Yes, all the right paperwork and payment are done, and even Glen Lewis is happy with our agreements. The song is doing very well here in Durban and I am happy with the reception. Whenever I’d introduce myself to people, they’d sing Glen Lewis’s version of the song about my name and then I thought, why not bring back that song in a form of a remix that’ll help people to recognise me more? Why have a song title similar to your name? I don’t regret the move because to me, music feels like home. I was a beauty therapist for Sorbet but I later quit the job to study sound engineering. It’s a hybrid of deep house, jazz and lounge music.īefore being a DJ, what was your occupation? It leans more to the private amapiano side. Music somehow feeds the soul with joy, hence I enjoy it so much. It’s quite an eccentric feeling that can’t be faked or staged. I love seeing people happy as they dance to my songs. I only started taking music seriously after I got exposed to being at the studio with my boyfriend at the time Kabelo 'Kaybee' Pekile from Dbn Nyts. My siblings and I would bond over songs and other music when we were younger. Yes, I grew up in a family that loved music. Indian people here in Durban are called Ndiyos and seeing that I am half Indian, I chose to use that name as my stage name.

Making her mark as a female DJ in a predominately male industry seemed challenging for DJ Ndiyo, but thanks to Durban’s Finest's Dlala Thukzin who made her instalment into the music scene a lot smoother.ĭJ Ndiyo, real name Faith Phumele Gogo, is one of the new faces that’s taking the amapiano scene by storm with her hit song Ndiyo, sampled from Glen Lewis’ 2012 hit Ndiyo Ndiyo.īorn in Amanzimtoti, a coastal town south of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, the young aspiring DJ believes that female empowerment starts when things aren't genderised.

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