Because Uzi
Da Uzi (* 1994 in Sevran , Seine-Saint-Denis ; real Davy Ngoma Di Malonda ) is a French rapper .
life and career
Da Uzi grew up in the Paris suburb of Sevran, a place where other greats of the French rap scene come from, including Kaaris and Maes . Little is known about its past prior to its commercial breakthrough. From 2014 to 2016 the rapper was imprisoned several times and began to publish his own rap freestyles called La D en personne in January 2017 . At the end of 2017 he signed a record deal with the music label Rec 118 , part of Warner Music , and released the Freestyle series as a mixtape for the first time in 2018. The project also includes collaborations with Maes and the 13 Block group. In the course of the collaboration with Ninho in September 2018, Da Uzi's chart debut followed. The single Entre les murs was placed at number 62 on the French single charts. On January 18, 2019, Di Malonda's third mixtape Mexico followed , which reached number five on the French album charts. In the first week, the project was able to sell over 5,700 units and by March 2020 had sold over 40,000 units. With the release of his debut album Architecte on April 3, 2020, he jumped straight to the top of the French album charts . The included collaboration with Ninho Crois-moi also reached number three in the single charts. In the first week of sales, almost 9,800 units of the album were sold.
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label | Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  FR |  BE W |  CH | |||
| 2020 | Architecte Vrai2Vrai Industry, Rec 118, Warner Music France | FR1 (... week) FR | BE W3 (... weeks) BE W | CH13 (... weeks) CH | 
First published: April 3, 2020 | 
Mix tapes
| year | Title music label | Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  FR |  BE W |  CH | |||
| 2019 | Mexico Vrai2Vrai Industry, Rec 118, Warner Music France | FR5 (48 weeks) FR | BE W22 (9 weeks) BE W | CH55 (1 week) CH | 
First published: January 18, 2019 | 
| year | Title music label | Remarks | 
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Sans prétention Vol. 1 self-distribution | First published: August 1, 2014 | 
| 2018 | La D en personne Vrai2Vrai Industry, Rec 118, Warner Music France | First published: May 25, 2018 | 
Singles
| year | Title album | Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  FR |  BE W |  CH | |||
| 2018 | Entre les murs Mexico | FR62  (9 weeks)FR | - | - | 
First published: September 7, 2018  Sales: + 100,000; feat. Ninho | 
| La vraie vie Mexico | FR74 (5 weeks) FR | - | - | 
First published: November 9, 2018 | |
| 2019 | Mexico Mexico | FR38 (4 weeks) FR | - | - | 
First published: January 18, 2019 | 
| WeLaRue # 3 (Vilain) single track | FR152 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
First published: September 13, 2019 | |
| Plus belle la vie Architecte | FR94 (3 weeks) FR | - | - | 
First published: December 6, 2019 | |
| 2020 | Le dire Architecte | FR28 (12 weeks) FR | - | - | 
First published: February 21, 2020  feat. Maes | 
| Autre part Architecte | FR23 (... weeks) FR | - | - | 
First published: April 3, 2020 | |
| The following songs did not appear as single, but were made available for download and streaming through the album and were thus able to achieve a placement: | |||||
| 2019 | D'une autre manière Mexico | FR101 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: January 25, 2019  feat. Kaaris | 
| J'entends des voix Mexico | FR115 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: January 25, 2019 | |
| Bonita Mexico | FR116 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: January 25, 2019 | |
| Dans la tour Mexico | FR119 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: January 25, 2019 | |
| Wey wey wey Mexico | FR129 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: January 25, 2019 | |
| Vrai 2 vrai Mexico | FR132 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: January 25, 2019 | |
| Cicatrices Mexico | FR133 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: January 25, 2019 | |
| La loi du talion Mexico | FR154 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: January 25, 2019  feat. Sadek | |
| Les ténèbres Mexico | FR155 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: January 25, 2019 | |
| Vision Mexico | FR158 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: January 25, 2019 | |
| Dernier samouraï Mexico | FR168 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: January 25, 2019 | |
| Mal aimé Mexico | FR195 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: January 25, 2019 | |
| 2020 | Crois-moi Architecte | FR3  (… Where.)FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020  Sales: + 100,000; feat. Ninho | 
| Architecte Architecte | FR44 (... weeks) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020 | |
| Style Haussmannien Architecte | FR52 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020 | |
| Camila Architecte | FR55 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020 | |
| Ni amour ni amité Architecte | FR56 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020  feat. Sch | |
| Da Vinci Architecte | FR59 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020 | |
| Culiacan Architecte | FR67 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020  feat. Mister You | |
| Pleine lune architecte | FR71 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020 | |
| Soirées des cités Architecte | FR73 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020 | |
| En + Architecte | FR75 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020 | |
| Laisse tomber Architecte | FR76 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020 | |
| Tommy Shelby Architecte | FR77 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020 | |
| En avance Architecte | FR79 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020 | |
| FLP Architecte | FR85 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020  feat. Alonzo | |
| You passé au futur architecte | FR93 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020 | |
| Berline Architecte | FR121 (1 week) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 10, 2020 | |
| J'ai pris la route Architecte | FR134 (... weeks) FR | - | - | 
Chart entry: April 17, 2020 | |
Chart placements as a guest musician
| year | Title album | Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  FR |  BE W |  CH | |||
| 2019 | 93% (Tijuana) Indécis | FR13  (… Where.)FR | - | - | 
First published: November 22, 2019  Sales: + 200,000 GLK feat. Landy, Da Uzi & Hornet La Frappe | 
| 2020 | Zodiaque single track | FR50 (2 weeks) FR | - | - | 
First published: June 5, 2020  Soso Maness feat. Because Uzi | 
Awards for music sales
Note: Awards in countries from the chart tables or chart boxes can be found in these.
| Country / Region |  gold |  platinum | Sales | swell | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awards for music sales (country / region, awards, sales, sources) | ||||
|  France (SNEP) |  2 × gold2 |  platinum1 | 400,000 | snepmusique.com | 
| All in all |  2 × gold2 |  platinum1 | ||
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Artistes & rappeurs de Sevran. In: rapalace.com. Retrieved April 20, 2020 (French).
- ↑ DA Uzi: actu, albums et paroles. In: raprnb.com. Retrieved April 20, 2020 (French).
- ^ Thibault: Da Uzi parle de Sevran, de son label V2V et de sa mixtape "Mexico". In: revrse.fr. December 23, 2018, accessed on January 21, 2020 (French).
- ↑ a b c d e f g Chart sources: FR BEW CH
- ↑ Matthieu: Découvrez les chiffres de vente de la nouvelle mixtape de DA Uzi “Mexico”. In: rapelite.com. January 25, 2019, accessed April 20, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Typhlo: Les rappeurs français qui ont le plus vendus. In: senscritique.com. March 26, 2020, accessed April 20, 2020 (French).
- ^ Jeune Dauphin: DA Uzi: les ventes de son album "Architecte". In: booska-p.com. April 10, 2020, accessed April 20, 2020 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Because Uzi | 
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Di Malonda, Davy Ngoma (real name) | 
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | french rapper | 
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1994 | 
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sevran , Seine-Saint-Denis , France | 
