Popular American Rapper and Songwriter Doja Cat wore a South African flag themed dress for her Global Citizen Festival Performance. She stunned all by her outfit, as it was unexpectable from her.
Reportedly, Doja Cat’s father is the renowned South African actor Dumisani Dlamini. He is best known for playing Crocodile on Sarafina and Chester on Yizo-Yizo. He is also a well-known dancer.
The American star singer truly captured the attention of all through her beaded South African flag-themed dress. During her stage appearance at the Global Citizen Festival in New York, held on September 28, 2024, the audience was amazed and enjoyed the show.
Global Citizen Festival has always been a remarkable fusion of music, activism and global leadership and this year was no different at all.
Doja Cat always get it right when it comes to her style and performance on stage. Despite her powerful performance, her dress really stole the show. Whole Mzansi was left impressed with her outfit.
Following her video of performance on Tik Tok the comment section was flooded with praises and appreciations by South Africans, who acknowledged her heritage, while other were excited that she’s recognising her South African supporters.
The Global Citizen Festival is an annual music festival started in the year 2012. The festival was organised by the Global Poverty Project. It was founded by Ryan Gall and Hugh Evans.
Considering this, Gall said that he was inspired by visiting Austin City Limits and Seeing the branding on the stage but wanted to replace the corporate branding with branding from the charities.
Back in 2015, the organisation announced that Coldplay’s lead vocalist Chris Martin would serve as the festival’s curator for the next 15-years.
The music festival is part of a movement to end extreme poverty. It contributed to the charity acts on the website that included watching videos and signing petitions, fans can get free tickets to the festival.
Additionaly, the organisers are striving to make the event ‘global’ by live-streaming the events in public locations. Since 2015, the major goal of the festival is to closely align with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which include 17 tasks to end extreme global poverty by 2030.
Notably, Global Citizen’s model of ticket distribution in the year 2017 generated 1.6 million actions in two months, equally with the commitments and announcements of $3.2 billion for sustainable development and affecting 221 million people.