Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini (born October 21, 1995), known professionally as Doja Cat (/ˈdoʊdʒə/ DOH-jə), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she began making and releasing music on SoundCloud as a teenager. 

It reached the top 10 of the US Billboard 200 and spawned the single "Say So", which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart following the release of a remix featuring Nicki Minaj. This album was followed by Planet Her (2021), which spent three consecutive weeks at number two on the Billboard 200 and spawned the top 10 singles "Kiss Me More" (featuring SZA), "Need to Know", and "Woman".

After a hiatus from releasing music and the uneventful rollout of her debut studio album, Amala (2018), Doja Cat earned viral success as an internet meme with her 2018 single "Mooo!", a novelty song in which she makes satirical claims about being a cow. Capitalizing on her growing popularity, she released her second studio album, Hot Pink, in the following year.

Doja Cat has hit out at Stranger Things star Noah Schnapp after he shared their private DMs, where she voiced a romantic interest in his co-star.

Described by The Wall Street Journal as "a skilled technical rapper with a strong melodic sense and a bold visual presence",[2] Doja Cat is known for creating music videos and songs that achieve popularity on social media applications such as TikTok. She is also well-versed in the internet herself, and is famed for her absurdly humorous personality and online presence.

On Wednesday, Schnapp took to TikTok to post a now-deleted video that showcased private DMs between him and the 26-year-old singer, where she expressed a romantic interest in Stranger Things actor Joseph Quinn, 29.

But Doja Cat, whose real name is Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini, has hit back at Schnapp, taking to Instagram Live on Thursday to call him out for his duplicitous act, but added that she didn't want her fans to overreact, since Schnapp, 17, is 'just a kid'.

She began by saying she tried to make a, 'three-minute TikTok but it didn't work,' so she opted for an Instagram Live video, adding she hoped someone was recording the video.

Doja said it was 'socially unaware' for Schnapp to share their private conversation online but added that young people do 'dumb s**t' and 'f**k up relationships with people' in her ranting video.

Doja said it was 'socially unaware' for Schnapp to share their private conversation online but added that young people do 'dumb s**t' and 'f**k up relationships with people' in her ranting video.