Amala Zandile Dlamini born October 21 1995 Known Professionally As Doja Cat Is An American Rapper Singer Songwriter And Producer Based In Los Angeles. She Is Of South African Descent. She Starting Making Music On SoundCloud Where She Uploaded Her First Song "SO HIGH" In 2012. She Signed A Recording Contract With RCA Records In Late 2013 Later Releasing Her Debut EP Purrr! The Following Year. Doja Rose To Prominence In 2018 With Her Single "MOOO!" Which Became A Viral Success On YouTube. As Of Now She Has Already Collaborated With Artists Such As Gucci Mane Rico Nasty Tove Lo And Ari Lennox. Doja Studied Piano And Danced As A Child And Teenager. She Is Noted To Be Inspired By Nicki Minaj Erykah Badu Pharrell Jamiroquai PartyNextDoor And Drake As Well As Indian Culture Hinduism And Japanese Culture. Doja Cat Released Her Debut Studio Album Amala In 2018 And A Deluxe Repackage In Early 2019. In November Of The Same Year She Released Her Sophomore Album Hot Pink Which Included The Hits "Juicy" Remixed With Rapper Tyga And The Smash "Say So" That Hit The Top 10 In More Than Ten Countries And Reached Number One In The US After A Remix With Nicki Minaj. On June 25 2021 Doja Cat Released Her Third Studio Album Planet Her Which Released Previewed Songs Such As "Ain't Shit" And "Payday" Featuring Young Thug. The Album Features Ariana Grande On "I Don't Do Drugs" And JID On "Options". Planet Her Spawned The Grammy-Winning Single "Kiss Me More" With SZA "Need To Know" And "You Right" With The Weeknd. Her Fourth Studio Album Scarlet Is Slated For Release On September 22 2023. The Album Spawned The Singles "Attention " "Paint The Town Red " And "Demons." Described By The Wall Street Journal As "a Skilled Technical Rapper With A Strong Melodic Sense And A Bold Visual Presence" Doja Cat Is Known For Creating Music Videos And Songs That Achieve Popularity On Social Media Websites Such As TikTok. Well-Versed In Internet Culture She Is Also Famed For Her Absurdist Online Personality And Stage Presence. She Has Received Numerous Accolades Throughout Her Career Including One Grammy Award From Sixteen Nominations Five Billboard Music Awards Five American Music Awards And Four MTV Video Music Awards. She Was Named One Of The 100 Most Influential People In The World By Time In 2023. Read More On Last.Fm. User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.
"Freak" Is A Song By American Rapper And Singer Doja Cat Released Through Kemosabe Records And RCA Records On August 7 2020. Originally Uploaded Exclusively To SoundCloud On November 11 2018 It Was Re-Released Commercially Due To Popular Demand By Fans Online. The Single Samples The 1959 Song "Put Your Head On My Shoulder" By Paul Anka. Prior To Its Re-Release "Freak" Had Gained Popularity On The Video-Sharing Platform TikTok Where It Had Been Used In Over 1.2 Million Videos. In Late June 2020 Doja Cat Teased Multiple New Songs On An Instagram Live Which She Stated Would All Be Released Together In An Upcoming Project. Alongside The Announcement Of "Freak" Doja Cat Wrote That She Had Released The Song In Order To "hold Her Fans Off While She Works On "a New Surprise." Both A Clean And Explicit Version Were Released Digitally