NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – American singer-rapper Doja Cat, who had beforehand downplayed the seriousness of Covid-19, examined constructive for the coronavirus and cancelled various upcoming performances.
The artiste, whose authorized title is Amala Zandile Dlamini, mentioned on social media on Sunday (Dec 12) that she had examined constructive after a couple of members of her manufacturing staff had additionally examined constructive.
It was the second time she confirmed she had contracted the virus, after she mentioned in July final 12 months that she had Covid-19.
Dlamini, 26, wrote within the assertion that her “spirits are down”, however that “I am doing okay and sit up for recovering and getting again on the market as quickly as I can!”
She mentioned she was cancelling the remainder of her appearances on this 12 months’s iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour. She was set to carry out 4 reveals over the following week in Philadelphia, Washington, Atlanta and Miami.
Two days earlier than her announcement, she had cancelled her Jingle Ball performances in New York on Friday and Boston on Sunday after members of her manufacturing staff had examined constructive.
The Jingle Ball is a nationwide tour, sponsored by the radio conglomerate iHeartRadio, that brings collectively among the hottest musical acts in the USA.
Dlamini was scheduled to be part of lineups this week that included Saweetie, Megan Thee Stallion and the Black Eyed Peas.
Dlamini is a Grammy Award-nominated artiste who discovered success with hits similar to Say So (2020) and Want To Know (2021).
She is understood for interacting along with her followers on social media, together with the time in March final 12 months when she mentioned on Instagram Stay that she was “not frightened of a coronavirus”.
“I will get corona after which I will get a Corona,” she mentioned, possible referring to each the virus and the beer.
She mentioned she didn’t care concerning the virus, utilizing an expletive, and added: “It is a flu.”
She additionally mentioned that individuals who contracted the virus ought to “take some Mucinex and drink water and tea and sleep. That is all you have to do.”
In July final 12 months, she advised Capital Xtra, a radio station in Britain, that she contracted the virus.
“It was a four-day symptom freak out, however I am effective now,” she mentioned.
Hours after she mentioned she had Covid-19 on Sunday, she posted a video, on Twitter, of herself dancing. She coughed twice.