 years old in
Villemomble
Villemomble () is a commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.
Heraldry
Transport
Villemomble is served by Le Raincy – Villemomble – Montfermeil station on Paris RER line E.
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and
Villeparisis
Villeparisis () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the north-eastern suburbs of Paris from the centre.
Inhabitants of Villeparisis are called ''Villeparisiens''.
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where he played football (soccer) in a local sports team. Then he moved to live with his aunts in a community in
Seine-et-Marne
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, then a year at
Poitiers
Poitiers (, , , ; Poitevin: ''Poetàe'') is a city on the River Clain in west-central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and the historical centre of Poitou. In 2017 it had a population of 88,291. Its agglomerat ...
where he enrolled in a football school. At fifteen, he moved to Trois Tours,
Sevran
Sevran () is a commune in the French department of Seine-Saint-Denis, northeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the center of Paris.
Geography
Sevran is located northeast of the Boulevard Périphérique.
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Paris Region
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He wanted a sports career playing football, 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
Warner Music
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. With the signing, he was featured in releases by of Sevran artists, including
Maes
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and the 13 Block collective. His single with
Ninho
William Nzobazola better known by his stage name Ninho (; born 2 April 1996)SNEP 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.