 A demo of the songs she recorded was given to Vusi Leeuw, who later presented it to Sony Music Africa.Delazy signed a two-album record deal with Sony Music Africa on 19 April 2011.She made her first solo appearance at the 2011 Africa Day concert in Newtown, Johannesburg, performing alongside Baaba Maal, Habib Koite and Tumi and the Volume, among others.