DJ Lag's biography, career, place of birth, songs, net worth

DJ Lag's biography, career, place of birth, songs, net worth

DJ Lag is the founder of Gqom, a unique music genre created from blending Durban culture with the songs' tunes and rhythms. The music itself is a combination of several genres like hip-hop and deep house. Gqom received international attention in 2016. UK label, Goon Club Allstars, is one of the music companies the DJ/music producer worked with while touring Europe and Asia.

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DJ Lag sitting down. Photo: @realdjlag (modified by author)
Source: Instagram

The DJ played his song, Let's Do This, in Cape Town. The song began trending countrywide within a short time. Lag visited Berlin in Germany, Europe, in 2016 to promote his music and performed at Afropunk in New York, USA, a few years later. The producer's fans describe his music as great dancefloor songs.

DJ Lag profile summary

  • Full name: Lwazi Asanda Gwala
  • Famous as: DJ Lag
  • Year of birth: 1995
  • Age: 26 years when 2021 ends
  • Career: Music producer and DJ
  • Nationality: South African
  • Net worth: $5 million
  • Instagram: realdjlag
  • Facebook: DJ Lag
  • Twitter: @RealDJLag

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DJ Lag biography

DJ Lag real name is Lwazi Asanda Gwala. Where is DJ Lag place of birth? He was born in Clermont township in Durban, South African, in 1995. Therefore, DJ Lag age will be 26 years at the end of 2021.

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Asanda playing music. Photo: @ DJ Lag
Source: Facebook

DJ Lag career

Asanda quit music studies to create his path in the industry. He got the inspiration to make Gqom music from Durban's hot weather. The city is located in South Africa's coastal region; therefore, Gqom allows people to have fun and lose themselves.

The DJ has performed in multiple national music events, including the Johannesburg Leg of Boiler Room in 2015 and the Cape Town Electronic Music Festival in 2016. In February 2016, the Durban Gqom star shared the stage with Skrillex and Euphonik at the Bridges for Music workshop in Kliptown, Soweto.

The musician has played his songs at the MELT Festival in Germany, the RedBull SonarDome at Sonar Barcelona, Afropunk Atlanta in the US, and in more international events. More people are falling in love with his music worldwide.

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DJ Lag songs and EPs

The co-founder of London label Goon Club Allstars, producer Moleskin, helped Asanda release his first EP titled DJ Lag in 2016, and the DJ featured Beyonce and Jay Z in the 2018 Stampit EP. BBC Radio's Essential Mix show host, Pete Tong, played Asanda's songs.

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The DJ wearing a casual outfit. Photo: @blackmajorsa
Source: Facebook

DJ Lag with other stars

Gqom-queens, Moonchild Sanelly, and Busiswa worked with Asanda, Yemi Alade, and other artists on Beyonce's The Lion King: The Gift. He teamed up with Boiler Room TV and Ballantine in making a leading soundtrack, My Power, for Beyonce's documentary called Making the Gift in 2019. Other DJ Lag EPs include Stutter, Steam Rooms, Misfit EP, Uhuru EP, and Friend EP.

Net worth

How much is the music producer worth? DJ Lag's net worth is around $5 million, which makes him one of the wealthiest Mzansi DeeJays and music producers.

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DJ Lag's songs are among the most played songs by Mzansi's mainstream media and in events and clubs. The tuneful music has heavy metal beats you can dance to until you lose your breath. The Gqom star's primary focus is making way for techno music artists to get to the top of the world.

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