Tanzanian singer Diamond Platnumz has been nominated in the 2024 MTV EMAs awards set to happen in Manchester.
Platnumz has been pitted against South Africa’s DBN Gogo, Nigerias Arya Starr, Asake, TitoM & Yuppe and Tyla. Leading this year's nominations is none other than Taylor Swift — with a whopping 12 nods, the most of the night.
The MTV Video Music Awards will be held at the UBS Arena in New York tonight, September 11, 2024.
Here are a few facts about DBN Gogo who has been nominated in the MTV EMAs
DBN Gogo is a renowned South African DJ and music producer. She gained significant attention after releasing her debut single, Khuza Gogo, which was certified platinum in South Africa.
DBN Gogo's family is one of the most prominent in South Africa, with notable connections to figures like Cyril Ramaphosa, the country's fifth democratically elected president.
She was born in Durban and raised in Pretoria. On 21 August 2021, her first collaborative EP Thokoza Café with DJ Dinho was released. In October 2021, she became the first South African to join the Global Equal programme by Spotify.
On 1 February, she was announced as a host of Boiler Room x Ballantine's True Music Studios.
Her record label Zikode Records was established in February 2022, in partnership with Universal Music Group. "Bells" with TNK MusiQ, DJ Stopper featuring Eltonk SA was released on March 4, 2022.
The song entered the Local Streaming Top 10 at number 1. In March 2022, she was featured on the Spotify Africa Radar programme, and on 24 April, she headlined the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival held in the U.S.
In early November 2022, she announced her debut studio album What’s Real which was released on 25 November 2022
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