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Zainab Elizabeth Donli, known as Lady Donli, is a Nigerian musician. She is an alternative R&B, hip hop, alternative jazz and Afrobeat singer and songwriter.

Lady Donli
Born	Zainab Donli Cleveland, Ohio
Nationality	Nigeria
Education	University Of Surrey
Occupation	Singer
Known for	Alternative rock, alternative R&B[1] and Afrobeat
Website	ladydonli.com

Biography

Lady Donli was born in Cleveland, Ohio. She is the youngest of six children. She spent her early years in Abuja and Kaduna, where her dad is from. After her secondary school education, she moved to the United Kingdom where she obtained a degree in law, from the University of Surrey.[2]

Donli's earliest musical influence was the Evangelical Church of West Africa, where a particular style of synchronous praise-chanting had become established. She was also influenced by the music of Brenda Fassie, Angelique Kidjo, Aṣa and Erykah Badu, as well as Nigeria's pop pioneers.[3]

Donli is part of Nigeria's Alté music scene, which is known for blending sounds from multiple genres of music, including Afrobeat, R&B, and Soul.[4] She released her first project, the 12-song mixtape Love or War, in 2014.[5]

Donli has worked with new-age music acts like Adekunle Gold, Nonso Amadi, Tomi Thomas, M.I Abaga, Mr Eazi, SDC, Davido, Ayüü, Odunsi (The Engine), and Tay Iwar amongst others.[6]

In 2018, Donli lent her vocals on a number of projects. She teamed up with Nigerian rapper, Boogey on 'Motion' and veteran MC Terry Tha Rapman on 'Open Letter'. She also worked with Mr Eazi on his sophomore album, 'Life is Eazi Vol.2', including a featured track off M.I Abaga's A Study on Self Worth: Yxng Dxnzl album.[7]

In 2019, Donli released her debut album, Enjoy Your Life.[8][5]

Discography

Studio albums and EPs

• Love or War EP (2014)[5]
• Wallflower EP (2016)[9]
• Letters to Her EP (2018)[10]
• Enjoy Your Life (2019)[8]
• WILD (2021)

Selected singles

Year	Title	Non-album single
2014	Mr Creeper
2016	Kashe Ni
2016	Ice Cream Ft. Tomi Thomas
2017	Poison
2018	Games
2018	Classic
2018	Comforter
2018	Work Ft. Tomi Thomas & The Forbidden
2019	Cash (Remix) Ft. Davido
2020	Wonda Wonda Ft DarkoVibes
2022	Thunderstorm in surulere(feat The Lagos Panic)

Year	Title	Albums
2016	Moonchild Ft. Odunsi	Wallflower EP
2016	Alice Ft. D.Boi
2017	Roses for K	Letters to Her EP
2017	Spell
2019	Corner	Enjoy Your Life
2019	Cash
2019	Suffer Suffer

Major features

Artist	Track	Album	Year
Terry Tha Rapman	Open Letter[11]	The Life of Joe Spazm	2018
Boogey	Motions[12]	Nouveau Niveau	2018
M.I Abaga	(+-)[13]	A Study on Self Worth: Yxng Dxnzl	2018
Show Dem Camp	For A Minute[14]	Palmwine Music 2	2018
Mr Eazi	Lagos Gyration[15]	Life is Eazi Vol 2: Lagos to London	2018
DRB Lasgidi	Ma Pariwo[16]	Pioneers	2020

Awards and nominations

Year	Event	Prize	Recipient	Result	Ref
2019	The Headies	The Headies Award for Best Alternative Song	Cash	Nominated	[17]
2018	Nigeria Entertainment Award	Nigeria Entertainment Award for Best New Act of the Year	Herself	Nominated	[18]
2018	Nigerian Teen Choice Award	Nigerian Teen Choice Award for Choice Female Artist	Herself	Nominated	[19]
2015	Nigerian Teen Choice Award	Nigerian Teen Choice Award for Choice Mixtape/EP	Love or War	Nominated	[20]
2015	Nigeria Entertainment Award	Nigeria Entertainment Award for Best New Act of the Year	Herself	Nominated	[18]

References

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