# Da Uzi

Davy Ngoma Di Malonda (born August 29, 1992), better known by his stage name Da Uzi (sometimes stylized as DA Uzi and pronounced Dé-A Uzi), is a French rapper.

## Early years

Davy Ngoma Di Malonda was born in 1992 in Angers, Pays de la Loire. He spent his early years until 11 years old in Villemomble and Villeparisis where he played soccer (soccer) in a local sports team. Then he moved to live with his aunts in a community in Seine-et-Marne, then a year at Poitiers where he enrolled in a soccer school. At fifteen, he moved to Trois Tours, Sevran, Paris Region.
He wanted to pursue a career in soccer, but after an injury, he was dropped for treatment and spent the remaining of his short sports career in third level competition at his club before quitting altogether at 15. After that, he started rapping and taking part in rap competitions specially at Villeparisis.

## Career

His beginnings in rap are still sketchy as he was imprisoned several times. But in 2016, he was noted for several freestyles efforts collected in the self-release La D en personne in 2017. At the end of that year, he was signed to Vrai2Vrai Industry and the rap label Rec 118, an affiliate of Warner Music. With the signing, he was featured in releases by of Sevran artists, including Maes and the 13 Block collective. His single with Ninho titled "Entre les murs" charted peaking at #62 on the SNEP French singles chart in 2018.
In 2019, DA Uzi released his mixtape Mexico that peaked at number 5 on the French Albums Chart in addition to 4 freestyle releases titled WeLaRue. His debut studio album Architecte was released on 3 April 2020 peaking at #1 in France, selling 9,700 copies in its first week of release, and eventually more than 50,000 copies and certified gold. "Crois-moi" featuring is his highest charting single reaching #3 in France.

## Discography
### Albums

| Year | Album | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Certification |
| Year | Album | FRA | BEL (Fl) | BEL (Wa) | SWI | Certification |
| 2020 | Architecte | 1 | 129 | 3 | 13 | SNEP: Gold |
| 2021 | Vrai 2 vrai | 3 | — | 3 | 22 | SNEP: Gold |
| 2022 | Le chemin des braves | 3 | — | 20 | 36 | SNEP: Gold |
| 2025 | Original Gangster | 4 | — | — | — | |

### Mixtapes

| Year | Album | Peak positions | Peak positions | Peak positions | Certification |
| Year | Album | FRA | BEL (Wa) | SWI | Certification |
| 2018 | La D en personne | — | — | — | |
| 2019 | Mexico | 5 | 22 | 55 | |

#### Other releases

* 2014: Sans prétention Vol. 1 (self-published)

### Singles

| Year | Title | Peak positions | Peak positions | Album / Mixtape |
| Year | Title | FRA | BEL (Wa) | Album / Mixtape |
| 2018 | "Entre les murs" (feat. Ninho) | 62 | 25* (Ultratip) | Mexico |
| 2018 | "La vraie vie" | 74 | — | Mexico |
| 2019 | "Mexico" | 38 | — | Mexico |
| 2019 | "WeLaRue#3 (Vilain)" | 152 | — | Non-album release |
| 2019 | "Plus belle la vie" | 94 | — | Architecte |
| 2020 | "Le dire" (feat. Maes) | 28 | 33* (Ultratip) | Architecte |
| 2020 | "Crois-moi" (feat. Ninho) | 3 | 13* (Ultratip) | Architecte |
| 2021 | "La vie du binks" (with Ninho & SCH feat. Hornet La Frappe, Leto, Sadek & Soprano) | 5 | 6* (Ultratip) | Non-album release |
| 2021 | "Fermez-la" | 157 | — | Non-album release |
| 2022 | "On Se Reverra Plus (Feat. Gazo) | 8 | — | Non-album release |
| 2025 | "OTF" (Da Uzi feat. Ninho) | 37 | — | Original Gangster |
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

### Featured in

| Year | Title | Peak positions | Peak positions | Album / Mixtape |
| Year | Title | FRA | BEL (Wa) | Album / Mixtape |
| 2018 | "Dinero" (Lartiste, Da Uzi & Don Milli) | 143 | – | 93 Empire |
| 2019 | "93% (Tijuana)" (GLK feat. Landy, Da Uzi & Hornet La Frappe) | 13 | 9* (Ultratip) | GLK album Indécis |
| 2020 | "Zodiaque" (Soso Maness feat. Da Uzi) | 50 | – | Soso Maness album Mistral |
| 2020 | "Malfaiteurs" (YL feat. Da Uzi) | 168 | – | YL album Compte de faits |
| 2020 | "Maman m'aime" (Dinos feat. Da Uzi) | 12 | – | Dinos album Stamina, |
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

### Other charting songs

| Year | Title | Peak positions | Album / Mixtape |
| Year | Title | FRA | Album / Mixtape |
| 2019 | "D'une autre manière" (feat. Kaaris) | 101 | Mexico |
| 2019 | "J'entends des voix" | 115 | Mexico |
| 2019 | "Bonita" | 116 | Mexico |
| 2019 | "Dans la tour" | 119 | Mexico |
| 2019 | "Wey wey wey" | 129 | Mexico |
| 2019 | "Vrai 2 vrai" | 132 | Mexico |
| 2019 | "Cicatrices" | 133 | Mexico |
| 2019 | "La loi du talion" (feat. Sadek) | 154 | Mexico |
| 2019 | "Les ténèbres" | 155 | Mexico |
| 2019 | "Vision" | 158 | Mexico |
| 2019 | "Dernier samouraï" | 168 | Mexico |
| 2019 | "Mal aimé" | 195 | Mexico |
| 2020 | "Architecte" | 44 | Architecte |
| 2020 | "Style Haussmannien" | 52 | Architecte |
| 2020 | "Camila" | 55 | Architecte |
| 2020 | "Ni amour ni amité" (feat. SCH) | 56 | Architecte |
| 2020 | "Da Vinci" | 59 | Architecte |
| 2020 | "Culiacan" (feat. Mister You) | 67 | Architecte |
| 2020 | "Pleine lune" | 71 | Architecte |
| 2020 | "Soirées des cités" | 73 | Architecte |
| 2020 | "En +" | 75 | Architecte |
| 2020 | "Laisse tomber" | 76 | Architecte |
| 2020 | "Tommy Shelby" | 77 | Architecte |
| 2020 | "En avance" | 79 | Architecte |
| 2020 | "F.L.P" (feat. Alonzo) | 85 | Architecte |
| 2020 | "Du passé au futur" | 93 | Architecte |
| 2020 | "Berline" | 121 | Architecte |
| 2020 | "J'ai pris la route" | 134 | Architecte |
| 2021 | "L'impasse" | 97 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "Jeune d'en bas" (feat. Nekfeu) | 21 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "27" (feat. Freeze Corleone) | 28 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "Du nord au sud" (feat. Soso Maness & ZKR) | 64 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "Génération 90" | 85 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "Costa Rica" (feat. Heuss l'Enfoiré) | 113 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "La vie de Bobby" | 115 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "Moi-même" | 128 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "Tellement" | 129 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "Le dehors" | 130 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "Ça tombe bien" | 134 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "Ils l'ont pas" | 139 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "La calle" | 141 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "Yes" | 151 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "Carabine" (feat. MHD) | 160 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "Fuck Love" | 169 | Vrai 2 vrai |
| 2021 | "Danse lugubre" | 179 | Vrai 2 vrai |