Lungelihle Zwane might not be a household name. But the name Uncle Waffles is. This is as viral internet sensation that has yet to even celebrate two years of mainstream success continues to prove why she is one of Amapiano’s biggest and most profitable exports to date.
Recently, the Asylum EP creator made history during her debut Coachella performance. Reported at the time as:
Following her Certified Gold 2023 Project "Asylum" announcement after just one week of being released, Uncle Waffles continues her upwards trajectory. This past weekend saw her kick off her USA Tour by re-introducing the Amapiano genre to Coachella, as the first Amapiano DJ to perform on one of the main stages at the esteemed international music festival.
As Uncle Waffles was making history. It seems that more than just the general audience was falling in love with her. This is as yet another US A-lister has taken to social media to share their love for her.
Uncle Waffles receives love from Ciara
In the early hours of Tuesday, 25 April 2023, Ciara took to her Instagram stories to share her love for Uncle Waffles. This is as she shared a video from Uncle Waffles’ second weekend at Coachella and added a caption fawning over the Tanzania hitmaker.
However, this was not the end of the surprise for Uncle Waffles and Ciara fans. This is as Uncle Waffles then took to her own social media to confirm having met Ciara in person. But more than that, Uncle Waffles was also able to teach Ciara the moves from her viral dance challenge Yahyuppiyah challenge.
This adds just another US artist that has fallen in love with Uncle Waffles. Other US stars to have publicly exclaimed their love for the producer-DJ include:
During her time in Johannesburg, [Kehlani] conducted an interview with SilkourOnLife. While the interview had moments of depth as the singer-songwriter spoke about her musical journey and time in South Africa, Silkour did have fun with Kehlani by asking her if she has a local crush. Kehlani was quick with her answer as she picked Uncle Waffles.
Uncle Waffles must be beaming wherever she is as international superstar Drake jumped on her Instagram live and gave her a huge shoutout. The Swaziland-born DJ's meteoric rise caught the attention of Drake after that viral video and it has been an upward trajectory ever since.
Lungelihle Zwane, AKA Uncle Waffles went on Instagram live to give fans a taste of her new music from her EP,Red Dragon which is yet to be released. During her IG live, Drake hopped on and hyped Waffles up.
At first, he said her name "Wafffflllllesss." Then Drake said, "Top DJ Top Sound Uncle Waffles" in the comments and then added a waffles emoji.
