Nirvana Nokwe

Lover girl. Gangsta. Zulu. 💋 Songstress, rapper and producer across genres. Behind the decks she’s Nodoli, a DJ with roots in KwaMashu, Durban, and gqom at the heart of her sets. Her music credits include Kid X’s Father of Zen and Okmalumkoolkat’s Ushukela Etiyeni. On screen, she starred in Netflix’s Umjolo: My Beginning, My End, played Sihle Biyela in Outlaws and appeared as A$AP Rocky’s mother in the “Gangsta” music video. Following her July EP Ntombi kaDJ, iNtombi kaDJ I and iNtombi kaDJ II arrive on 24 November. The first takes its time with jazzy chords, experimental 3-step and amapiano. The second brings gqom into the mix. Both turn on the isiZulu word ukudlala. The DJ plays the mix. The boy plays with her heart until she becomes the doll on the cover. Dlala kabi weeeh DJ.