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Lungelihle Zwane (born 30 March 2000), known professionally as Uncle Waffles, is a Swazi-born DJ and record producer based in South Africa. She is noted for her work in the amapiano genre and her dance abilities, with Rolling Stone hailing her "a global ambassador for amapiano". Her debut single "Tanzania" reached number one in South Africa and was certified quadruple platinum by the Recording Industry of South Africa.

Early life
Waffles was born and raised in Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), and emigrated to South Africa in order to attend university She didn't know her parents and had been brought up by her grandma through her childhood years, until she reconciled with her mother as a teenager and had a strained relationship thereafter.

Career
Uncle Waffles learned how to DJ in 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdowns. She gained prominence in October 2021 after a video of her dancing to the song "Adiwele" by Young Stunna during one of her live performances at a nightclub in Soweto went viral. The success of the video rapidly increased after Canadian rapper Drake reposted it on his Instagram account. Uncle Waffles released her debut single "Tanzania" in March 2022 in anticipation of her debut extended play (EP), Red Dragon, which was released later that month. "Tanzania" was ranked by Rolling Stone as the eighth best afropop song of 2022.

Uncle Waffles released her debut music video for the track "Tanzania"in September 2022. In that same month, Uncle Waffles announced that she would be hosting a residency on BBC Radio 1. She was the only DJ that performed at the 2023 Global Citizen Festival in Accra. She partnered with KFC South Africa to launch an exclusive "Uncle Waffles burger" which was made available for purchase in local branches in December 2022. She then embarked on a concert tour of the United States, and then Australia. British publication Mixmag hailed Uncle Waffles as one of the top breakthrough DJs of the year 2022 worldwide. Streaming platform Audiomack also hailed her as an "#UpNow" artist in March 2023. She will perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2023.