Nasty D

Nasty-D (real name Davis Ngoma) is an artist from Lusaka, Zambia who started out as a DJ and promoter of a mobile disco that was known as EHD. He is one the founding fathers of modern day Zambian music which he himself used to call Zambezi music. The music is a fusion of kalifunku, kalindula as well as modern day Zambian music.
While attending college, he formed his first music group in Zimbabwe called T2Z. The rap outfit comprised of a Tanzanian (Ommy Luv) and a Zimbabwean (Mash Me).

He came back to Zambia upon completing his studies and made his first public appearance as a musician on a local T.V. production called Sounds Good where he sang ‘Good Milile’ (i.e. Good Health). The track became an instant hit on the show and marked his step to fame.

In 1997, he moved to Lusaka and worked under Brian Shakarongo Chengala’s Jah Entertainments. Failure to access recording facilities became a challenge to him. He enrolled at West London College to study CIMA. With money earned from working part-time in a chicken restaurant, he managed to record his first ‘Nyanjalize Bembalize’ album at a studio in Central London. It was the first Zambian recording to reach the Sounds Music Chart, a local chart show based on album sales.

This was followed by the formation of a music group called ‘Ever High Dreads’ or EHD as it was popularly known. In 2000, Steve Lox died after a long illness. 2wice, another member, released a single tilted ‘Tomato Balunda’ which was meant to be an EHD project. This upset the rest of the group and the group disbanded.

In 2001, he recorded his second album titled ‘Fwelele Fwelele’. In 2002, he and his wife formed an entertainment production company called Mphalala Production. Shortly afterwards, he released his third album ‘Zambezi Yeka Yeka’ under that production company. The album featured Louie X and Shi Masta.

During that time, he formed the Zambezi Symphony. The group comprised of Desh, Shi Masta, Mwaka and Queen Sheba on backing vocals, Zenzo, Mwika and Mumbi on bass guitar, rhythm guitar and drums respectively, Dave on lead guitar while Nasty and 2wice where the main vocalists. After touring the country, the group disbanded and Nasty retreated to Kabwe with some of the band members to explore Zambezi music.

He later formed the Zambezi Family band with his brother Hakeem and sister Mwaka. In 2004, he released his fourth album titled ‘Banjikata Kata Sana’. The album explored his Zambezi music with the title track about his arrest. It was released under Mission Press.
In 2005, he moved back to Lusaka and worked on an eight track album called ‘Zambezi Fire’ which was released in July under Supershine Investments. This was followed by another music project titled ‘Zambezi Blues’.

In 2012, he featured Drillz, a teenage female rapper in a single.