Da Uzi

Not to be confused with Uzi (French rapper).

For people with similar names, see Uzi (disambiguation).

Da Uzi
Birth name	Davy Ngoma Di Malonda
Also known as	Le Libanais
Born	(1992-08-29) 29 August 1992 (age 32) Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France
Genres	Hip hop, trap
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	2009–present
Labels	Vrai2Vrai Industry Rec. 118 Warner Music France

Davy Ngoma Di Malonda (born August 29, 1992), better known by his stage name Da Uzi (sometimes stylized as DA Uzi and pronounced Dé-A Uzi), is a French rapper.

Early years

Davy Ngoma Di Malonda was born in 1992 in Angers, Pays de la Loire. He spent his early years until 11 years old in Villemomble and Villeparisis where he played soccer (soccer) in a local sports team. Then he moved to live with his aunts in a community in Seine-et-Marne, then a year at Poitiers where he enrolled in a soccer school. At fifteen, he moved to Trois Tours, Sevran, Paris Region.^[1]

He wanted to pursue a career in soccer, but after an injury, he was dropped for treatment and spent the remaining of his short sports career in third level competition at his club before quitting altogether at 15.^[2] After that, he started rapping and taking part in rap competitions specially at Villeparisis.

Career

His beginnings in rap are still sketchy as he was imprisoned several times. But in 2016, he was noted for several freestyles efforts collected in the self-release La D en personne in 2017.^[3] At the end of that year, he was signed to Vrai2Vrai Industry and the rap label Rec 118, an affiliate of Warner Music. With the signing, he was featured in releases by of Sevran artists, including Maes and the 13 Block collective. His single with Ninho titled "Entre les murs" charted peaking at #62 on the SNEP French singles chart in 2018.

In 2019, DA Uzi released his mixtape Mexico that peaked at number 5 on the French Albums Chart in addition to 4 freestyle releases titled WeLaRue. His debut studio album Architecte was released on 3 April 2020 peaking at #1 in France,^[3] selling 9,700 copies in its first week of release,^[4] and eventually more than 50,000 copies and certified gold. "Crois-moi" featuring is his highest charting single reaching #3 in France.

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Peak positions				Certification
		FRA [5]	BEL (Fl) [6]	BEL (Wa) [7]	SWI [8]
2020	Architecte	1	129	3	13	SNEP: Gold[9]
2021	Vrai 2 vrai	3	—	3	22	SNEP: Gold[9]
2022	Le chemin des braves	3 [10]	—	20	36	SNEP: Gold[9]

Mixtapes

Year	Album	Peak positions			Certification
		FRA [5]	BEL (Wa) [7]	SWI [8]
2018	La D en personne	—	—	—
2019	Mexico	5	22	55

Other releases

• 2014: Sans prétention Vol. 1 (self-published)

Singles

Year	Title	Peak positions		Album / Mixtape
		FRA [5]	BEL (Wa) [7]
2018	"Entre les murs" (feat. Ninho)	62	25* (Ultratip)	Mexico
	"La vraie vie"	74	—
2019	"Mexico"	38	—
	"WeLaRue#3 (Vilain)"	152	—	Non-album release
	"Plus belle la vie"	94	—	Architecte
2020	"Le dire" (feat. Maes)	28	33* (Ultratip)
	"Crois-moi" (feat. Ninho)	3	13* (Ultratip)
2021	"La vie du binks" (with Ninho & SCH feat. Hornet La Frappe, Leto, Sadek & Soprano)	5	6* (Ultratip)	Non-album release
	"Fermez-la"	157	—	Non-album release
2022	"On Se Reverra Plus (Feat. Gazo)	8 [11]	—	Non-album release

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Featured in

Year	Title	Peak positions		Album / Mixtape
		FRA [5]	BEL (Wa) [7]
2018	"Dinero" (Lartiste, Da Uzi & Don Milli)	143	–	93 Empire
2019	"93% (Tijuana)" (GLK feat. Landy, Da Uzi & Hornet La Frappe)	13	9* (Ultratip)	GLK album Indécis
2020	"Zodiaque" (Soso Maness feat. Da Uzi)	50	–	Soso Maness album Mistral
	"Malfaiteurs" (YL feat. Da Uzi)	168	–	YL album Compte de faits
	"Maman m'aime" (Dinos feat. Da Uzi)	12	–	Dinos album Stamina,

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Other charting songs

Year	Title	Peak positions	Album / Mixtape
		FRA [5]
2019	"D'une autre manière" (feat. Kaaris)	101	Mexico
	"J'entends des voix"	115
	"Bonita"	116
	"Dans la tour"	119
	"Wey wey wey"	129
	"Vrai 2 vrai"	132
	"Cicatrices"	133
	"La loi du talion" (feat. Sadek)	154
	"Les ténèbres"	155
	"Vision"	158
	"Dernier samouraï"	168
	"Mal aimé"	195
2020	"Architecte"	44	Architecte
	"Style Haussmannien"	52
	"Camila"	55
	"Ni amour ni amité" (feat. SCH)	56
	"Da Vinci"	59
	"Culiacan" (feat. Mister You)	67
	"Pleine lune"	71
	"Soirées des cités"	73
	"En +"	75
	"Laisse tomber"	76
	"Tommy Shelby"	77
	"En avance"	79
	"F.L.P" (feat. Alonzo)	85
	"Du passé au futur"	93
	"Berline"	121
	"J'ai pris la route"	134
2021	"L'impasse"	97	Vrai 2 vrai
	"Jeune d'en bas" (feat. Nekfeu)	21
	"27" (feat. Freeze Corleone)	28
	"Du nord au sud" (feat. Soso Maness & ZKR)	64
	"Génération 90"	85
	"Costa Rica" (feat. Heuss l'Enfoiré)	113
	"La vie de Bobby"	115
	"Moi-même"	128
	"Tellement"	129
	"Le dehors"	130
	"Ça tombe bien"	134
	"Ils l'ont pas"	139
	"La calle"	141
	"Yes"	151
	"Carabine" (feat. MHD)	160
	"Fuck Love"	169
	"Danse lugubre"	179

References

1. Genius: Da Uzi biography (in French)
2. Matias Edwards (21 April 2020). "DA Uzi: "A la cité, Mateta, on l'appelait Ibrahimovic"" (in French). sofoot.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
3. Anne-Laure Lemancel (12 May 2020). "DA Uzi, les confessions d'un enfant de la cité" (in French). RFI. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
4. Booska-P: DA Uzi: Les ventes de son album «Architecte» (in French)
5. "Da Uzi discography". lescharts.com. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
6. "Da Uzi discography". ultratop.be/nl. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
7. "Da Uzi discography". ultratop.be/fr. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
8. "Discographie Da Uzi". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
9. "French certifications – Da Uzi" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
10. "En exclusivité, voici les 10 premiers du Top Albums de la semaine 💿Classement complet lundi 😉". SNEP. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
11. "Top Singles (Week 14, 2022)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 11 April 2022.