Doja Cat – the daughter of South African singer and actor Dumisani Dlamini – has featured her mother in her new music video, Gorgeous.
The US-born singer, whose real name is Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, was born in 1995 to Dumisani’s then-partner, Deborah Elizabeth Sawyer.
The former Sarafina actor – who also fathered a son, Doja’s brother Raman Dalithando – left the US to return home.
Doja Cat is expected to visit and perform in South Africa in December as part of the Hey Neighbour music festival.
DOJA CAT’S MOM STARS IN NEW MUSIC VIDEO
This week, Doja Cat released her star-studded music video for her single, Gorgeous.
The video features cameo appearances by supermodels like Alex Consani, Anok Yai, Irina Shayk, Alek Wek, and Imaan Hammam.
It also stars Doja’s own mom, Deborah Elizabeth Sawyer.
In one clip, the mother-daughter duo appear alongside each other, with Doja singing, “I look like my family; I don’t need to brag.”
“Even when we sit in the dark/ I feel the prettiest that you ever saw.
“Are your eyes even open? It ain’t ever really our fault/ We make a killing being so beautiful/ It’s a crime to be gorgeous.”
DEAD-BEAT OR DADDY’S GIRL?
Although they have never officially met – at least according to the public’s knowledge – Doja Cat has had much to say about her father, Dumisani Dlamini.
In May 2024, Doja went on a social media rant about the Yizo Yizo and Sarafina actor.
In it, she called him out for “abandoning” his family and being a “b*tch.”
Clapping back at mostly South African critics, she responded: “Go give the deadbeat a kiss on the lips for me.” She added: “[Dumisani] gave me a lazy eye and dipped.”
Under a post on Dumisani’s Instagram account, Doja Cat commented: “F**k you.”
Images via MICHAEL TRAN, AFP/ Instagram: @official_dumisanidlamini
Just days later, Doja seemingly retracted her comments, posting: “JK [Just Kidding] Love you, I was mad.”
In a 2019 interview with Leah Henry and DJ Quicksilva, Doja Cat infamously claimed that she had never met or spoken to her biological father.
