{"id":7080,"date":"2023-12-07T20:05:11","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T20:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=7080"},"modified":"2023-12-07T20:05:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T20:05:11","slug":"from-novice-to-global-superstar-in-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/07\/from-novice-to-global-superstar-in-2-years\/","title":{"rendered":"From novice to global superstar in 2 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Agencies &#8211; Sudan Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In just two short years, the DJ known as Uncle Waffles has transformed her entire life \u2013 from taking her first steps behind the turntables, to becoming an internationally acclaimed DJ and producer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt still feels very unreal, like this to me is not happening really, you know?\u201d the 23-year-old star told CNN following her headlining performance at Revolt World, in Atlanta, Georgia, in September.<\/p>\n<p>Leveraging social media, Uncle Waffles has quickly become a sought-after star in Amapiano \u2013 one of the fastest-growing music genres out of Africa, known for its deep house sound fusing kwaito, jazz, and percussive basslines. She garnered the nickname \u201cPrincess of Amapiano,\u201d and although the performer is grateful for her title, the self-proclaimed \u201cgirl\u2019s girl\u201d doesn\u2019t feel like she truly owns it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want it to ever make people feel like women have to always be up against each other. We can all coexist, and we can actually all shine together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt takes a lot of vulnerability to release music because it comes with so much criticism,\u201d she said. \u201cBut it was the best decision I ever made because now I have multiplatinum music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Uncle Waffle\u2019s success has helped to define a clear path for female DJs who aspire to become global stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very possible for your dream to be valid as a woman in male-dominated spaces,\u201d Uncle Waffles said, while showing the world that a DJ can command the stage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a DJ doesn\u2019t limit it,\u201d she added. \u201cIf you want it to be on a big stage, (you\u2019ll) accommodate that big stage.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agencies &#8211; Sudan Events In just two short years, the DJ known as Uncle Waffles has transformed her entire life \u2013 from taking her first steps behind the turntables, to becoming an internationally acclaimed DJ and producer. \u201cIt still feels very unreal, like this to me is not happening really, you know?\u201d the 23-year-old star &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-society-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7082,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7080\/revisions\/7082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}