"Never give up" that has been the key mantra throughout songbird Lungi Naidoo's rocky music career.
Call her dance music's best kept secret if you may. After all before she hit it big it seemed like Miss Naidoo had graciously done it all on her bumpy journey to stardom that span over a decade.
From entering reality TV show Pop Stars to being a backup singer for the late Lebo Mathosa and being a Metro FM Music Awards nominee as an R&B songstress.
After independently releasing two futile R&B albums, it was lucky number 3 when Naidoo released her third studio album Black Diamond that has propelled her to commercial success. The album yields hit single Kiss Madolo.
"My sound now is that I make dance music. I have not always wanted to do dance music funny enough, for starters I can’t dance to save my life," Naidoo jokingly says.
"But I have come to the realization that the song-writing process is the same, whether you are writing an R&B song or house track. You go through the same emotions, just that you add a beat to it. That's one of the lessons that Black Coffee has taught me"
Speaking of internationally-renowned DJ Black Coffee, he has been quite instrumental in garnering Naidoo her well-deserved attention.
The duo worked together on the song Love on Fire from Black Coffee's acclaimed album Pieces of Me. They once again collaborated on the song Falling from Naidoo's latest offering.
Aside from raising her teenage daughter as a single mother, Naidoo's focus now is on going platinum with her album. One of the strategies she has been employing is taking her CD to the people, by selling her own copies after performing live and sweetening the deal with an autograph.
She is also paying it forward with her NGO, The Lungi Foundation. The philanthropy organisation works with schools in KwaZulu-Natal to provide food, school uniforms, stationery and text books.
"Having being in the industry for a while I just want to inspire young kids that it’s important to know that you never want to give up and work hard," Naidoo shares.
"I try to teach my daughter those kinds of lessons on a daily basis. It’s hard being a single mother; I’m not even going to sugar-coat it. Everything I do is for her."
Lungi Naidoo has found her dance groove
"Never give up" that has been the key mantra throughout songbird Lungi Naidoo's rocky music career.
Call her dance music's best kept secret if you may. After all before she hit it big it seemed like Miss Naidoo had graciously done it all on her bumpy journey to stardom that span over a decade.
From entering reality TV show Pop Stars to being a backup singer for the late Lebo Mathosa and being a Metro FM Music Awards nominee as an R&B songstress.
After independently releasing two futile R&B albums, it was lucky number 3 when Naidoo released her third studio album Black Diamond that has propelled her to commercial success. The album yields hit single Kiss Madolo.
"My sound now is that I make dance music. I have not always wanted to do dance music funny enough, for starters I can’t dance to save my life," Naidoo jokingly says.
"But I have come to the realization that the song-writing process is the same, whether you are writing an R&B song or house track. You go through the same emotions, just that you add a beat to it. That's one of the lessons that Black Coffee has taught me"
Speaking of internationally-renowned DJ Black Coffee, he has been quite instrumental in garnering Naidoo her well-deserved attention.
The duo worked together on the song Love on Fire from Black Coffee's acclaimed album Pieces of Me. They once again collaborated on the song Falling from Naidoo's latest offering.
Aside from raising her teenage daughter as a single mother, Naidoo's focus now is on going platinum with her album. One of the strategies she has been employing is taking her CD to the people, by selling her own copies after performing live and sweetening the deal with an autograph.
She is also paying it forward with her NGO, The Lungi Foundation. The philanthropy organisation works with schools in KwaZulu-Natal to provide food, school uniforms, stationery and text books.
"Having being in the industry for a while I just want to inspire young kids that it’s important to know that you never want to give up and work hard," Naidoo shares.
"I try to teach my daughter those kinds of lessons on a daily basis. It’s hard being a single mother; I’m not even going to sugar-coat it. Everything I do is for her."
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