Lady Donli is the stage name of Zainab Elizabeth Donli, a Nigerian artist. She specializes in alternative R&B, hip hop, alternative jazz, and Afrobeat as a performer and composer.
Lady Donli was born in the state of Ohio, in the city of Cleveland. She is the oldest of a family of six children. Her father is a Kaduna native, and she was raised in both Abuja and Kaduna. After graduating from high school and getting a law degree from the University of Surrey, she relocated to the United Kingdom.