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Doja Cat images from PeepTown? After a hiatus from releasing music and the uneventful rollout of her debut studio album, Amala (2018), Doja Cat earned viral success as an internet meme with her 2018 single “Mooo!”, a novelty song in which she makes satirical claims about being a cow. Capitalizing on her growing popularity, she released her second studio album, Hot Pink, in the following year. It reached the top 10 of the US Billboard 200 and spawned the single “Say So”, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart following the release of a remix featuring Nicki Minaj. This album was followed by Planet Her (2021), which spent three consecutive weeks at number two on the Billboard 200 and spawned the top 10 singles “Kiss Me More” (featuring SZA), “Need to Know” and “Woman”. See even more info on Doja Cat nip slip.

In March 2020, Doja Cat was set to embark on the Hot Pink Tour in support of the album, before it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That same month, she received backlash after saying on Instagram live that COVID-19 was only a “flu” and that she was not scared of it. In a July interview with Capital Xtra’s breakfast program, she revealed that she was diagnosed with COVID-19 but has since recovered after a “four-day symptom freak out”. Later that October, Doja Cat was criticized for participating in Kendall Jenner’s Halloween and birthday celebrations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In mid-2015, Doja Cat signed to OG Maco’s label, OGG. Following the signing in late 2016, Maco and Doja Cat collaborated on the song “Monster”, from Maco’s 2017 mixtape, Children of The Rage. In February 2018, Doja Cat released the promotional single “Roll with Us”. The following month, she released the single and music video for “Go to Town”, which would become the lead single from her debut album.”Candy” was released as the album’s second single that same month. The track would become a sleeper hit after a dance challenge on Tiktok went viral in 2019. This led to the single charting in countries such as Australia, Canada and the United States, with the latter having the song peak at 86 on the Billboard Hot 100, making this her first solo entry on the chart. On March 30, 2018, her debut studio album Amala was released, including the three singles. At the time of its release, the album was largely ignored by critics and failed to chart in any market. The album would later peak at number 138 on the Billboard 200 in late 2019.

Doja was born on October 21, 1995, into a very artistic family in Los Angeles, California in the Tarzana neighborhood. Her mother, Deborah Elizabeth Sawyer, is a Jewish-American painter. Her father, Dumisani Dlamini, is a South African actor, composer, and film producer of Zulu ethnicity best known for starring in the 1992 musical film Sarafina! According to Doja, she never met her father growing up. Her father denies this however, stating that he has a “healthy” relationship with his daughter.

On December 24, 2020, Doja Cat released a series of videos on her YouTube channel named Hot Pink Sessions where she performed three songs twice with two different looks. On December 31, 2020, Doja Cat performed Say So, Like That, and Juicy at the annual Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve show. On January 7, 2021, Doja Cat was featured on the single Best Friend by rapper Saweetie, and appeared in the accompanying music video. The following week, Doja Cat appeared alongside Megan Thee Stallion on the remix of 34+35 by Ariana Grande. Following the release of the remix, the song reached a new peak of number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. In early 2021, Streets became a sleeper hit after live performances of the song went viral on TikTok. TikTok also spawned a viral challenge which uses a mashup of Streets and Put Your Head on My Shoulder by Paul Anka. This caused the song to enter the Billboard Hot 100, which peaked at number 16. Doja Cat was nominated for three awards at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, namely Best New Artist, and her single Say So being nominated for Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance. In 2021, she was placed on Time’s 100 Next list, which highlights 100 emerging figures, with her write-up being penned by rapper Lil Nas X. Discover even more info at peeptown.com.