Davy Ngoma Di Malonda (born 29 August 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. He then moved to live with his aunts in a community in Seine-et-Marne, and a year at Poitiers where he enrolled in a soccer school. At fifteen, he moved to Trois Tours, Sevran, Paris Region.Genius: Da Uzi biography
He wanted to pursue a career in soccer, but after an injury, he was dropped for treatment and spent the remaining part of his short sports career in third level competition at his club before quitting altogether at 15. 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. 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, selling 9,700 copies in its first week of release,Booska-P: DA Uzi: Les ventes de son album «Architecte» 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 BEL (Fl) BEL (Wa) SWI 2020 Architecte1129313 SNEP: Gold 2021 Vrai 2 vrai3—322 SNEP: Gold 2022 Le chemin des braves3—2036 SNEP: Gold 2025 Original Gangster4———
Mixtapes Year Album Peak positions Certification FRA BEL (Wa) SWI 2018 La D en personne——— 2019 Mexico52255
Other releases 2014: Sans prétention Vol. 1 (self-published)
Singles Year Title Peak positions Album / Mixtape FRA BEL (Wa) 2018 "Entre les murs"(feat. Ninho)6225*(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)2833*(Ultratip) "Crois-moi"(feat. Ninho)313*(Ultratip) 2021 "La vie du binks"(with Ninho & SCH feat. Hornet La Frappe, Leto, Sadek & Soprano)56*(Ultratip)Non-album release "Fermez-la"157—Non-album release 2022 "On Se Reverra Plus (Feat. Gazo)8—Non-album release 2025 "OTF"(Da Uzi feat. Ninho)37— Original Gangster *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 BEL (Wa) 2018 "Dinero"(Lartiste, Da Uzi & Don Milli)14393 Empire 2019 "93% (Tijuana)"(GLK feat. Landy, Da Uzi & Hornet La Frappe)139*(Ultratip)GLK albumIndécis 2020 "Zodiaque"(Soso Maness feat. Da Uzi)50Soso Maness albumMistral "Malfaiteurs"(YL feat. Da Uzi)168YL albumCompte de faits "Maman m'aime"(Dinos feat. Da Uzi)12Dinos albumStamina, *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 2019 "D'une autre manière"(feat. Kaaris)101Mexico "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"44Architecte "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"97Vrai 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
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