Dumisani Dlamini Career As An Actor
While Cat’s father, Dumisani made his screen debut with the 1992 musical Sarafina!, the Streets singer’s father was in the acting business quite earlier than that mostly performing in theaters. Dumisani joined theater at the age of 22.
Of the many stage performances, Nomanthemba was the one for which he received several accolades including the 1995 Joseph Jefferson Award for Choreography for Nomathemba.
Get Into It singer Doja Cat’s father and South African actor, Dusimani Dlamini in Nov 2021. Facebook
As an actor, he was nominated for Golden Horn Award for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Drama Series. It is a bit of a mystery when exactly Dumisani immigrate to the US. However, back in 2017, when talking with Tshisalive, Dlamini said he stayed in New York for 15 years after he did the musical Sarafina alongside Whoopi Goldberg, Leleti Khumalo, and Mbongeni Ngema.
In the film, Goldberg played the teacher, Mary Masombuka. Dlamini on the other hand was one of Goldberg’s character’s students nicknamed Crocodile. Then in the late 90s, the Durban-born actor was in the art department team of a TV movie franchise, Operation Delta Force 2: Mayday. He also served the same role in its sequel, Operation Delta Force 3: Clear Target.
Dumisani also worked in the art department for the 2004 film, Stander. The film had the Punisher actor Thomas Jane as one of its leads. In the early 2000s, Dlamini became the producer of projects like Of Journey, Home, and Treasure, Homecoming, and Drum.
As an actor, he has been in the TV miniseries, Entabeni, the film, The Seven of Daran: The Battle of Pareo Rock, the 2009 short movie, Project MorningStar, and the 2017 TV series, iNumber Number, among others. His most recent acting credit is as Bra Yule in the 2021 South African thriller series, TV series, Reyka.
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Overview
Doja Cat’s TinyChat Controversy refers to a leaked video of singer Doja Cat in an alleged white-supremacist TinyChat chatroom called «Tea Time,» which circulated Twitter in May 2020. The video of Doja Cat caused #DojaIsOverParty to trend on Twitter which in turn allowed users to unearth past controversial posts, what she has allegedly done on TinyChat and her song named after the Dindu Nuffin meme. Doja Cat swiftly apologized on Twitter but denied being apart of a racist chatroom.
Background
On May 22nd, 2020, one Lipstick Alley user posted the original video of Doja Cat in the Tea Time chat room in a thread (since deleted) regarding Doja Cat’s TinyCat usage. The user went on to explain that «Rooms like this (Tea Time) are culturally racist. She goes on for hours at a time and I don’t feel like recording or watching her for hours that doing too much, but they often say racist things and she jokes along, its pathetic to watch but if that’s how he raises her self esteem I guess» (shown below). The thread was reposted and removed from Twitter according to another Lipstick Alley thread.
That same day, Twitter user @Agnirre reposted the video and added the caption, «Video proof of Doja Cat being on Tinychat with incels» (shown below). The video garnered over 16,900 likes and 7,000 retweets in four days.
Video proof of Doja Cat being on Tinychat with incels pic.twitter.com/vKZuMdIcq5
— chuchona (@Agnirre) May 22, 2020
Developments
On May 22nd, 2020, Redditor waterboysound reposted the video to r/DojaCatFans and received over 300 comments and 160 points (79% upvoted) in four days (shown below, left). That same day, Twitter user @bigdavis813 posted a screenshot of an annotation on one of her past song lyrics referencing Dindu Nuffin (shown below, left). The tweet received over 6,600 likes and 1,400 retweets in four days. The next day, Twitter user @YanaTheEmpress posted a screenshot of an interview with PaperMag in which DojaCat admits to saying offensive things in chatrooms (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 1,900 likes and 240 retweets in three days. There were a number of Twitter threads attempting to explain why Doja Cat had been cancelled including one posted by @dojobat which accumulated over 11,100 likes and 6,900 retweets in three days.
On May 24th, Doja Cat posted an apology statement to Instagram and garnered over 954,000 likes in two days. She touched on her experience with TinyChat and her past song and denied being racist (shown below).
That same day, YouTuber Danny Lee TV uploaded a video of Tea Time on TinyChat discussing the controversy (Shown below, left). On May 26th, 2020, Doja Cat took to Instagram live to address the controversy and explain herself. The video was reposted to YouTube by extra quality and received over 65,500 views in a day (shown below, right). Independent and the Daily Dot published articles on the controversy.
Various Examples
Doja Cat on tinychat live ; “Suck My D!ck N!gger“ . pic.twitter.com/A2Kp0QHNd4
— ༒𝐶ʜᴀɴᴄᴇ. (@chancexclip) May 23, 2020
Niki Minaj looking at doja cat after #DojaIsOverParty starts trending pic.twitter.com/F17ZWgaJ1E
— 1k.Jay (@JayJay1k_) May 23, 2020
I wonder if doja cat ever said “I’m proud to be a black woman” in any of her group chats with problematic/racist pple. Keep the apology and seek help #DojaIsOverParty pic.twitter.com/5N78anE9KI
— Shells (@_TropicalDream) May 25, 2020
External References
Diaspora7 – Doja Cat Leaks
LipStickAlley – Doja Trending on Twitter
Reddit – r/DojaCatFans
Twitter – bigdavis813
Twitter – YanaTheEmpress
Twitter – dojobat
Instagram – DojaCat
Independent – Doja Cat Racist Video
Daily Dot – Doja Cat Apology
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Макияж Е-girl, парики и дебют в Billboard Hot 100
Образ Доджи Кэт на момент выхода ее второго альбома «Hot Pink» в 2019 году — это постоянно меняющиеся парики, обтягивающие латексные костюмы и макияж Е-girl, когда яркие розовые румяна наносятся на щеки и нос, чтобы создать «болезненный» эффект, будто тебя бросает в жар. Кстати, тренд изначально тоже появился в TikTok.
Мы бы сказали, что это была ее барби-эра, когда все песни — о недоступной любви, а одежда и макияжи окрашены в розовый. В этом альбоме появилась легендарная песня «Say So», которая поднялась на пятую строчку в чарте Billboard Hot 100 (а в ремиксе с Ники Минаж — на первую), а клип в стиле диско собрал более 400 млн просмотров.
кадр из клипа на песню «Say So»
За время клипа Доджа сменила минимум четыре парика (от прямых волос с закрученными концами вверх до густого афро) и танцевала в полосатом мини-платье перед мускулистым красавцем, который чинил ее виниловый проигрыватель.
«Say So» — отражение той самой гламурной Доджи Кэт, когда ее сексуальность была не так аутентична и балансировала на грани с пошлостью.
Доджa Кэт и SZA на 64-й премии Грэмми, 2022 /Getty Images
От этого образа она начала уходить в следующем альбоме «Planet Her», где в каждом клипе перевоплощалась то в космического повстанца, то в инопланетянку. Творчество становилось менее прямолинейным и более ироничным — наше любимое, когда в клипе на песню «Get Into It (Yuh)» Доджа спасает свою кошку от инопланетного монстра, отбивая выстрелы из бластеров железным трусами. Королева мемов, не иначе.
И не без хорошего — альбом «Planet Her» наконец принес ей «Грэмми» (единственный среди 16 номинаций) за фит с SZA, который называется «Kiss Me More».
Dumisani And His Ex-Wife Divorce Battle Resumed Decades Later In 2022
It had been years since Dumisani Dlamini and Cat’s mother first separated. In fact, Doja and her brother then were still kids when their parents first split up. Then in July 2022, Radar Online came up with a rather shocking report. It stated Cat’s mother, Deborah had filed for divorce from Dumisani in March of the same year.
Surprisingly this was 27 years after they had first separated in late 1995. Dlamini and Deborah as per the records tied the knot on Feb 27, 1995.
Again according to divorce petition papers filed by Deborah, she separated from Dumisani on Oct 14, 1995. Back then Sawyer had stated irreconcilable differences as the primary cause of separation.
Deborah said she initiated the legal separation in March 2022 but not once did her daughter’s father, Dumisani appeared in court after that.
Dlamini’s ex-wife, Deborah, now apparently is a painter and visual artist. She additionally is a designer of men’s clothing. Dumisani apparently also has had several wives.
It is unclear who Dlamini married after divorcing Cat’s mother. He though is reported to have married at least three times including Deborah. Some say that he fathered as many as 30 children. Included is at least a son who apparently is less or around the age of ten.
Background
On May 22nd, 2020, one Lipstick Alley user posted the original video of Doja Cat in the Tea Time chat room in a thread (since deleted) regarding Doja Cat’s TinyCat usage. The user went on to explain that «Rooms like this (Tea Time) are culturally racist. She goes on for hours at a time and I don’t feel like recording or watching her for hours that doing too much, but they often say racist things and she jokes along, its pathetic to watch but if that’s how he raises her self esteem I guess» (shown below). The thread was reposted and removed from Twitter according to another Lipstick Alley thread.
That same day, Twitter user @Agnirre reposted the video and added the caption, «Video proof of Doja Cat being on Tinychat with incels» (shown below). The video garnered over 16,900 likes and 7,000 retweets in four days.
Индуизм и стрелки Эми Уайнхаус
Кажется, когда ты рождаешься в творческой семье, у тебя нет возможности стать человеком, далеким от искусства. В случае Амалы Дламини все по канону: мама занимается дизайном и визуальными искусствами, а отец — композитор и актер. Правда, его Амала не видела с рождения, но это не помешало ей перенять любовь к музыке и кино.
Доджа родилась в Лос-Анджелесе и 4 года провела в ашраме вместе с мамой (место духовного обновления для проповедников индуизма — ред.), которым руководила джазовая пианистка Элис Колтрейн. Там Амала разучивала бхаджан (религиозные песни, основанные на традициях индуизма, — ред.) и танцевала бхаратнатьям (классический танец, зародившийся в Южной Индии, — ред.).
Vogue Beauty Secrets, 2019 / youtube.com
На этом любовь к танцам не закончилась — после жизни в ашраме она начала профессионально заниматься брейк-дансом, а также завела бьюти-блог на YouTube, где снимала тьюториалы по мейкапу. В интервью Vogue в рубрике Beauty Secrets Доджа призналась, что еще в 13 лет начала делать себе макияж как у Эми Уайнхаус — яркие экстрастрелки.
Как видите, про обучение в школе пока не было ни слова, а все потому, что ее Доджа бросила в 16 лет — виртуальный мир победил, и она стала зависать в видеочатах с друзьями, а также писать музыку в GarageBand, а не ходить на уроки.
Клип на песню «MOOO»
«Я ненавижу свои волосы и вас»
Начиная с 2022 года Доджа стала радикально менять стиль, экспериментировать с неортодоксальными формами макияжа и боди-арта, но неизменным осталось то, что она все еще выходила в прямые эфиры, чтобы поболтать с подписчиками.
В августе, перед осенней неделей моды, она сбрила волосы и брови прямо во время трансляции, из-за чего одни фанаты сравнили ее с Бритни Спирс, которая побрилась в 2007 году перед толпой журналистов, другие обвинили в отхождении от канонического образа сексуальной девчонки.
Доджа взбесилась и начала цапаться с подписчиками, которые неуважительно отнеслись к трагедии Бритни, а в интервью для Variety сказала, что давно мечтала побриться, потому что не мыла свои волосы по две или три недели из-за постоянной носки париков.
С новой прической она появилась на осенней неделе моды в Нью-Йорке и Париже, где было сразу несколько iconic-луков, которые ей помогал подбирать стилист Бретт Алан Нельсон (спойлер: коллаборируют они до сих пор).
Самый запоминающийся — показ Vogue World, где Додже нанесли белый геометричный боди-арт по всей голове. «Наконец-то мне удалось масштабировать свою любовь к макияжу», — делится певица с Vogue.
Динду Наффин: песня, которая может доказать, что Doja Cat расист
Является ли Doja Cat расистом? это то, что многие задаются вопросом после своих недавних … открытий
Тем не менее, Кажется, певице Додже Кэт не нравится иметь черное происхождение. Несмотря на то, что она отступила за последние несколько часов (включая публичное заявление), на нашем столе накопилась гора доказательств того, что 24-летняя художница предпочла бы родиться белой:
Участие (около 5 лет назад) в комнатах TinyChat сторонников превосходства белой расы, в которых она признается, что не хочет быть черной, Se Rie откровенно расистских шуток, и даже флиртует и показывает свою задницу. TinyChat это название веб-сайта, который позволяет вам участвовать в групповых видеозвонках с незнакомцами. Это как Omegle.com но с чуть большим порядком и тематическим разделением (и меньше пенисов, слава богу).
Является ли Doja Cat расистом? это то, что многие задаются вопросом после своих недавних … открытий
- Публикация темы в 2015 году (похороненной и полузабытой в его каталоге), где он смеется над чернокожими людьми, которые говорят, что стали жертвами полицейского произвола. Выражение, названное Dindu Nuffin, представляет собой упрощение (придуманное Дэвидом Дьюком из расистской группы Klu Klux Klan). Ничего не сделал который намекает на выражение par excellence каждого обвиняемого в преступлении. В данном случае в американской массовой культуре он ассоциируется с чернокожими жертвами расистские нападения со стороны полиции: «Он ударил меня, а я ничего не сделал».
- твит несколько дней назад: «Мысль о том, что ты черный, может угнетать любого чувствительного человека. Просто подумай об этом: Не лучше ли быть белым? Дорога имела бы смысл.
- И раз уж мы здесь (и чтобы закончить обзор многочисленных противоречий, которые в последнее время обрушились на бедного кота Доджа), мы должны вспомнить один из приемов, который использовал певец, чтобы достичь позиции номер 1. Несмотря ни на что Так сказать Это песня момента в социальной сети Tik Tok, Doja Cat пообещала, что полностью обнажит грудь, если песня попадет на вершину Billboard. Глаз здесь.
Уточнение: дело не в том, что мы умираем от желания увидеть Доджа Кэт или Ники Минаж голыми (на самом деле нам все равно, любой, кто смотрит их видео, может в некотором смысле убедиться, что он уже видел Ники Минаж и Доджа Кэт). голая (и Леди Гага, Кэти Перри и, ну, практически каждый поп-исполнитель мейнстрим, к счастью или к сожалению).
Является ли Doja Cat расистом? это то, что многие задаются вопросом после своих недавних … открытий
Мы просто говорим, что Некрасиво так лгать публике. Ложь глядя кому-то в лицо через обещание, что потом уже не так. Каким бы ни было обещание. Мы должны были это сказать. Мы не совсем понимаем, был ли этот мартингейл-маркетолог из Доджи сексистом или феминисткой. Мы знаем только, что Доджа Кэт солгала. А кто однажды солжет…
Кот Доджа против Тайлера Создателя. Пару лет назад Doja Cat оскорбил великого артиста Tyler Creator (Грэмми 2019 за лучший рэп-альбом с Игорь) называя его педиком(педик). Вскоре после этого он уберет железо с этого дела. В любом случае, разве Эминем не делал то же самое в течение многих лет со всем ЛГБТ-сообществом? На самом деле, Эминем также звонил педик самому Тайлеру в его альбоме Камикаче. По иронии судьбы, Tyler The Creator в настоящее время является самым талантливым, оригинальным и вдохновляющим из этих трех артистов.
Doja Cat приносит извинения за обвинения в расизме
После бурной реакции в Twitter и Instagram (где певица потеряла более 100.000 XNUMX подписчиков) Doja Cat опубликовала разъясняющее заявление:
«Я хочу уточнить, что происходит в Twitter. Я использовал публичные чаты для общения, когда был маленьким. Я не должен был быть в некоторых из этих комнат, но лично я не участвовал ни в каких расистских разговорах. Мне жаль всех людей, которые почувствовали себя обиженными.
Я черная женщина. Половина моей семьи — южноафриканцы и чернокожие, и я очень горжусь тем, откуда я родом. А что касается старой песни, увидевшей свет, то она не была связана ни с чем, чего бы я лично не испытал. Это было написано в ответ на то, что люди регулярно используют этот термин для обозначения меня. Я пытался перевернуть его значение с ног на голову, но признаю, что использовать этот термин в своей музыке было плохим решением.
Я понимаю свое влияние и свое влияние, и я отношусь ко всему этому очень серьезно. Я люблю вас, и мне очень жаль, что я обидел или побеспокоил кого-то из вас. Это не мой путь, и я полон решимости показать вам всем, что с этого момента так и будет. Спасибо.»
2019-present: Pop Stardom
November 7, 2019: Doja Cat’s second studio album, Hot Pink, comes out to good reviews and even better streams.
December 11, 2019: Paper magazine publishes a profile of Doja Cat where she talks all about her “religious” chatroom hobby. “People would pick on me and use horrible, horrible language, just the worst, and I just didn’t understand why people were so crazy on there,” Doja says. “So I became the person who would make offensive jokes and do things sort of out of the box.”
February 27, 2020: Doja drops the video for her TikTok hit, “Say So,” featuring a cameo from the TikTok dance creator herself, Haley Sharpe. All’s well … for now.
April 13, 2020: Almost as if foreshadowing all the drama to come, Doja Cat is #canceled by Barbz on Twitter. When a Doja Cat fan was attacked by Barbz for saying they’d rather see Doja in the middle of an illustration of Doja, Nicki Minaj, and Megan Thee Stallion, Doja replied and called Minaj’s fans “scum” for being upset over it. One of entertainment’s most notorious fandoms, they immediately threw a #DojaCatIsOverParty. “don’t ever come for the barbz when the majority of your fans are barbz and the biggest fan page someone has of you is ran by a BARB,” one tweet read. Doja Cat was unbothered, and clearly so was Nicki Minaj.
April 29, 2020: One Tinychat user tweets about seeing Doja Cat in the chat that night, just weeks before it becomes public knowledge.
Later, after the blowup, he says that she didn’t say anything racist when he was on the chat with her.
May 1, 2020: Doja Cat and Nicki Minaj drop a remix to “Say So,” squashing any potential beef between the two of them and their stans.
May 11, 2020: Their remix debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 after a fierce but friendly competition against Megan Thee Stallion and Beyoncé’s “Savage” remix. The song makes history as Nicki Minaj’s first No. 1 after 108 previous entries; it’s also Doja’s first No. 1.
Developments
On May 22nd, 2020, Redditor waterboysound reposted the video to r/DojaCatFans and received over 300 comments and 160 points (79% upvoted) in four days (shown below, left). That same day, Twitter user @bigdavis813 posted a screenshot of an annotation on one of her past song lyrics referencing Dindu Nuffin (shown below, left). The tweet received over 6,600 likes and 1,400 retweets in four days. The next day, Twitter user @YanaTheEmpress posted a screenshot of an interview with PaperMag in which DojaCat admits to saying offensive things in chatrooms (shown below, right). The tweet gained over 1,900 likes and 240 retweets in three days. There were a number of Twitter threads attempting to explain why Doja Cat had been cancelled including one posted by @dojobat which accumulated over 11,100 likes and 6,900 retweets in three days.
On May 24th, Doja Cat posted an apology statement to Instagram and garnered over 954,000 likes in two days. She touched on her experience with TinyChat and her past song and denied being racist (shown below).
That same day, YouTuber Danny Lee TV uploaded a video of Tea Time on TinyChat discussing the controversy (Shown below, left). On May 26th, 2020, Doja Cat took to Instagram live to address the controversy and explain herself. The video was reposted to YouTube by extra quality and received over 65,500 views in a day (shown below, right). Independent and the Daily Dot published articles on the controversy.
30 тысяч кристаллов
Но бум настал через несколько месяцев, на шоу Schiaparelli во время недели высокой моды, где была представлена коллекция с реалистичными животными аксессуарами: головами львов, леопардов и волков, которые отсылали к аллегориям из «Божественной комедии» Данте.
Доджа вместе с визажисткой Пэт Макграт и ее командой тоже решили поиграться с ассоциациями, и в итоге певица пришла на шоу в образе животного, с которого сняли скальп. На создание такого масштабного боди-арта ушло около 5 часов и 30 тысяч красных кристаллов Swarovski.
Провокация удалась — на контрасте с Кайли Дженнер, которая оделась в платье Schiaparelli с реалистичной головой льва, повешенной на плечо, Доджа выглядела шокирующе, особенно если рассматривать ее образ как протест, призывающий к защите животных, а не к возвращению гипертрофированного анималистичного дизайна.
2018: Going Viral
August 10, 2018: Viral status achieved. Doja Cat’s “Mooo!” a pixelated home music video goes viral for the best reason to go viral: pure unadulterated joy. But we all know happiness is fleeting.
August 28, 2018: Just over two weeks later, an offensive tweet resurfaces, as offensive tweets tend to do. In one, Doja Cat uses the F-slur to refer to Tyler, the Creator and Earl Sweatshirt in 2015.
That day, Doja responded by retweeting one screenshot of the tweet with the caption, “Lmfaooooooo.”
“I called a couple of people faggots when I was in high school in 2015 does this mean I don’t deserve support?” she then wrote on Twitter. “I’ve said faggot roughly 15 thousand times in my life. Does saying faggot mean you hate gay people? Do I hate gay people? I don’t think I hate gay people. Gay is ok.”
Yeah, that just made people more mad, including Will & Grace star Debra Messing, who quote-tweeted it in anger. So Doja got the message and tweeted out another reply, this time via Notes App. “I’ve used horrible derogatory and hateful words towards people out of ignorance,” she said. “I just want you guys to know that you’re incredibly special and I hold you dearly to my heart. I’m sorry for anyone I’ve offended or hurt deeply. You all are worth love and support,” she wrote. But apparently that one was too long because she then tweeted out a more succinct final version: “I apologize for the derogatory terms I’ve used in the past and no one should be discriminated against for their race, religion, or sexual orientation,” she wrote. “I love you and I hope to make more great music with and for you in the future.”
August 29, 2018: By the next morning, that apology tweet was deleted, too.
Unknown: A video of Doja Cat saying “Stop being a faggot, thank you,” recently resurfaced on Twitter and YouTube, with claims that this occurred after her apology debacle, although Vulture was unable to verify this. Many fans justified Doja Cat’s use of the slur because she is bisexual, but others still are uncomfortable.
Dumisani Dlamini Spent His Early Life In South Africa
Doja Cat’s father, Dumisani Dlamini was born on Oct 23, 1963, in Durban, South Africa. He, however, is reported to have grown up in Mzansi.
Not much about Dlamini’s life prior to his career in the states are known. And even to this day, despite appearing for several interviews, the 59-year-old hasn’t disclosed too many of his early stories. Especially one that involves his time in his home nation, South Africa.
Washington Post, in 1989, however, reported, that Dlamini (whose former name is Mbodla on Isibaya) had initially planned to be a plumber in his native Durban when he was in South Africa.
Dlamini’s mother died in the mid-80s which was a week before his broadway debut in New York. He, therefore, couldn’t attend his mother’s funeral.
Dumisani Dlamini Is Detached From His Daughter, Doja Cat
Dumisani and his famous daughter, Doja Cat apparently have had a complicated relationship. Some say it’s been years since they met each other.
He has quite a reputation among Cat’s fans. Most of them blame him for neglecting the MTV music video winner and her mother their whole life. In her previous interviews, Cat said that she doesn’t know her actor and musician father.
South African actor and theater producer, Dumisani and his daughter and singer, Doja Cat.
One of the first interviews where Cat ever talked about her father was on Radio One DC in 2019. She at the time said while she had never met her father, Dumisani, she often noticed his comments on her Instagram posts.
Dlamini back then also revealed she actually didn’t know him that well and only came to know about him through her mother. However, in another interview, when the questioner surprises Doja with an old recording of one of her father’s musical content. After listening to it the Need To Know singer expresses her surprise and says,
Doja also acknowledged how much of a great dancer and actor her father is. She further revealed how Dlamini once tried to connect to her when she was 13. The Planet Her singer at the time ultimately said she might be down to meet her in the future.
When this interview of Cat first made it through the internet, fans praised the R and B singer for acknowledging her father. But some mentioned how deadbeat of a man her father was.
Even when Doja talked to Whoopi Goldberg backstage in April 2022, during Seth Meyer’s late-night show’s taping, the Los Angeles-born singer told the Ghost actress that she had never known her father.
It felt surprising to Goldberg as she once had worked with Cat’s father in Sarafina. Goldberg told Cat that to her, the Grammy winner’s father seemed like a good man.
Dlamini Relationship With Doja Cat’s Mother, Deborah Elizabeth Sawyer
Dumisani met Cat’s mother, Deborah Elizabeth Sawyer sometime in the early 90s. Back then he was a theater actor in New York. Dlamini at the time was on some sort of a theater tour.
After it had ended he decided to stay in the states. And it was sometime after that, that Dlamini met Cat’s mother, a Jewish American woman. Cat’s parents, Dumisani and Deborah Elizabeth Sawyer reportedly married each other in early 1995.
After the wedding, Dlamini and Sawyer had two children, Doja Cat, and her brother Raman Dlamini. Years later in 2022, Dumisani revealed he left the USA after feeling homesick.
He also said that he tried to bring his family, Cat, her sister, and her mother to his birth nation but failed to do so. Some reports, however, writes Dlamini left Cat’s mother when she was struggling to pay her rent.
South African actor Dumisani Dlamini’s ex-wife, Deborah with her daughter and the Woman singer Doja Cat. From Twitter
Deborah after splitting up with Dumisani raised her daughters Doja Cat and her brother all by herself in Los Angeles, California.
Dumisani Dlamini biography
Dumisani was born on 23rd October 1963, in Durban, South Africa.
He has managed to keep his personal life private from social media since there is no information about his parents, education, and early life.
Dumisani Dlamini wife
After the Sarafina trip, Dumisani decided to live in the USA. In the process, he fell in love with a Jewish woman Deborah Elizabeth Sawyer with whom they spent 15 years together.
They were blessed with two lovely children, one of which is a successful musician by the name Doja Cat.
In 2001, he had intentions of marrying an accountant, Girlie Nhlengethwa, but he could not come into negotiation with what Girlie’s family was demanding.
Later, he declared his prospects to marry Nandi Ndlovu, though Lebo did it before him.
Who are Dumisani Dlamini children? There are claims that he has seven children.
Dumisani Dlamini daughter
Amalaratna Zandile Dlamini, famously known as Doja Cat, was born on 21 October 1995 in California. Who are Doja Cat parents? She is the daughter of Dumisani Dlamini and Deborah Elizabeth Sawyer.
Dumisani Dlamini daughter poses for a hot picture in pink gloves. Photo: @dojacatSource: Instagram
She is a flourishing singer, producer, songwriter and rapper who rose to prominence after releasing a song called Mooo! Her second studio album Hot Pink reached the top ten on the US Billboard 200 in 2020 and featured the hit song Say So.
Doja Cat got her stage name from the word ‘Dojo’, meaning ‘weed’, and her love for cats.
Career
He rose to fame after acting the role of Crocodile on Sarafina, written by Mbongeni Ngema.
Below are the he has appeared in:
- 1992: Sarafina! as Crocodile
- 2008: Entabeni as Zorro
- 2008: The Seven of Daran: The Battle of Pareo Rock as Merchant
- 2009: Project Morning Star as Priest
- 2010: 21th Street as Passerby
- 2016: Love and Kwaito as Bra Sol
- 2017: INumber Number as Kong
This multi-talented icon has also produced several series. Which are:
- 2004: Drum
- 2004: Homecoming
- 2008: Of Journey, Home and Treasure
Dumisani Dlamini Isibiya
Isibiya is a South African soap opera produced by The Bomb Shelter. Dlamini has been playing the role of Mbodla from season one to the eighth one.
Besides his appearances on Isibiya, he has also featured in other television roles.
Dumisani Dlamini television roles include:
Dumisani Dlamini is relaxing outside a classy white car while having a look at his phone. Photo: @dumisanidlamini34Source: Instagram
- The first seasonof 4Play: Sex Tips for Girls as Louis
- The first seasonof EHostela as Marocks
- The first season of Entabeni as Zorro
- In the First season of Muvhango as Eric
- The first season of Mzansi as Vader
- Third season of Nomzamo as Treeman Mbanjwa
- The fifth season of Uzalo as Ntabaziyalandela
- The sixth season of Uzalo as Sgwili
- Third season of EKasi: Our Stories as Pat Twala
- The fifth season of EKasi: Our Stories as Steve
- The second season of Sokhulu and Partners as Luthando
- The first season of Usindiso as Sipho
- The second season of Yizo Yizo as Chester
- Zero Tolerance Season 3 as Sylvain Mkhwanazi
- Zone 14 Season 3 as Photographer
Dumisani height
Dlamini poses for a full picture in a black suit. Photo: @dumisanidlamini34Source: Instagram
He is 5 feet and 9 inches, and weighs approximately 60kgs. He has dark brown eyes and brown hair.
Dumisani Dlamini net worth
He has an accumulated net worth of $800,000. He has managed to pile up his hefty wealth from the entertainment industry.
Fun facts about Dumisani Dlamini
- He has done a couple of songs such as Intshiza, Till We Meet Again and Freestyle.
- He has adopted an orphanage home in Klipton since he loves community work.
- He is a pet lover.
- He worked as a shoplifter before joining the film industry.
- His daughter disclosed she had not met Dlamini on social media in a conversation with Whoopi Goldberg.
- Dumisani has been nominated for the Gold Horn Award for the best supporting actor in a television series.
- Unfortunately, his mother was killed by his dad.
Dumisani Dlamini has been in the entertainment industry for such a long period. His accomplishments and contributions have been recognized due to his efforts.
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2014: Before Fame
Early 2014: At 17 years old, Doja Cat (born Amalaratna Dlamini), who’d been killing it on SoundCloud since 2012’s “So High,” signs to RCA Records with a joint-venture deal with Dr. Luke’s vanity label Kemosabe Records. Later that same year, Dr. Luke, real name Lukasz Gottwald, is accused of sexual assault and emotional abuse by Kesha, who is still under his label after five years of legal battles. Gottwald produced Doja Cat’s latest hits, “Say So” and “Juicy,” both credited under Tyson Trax (as well as Hot Pink tracks “Rules” and “Shine”), one of several pseudonyms Variety says he’s used since the #FreeKesha movement bolstered support for the pop star. Doja Cat hasn’t publicly commented on her relationship with Dr. Luke but has liked tweets theorizing that she didn’t know and wouldn’t have signed with him had she known.
March 27, 2014: Doja Cat releases the music video for her song “So High,” an immediate breakout. It currently has over 30 million views. But the video was recently called out for “sexualizing and appropriating Hindu culture” and offensive lyrics like “Now we both look Asian,” referencing a stereotype to describe the effect weed has on her eyes.
November 2, 2015: Doja Cat uploads “Dindu Nuffin” to her SoundCloud but later removes it. “Dindu Nuffin” is a racist slang term coined in alt-right online circles to demean victims of police brutality who “didn’t do nothing.” When the song resurfaced in May 2020, rumors circulated that it was made in response to the July 2015 death of Sandra Bland, a claim that Doja Cat denied in her Instagram Live follow-up.