Mizíkí ya Lous and the Yakuza

Mizíkí ya Lous and the Yakuza was the first edition of Mizíkí ya, DR Congo's national selection for the Own Africavision Song Contest 2.

Radio-Télévision nationale congolaise first announced back in June of 2020 that a national selection would take place to select the song for Own Africavision Song Contest 2 for DR Congo, the format was still unknown at this point as little information was revealed during this announcement.

On 13th June 2020, RTNC announced that 4 songs would be participating in the inaugural selection, where international juries will be able to determine the winner of the selection.

Also announced on the 13th June 2020, it was decided that the edition would be presented in 1 language: French.

Location
Further information on the country: DR Congo

Host City
Lubumbashi, (former names: Élisabethville (French) and Elisabethstad ((Dutch)) is the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the country's southeasternmost part, along the border with Zambia. The capital and principal city of the Haut-Katanga Province, Lubumbashi is the center of mining in the region, acting as a hub for many of the country's largest mining companies. No definite population figures are available, but the population of the city's urban area is estimated to be around 2,584,000 in 2021. Lubumbashi serves as an important commercial and national industrial centre. Manufactures include textiles, food products and beverages, printing, bricks, and copper smelting. The city is home to the Simba brewery, producing the famous Tembo beer.

The city hosts the headquarters of one of the country's largest banks, Trust Merchant Bank. The airline Korongo Airlines, a joint-venture between Brussels Airlines and the Belgian multinational Groupe George Forrest International, also maintains its head office in Lubumbashi. The area also has a daily newspaper. Lubumbashi, the mining capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a base for many of the country's biggest mining companies. The Democratic Republic of Congo produces "more than 3 percent of the world's copper and half its cobalt, most of which comes from Katanga."

Venue
Stade TP Mazembe is a multi-use stadium located in the Kamalondo suburb of Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Since its completion in 2011, it has mostly been used for football matches and is the home venue of TP Mazembe and CS Don Bosco. The stadium has 18,000 seats.

Final
The final took place on 13 June, 2020, in which 4 songs were performed and the international African juries voted by giving 1 point to their favourite two acts. The winner was crowned and submitted as the Kinshasa-Congolese representative for the Own Africavision Song Contest 2.