Uncle Waffles recalls how her 30-minute performance made her famous

Uncle Waffles commemorates one year since her debut in the South African music industry.

On October 16, 2021, the DJ posted a video recording of her 30-minute set to social media, which completely altered her life, as the video went viral and earned her a massive following among South Africans and even Drake.

Waffles expressed thankfulness to God via Twitter, as she now performs internationally.

This 30 minute set I wasn’t suppose to get completely changed my life, I’m forever greatful thank you God! https://t.co/flQy1yMYGF

— Waffles🐉 (@unclewaffffles) October 15, 2022

Speaking to Complex UK about the event that turned her life around, Uncle Waffles said:

“My management had recorded the entire set and I posted one of the clips randomly, not thinking anything of it on the following Saturday afternoon—thinking it might do 50,000 views at most if that. I checked my phone a couple of hours later and saw it was in the hundreds of thousands, but this was all online and I was still going about my daily business so it didn’t really sink in.”

“It was when I woke up the next day to see that Drake had followed me, that I thought he had done it by accident so I just didn’t tell anybody for a couple of hours in case he unfollowed [laughs]. Everything felt surreal until I started to see tangible things, like bookings and enquiries”