Santi White (born September 25, 1976), known professionally as Santigold (formerly Santogold
), is an American singer, songwriter and record producer. ''
Billboard
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'' presented her in 2022, saying: "Spanning punk rock, hip-hop, and dance music, Santigold’s singular pen and voice have helped shape the past two decades of popular music".
Her debut studio album, ''
Santogold'' (2008), received widespread critical acclaim for its cross-genre combining dub, new wave, and hip-hop. The album's second single "
L.E.S. Artistes
"L.E.S. Artistes" is the second single by American artist Santigold (known then as ''Santogold''), and along with " Creator", the first to be taken from her self-titled debut '' Santogold'' (see 2008 in music).
Background
"L.E.S. Artistes" was ...
", reached the
top 40
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in the UK Singles Chart.
Her second album, ''
Master of My Make-Believe
''Master of My Make-Believe'' is the second studio album by American musician and singer Santigold, released in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2012 and in the United States on May 1, through Downtown and Atlantic Records. The album features contr ...
'' (2012), peaked at number one on the ''
Billboard
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''
Dance/Electronic Albums
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chart. The album included "
Disparate Youth
"Disparate Youth" is a song from American musician Santigold. The track was released in the United States on 14 February 2012 as the lead single from the artist's second studio album, ''Master of My Make-Believe'' (2012).
In September 2012, "Disp ...
", her highest-charting single to date. She released her third album, ''
99¢'', in 2016, and her second mixtape, ''
I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions'', in 2018.
Her fourth studio album ''
Spirituals
Spirituals (also known as Negro spirituals, African American spirituals, Black spirituals, or spiritual music) is a genre of Christian music that is associated with Black Americans, which merged sub-Saharan African cultural heritage with the e ...
'', including the singles "High Priestess" and "Ain't Ready", was released in September 2022. ''Spirituals'' received favorable reviews, ''
The Guardian
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'' describing it as a "whirlwind album full of feeling and fervour".
Additionally, Santigold has collaborated with artists such as
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys were an American rap rock group from New York City, formed in 1978. The group was composed of Mike D, Michael "Mike D" Diamond (vocals, drums), Adam Yauch, Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass), and Ad-Rock, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (voca ...
,
David Byrne
David Byrne (; born 14 May 1952) is a Scottish-American singer, songwriter, record producer, actor, writer, music theorist, visual artist and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead singer, and guitarist of ...
,
Mark Ronson
Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is a British-American DJ, songwriter, record producer, and record executive. He is best known for his collaborations with artists such as Duran Duran, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Lady Gaga, Lily Allen, Robbi ...
,
Karen O
Karen Lee Orzolek (born November 22, 1978) is a South Korean-born American singer, musician, and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist for the indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Early life
She was born in Seoul, South Korea, the daughter of a Ko ...
,
Jay-Z
Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and founder of Manhattan-based conglomerate talent and entertainment agency Roc Nation. He is regarded as one of ...
and
Kanye West
Ye ( ; born Kanye Omari West ; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer.
Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West gained recognition as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the ea ...
. Her awards include "Best Breakthrough Artist" at the 2008
NME Awards
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, and the "Vanguard award" at 2009
ASCAP Awards
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.
Early life
Santi White was born on September 25, 1976, in
Philadelphia
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,
Pennsylvania
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to parents Ron White, an advisor to mayor
John F. Street
John Franklin Street (born October 15, 1943) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 97th Mayor of the City of Philadelphia. He was first elected to a term beginning on January 3, 2000, and was re-elected to a second term beginn ...
and Aruby Odom-White, a psychiatrist.
She attended
Germantown Friends School
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in Philadelphia, and later attended college at
Wesleyan University
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, where she double-majored in music and
African-American studies.
She obtained her
pseudonym
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in the 1990s after a friend gave it to her as a nickname. She worked for
Epic Records
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Sony Corporation of America (SONAM, also known as SCA), is the American arm of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group ...
as an
A&R representative but left the position to co-write and
executive produce ''
HowIDo'', the singer
Res
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*Russian and Eurasian Security Network
*Spanish Supercomputing Network (''Red Española de Supercomputación'')
Energy
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* US Renewable Electricity ...
's debut album.
She was the singer of Philadelphia-based
punk rock band
Stiffed, which released the EP ''Sex Sells'' (2003) and the album ''Burned Again'' (2005). Both record were produced by
Bad Brains
Bad Brains are an American rock band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1976. Originally a jazz fusion band under the name Mind Power, they are widely regarded as pioneers of hardcore punk, though the band's members have objected to the use of this ...
bassist
Darryl Jenifer
Darryl Jenifer (born October 22, 1960) is an American musician, widely known as the bassist for the hardcore punk band Bad Brains and for the rap-rock group The White Mandingos. He appeared in ''TV's Illest Minority Moments presented by ego tri ...
.
While in the band, White was offered a solo contract by Martin Heath of
London
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-based independent label
Lizard King Records
Lizard King Records was a London-based independent record label founded in 2002 by Martin Heath and Dominic Hardisty.
History
The label signed US rock band The Killers in July 2003. According to Heath in an interview with HitQuarters, "Everyo ...
.
Career
2007–2010: ''Santogold'', tour, and other performances
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Her first singles as a soloist ("
Creator" and "
L.E.S. Artistes
"L.E.S. Artistes" is the second single by American artist Santigold (known then as ''Santogold''), and along with " Creator", the first to be taken from her self-titled debut '' Santogold'' (see 2008 in music).
Background
"L.E.S. Artistes" was ...
") received attention from Internet media outlets in 2007, and her debut album ''
Santogold'', conceived with fellow Stiffed member John Hill,
was issued in April 2008. The record featured appearances and production work from
Chuck Treece
Chuck Treece (born May 30, 1964) is a session musician and professional skateboarder from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1984, he became famous for being the first African-American skateboarder to be featured on the cover of ''Thrasher'' magazin ...
,
Diplo
Thomas Wesley Pentz (born November 10, 1978), known professionally as Diplo, is an American DJ and music producer. He is the co-creator and lead member of the electronic dancehall music project Major Lazer, a member of the supergroup LSD with ...
,
Switch
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, and Jonnie "Most" Davis, among others.
Blending a variety of musical genres ranging from
new wave to
alternative rock
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and
reggae
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, the album was very well received by critics upon release and was noted for its "cross-genre confidence".
''Santogold'' was critically acclaimed by both ''
Entertainment Weekly
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'' and ''
Spin
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* Spinning (textiles), the creation of yarn or thread by twisting fibers together, traditionally by hand spinning
* Spin, the rotation of an object around a central axis
* Spin (propaganda), an intentionally b ...
'',
[Greenblatt, Leah]
''Santogold'' review
''Entertainment Weekly''. April 18, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2011. while "L.E.S. Artistes" made the number 2 position on ''
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...
s "Singles of the Year" list. ''Santogold'' was sixth on the magazine's "Albums of the Year" list. "Creator", along with "Lights Out", appeared in commercials in the US
and the UK.
During the summer of 2008, she released a
mixtape
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CD, ''
Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub'', that was well received by ''
Pitchfork
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The term is also applied colloquially, but inaccurately, to th ...
'' and ''
NME
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''. To support ''Santogold'', she toured with
M.I.A. and
Björk
Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( , ; born 21 November 1965), known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress. Noted for her distinct three-octave vocal range and eccentric persona, she has de ...
,
and in June 2008,
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British rock band formed in London in 1997. They consist of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer Will Champion and creative director Phil Harvey. They met at University Col ...
invited her to be their opening act in the US. Her own US tour was called
Goldrush Tour
The Goldrush Tour was a North American concert tour by Santogold, performed in support of her eponymous debut album. Sponsored by MySpace Music, it took place in September and October 2008.
The tour is the first that Santogold has headlined ...
, and upon its completion, she supported
Jay-Z
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and
Kanye West
Ye ( ; born Kanye Omari West ; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer.
Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West gained recognition as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the ea ...
on a number of their shows and
The Streets
The Streets are an English music project led by vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Mike Skinner.
The project has released six studio albums: ''Original Pirate Material'' (2002), ''A Grand Don't Come for Free'' (2004), ''The Hardest Way to M ...
at
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's
Electric Proms
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music festival. She finished the tour opening for
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys were an American rap rock group from New York City, formed in 1978. The group was composed of Mike D, Michael "Mike D" Diamond (vocals, drums), Adam Yauch, Adam "MCA" Yauch (vocals, bass), and Ad-Rock, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz (voca ...
for three concerts on their get-out-the-vote Swing State Tour.
In February 2009, she announced that she changed her stage name to Santigold for reasons related to a possible lawsuit from director Santo Victor Rigatuso, who produced the 1985 film ''
Santo Gold's Blood Circus
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''. She finished the second leg of the tour in August 2009 at the
Lollapalooza Festival
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in Chicago
with ''Billboard'' noting that she "delivered a bright set and drew a headliner-sized audience" for a late afternoon concert.
Before leaving the stage, she announced she was preparing to write her next album.
2011–2013: ''Master of My Make-Believe''
In 2011, Santigold published the song "Go!" which featured
Karen O
Karen Lee Orzolek (born November 22, 1978) is a South Korean-born American singer, musician, and songwriter. She is the lead vocalist for the indie rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
Early life
She was born in Seoul, South Korea, the daughter of a Ko ...
of the
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are an American indie rock band formed in New York City in 2000. The group is composed of vocalist and pianist Karen O (born Karen Lee Orzolek), guitarist and keyboardist Nick Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase. They are complem ...
. The track was produced by Switch,
Q-Tip and herself, and ''NME'' praised it as a "brittle and brilliant brawler of a track" with "great reverberating militaristic kettle-drum booms".
She announced the follow-up to ''Santogold'' would be out in spring 2012. It was recorded in part in
Jamaica
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and co-produced in part with
TV on the Radio
TV on the Radio (TVOTR) is an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2001. The band consists of Tunde Adebimpe (vocals, loops), David Andrew Sitek (guitars, keyboards, loops), Kyp Malone (vocals, guitars, bass, loops), and Jale ...
's
Dave Sitek
David Andrew Sitek (born September 6, 1972) is an American musician and record producer, known for his work with his band TV on the Radio. He has also worked with bands such as Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars, Foals, Celebration, Little Dragon, Beady ...
.
She described ''
Master of My Make-Believe
''Master of My Make-Believe'' is the second studio album by American musician and singer Santigold, released in the United Kingdom on April 24, 2012 and in the United States on May 1, through Downtown and Atlantic Records. The album features contr ...
'' as "sonically eclectic but with some epic curveballs thrown into the mix".
[Lipshutz, Jason]
"Santigold Promises 'Dynamic, Powerful' Second Album This Fall"
''Billboard.com''. June 22, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011 She further said, "I want it to be about creating your own reality. I have a song called "The Keepers": "We're the keepers, while we sleep in America our house is burning down."
[ "Big Mouth", the first track and video from the album was issued in late January as a free download. In February, an animated video for "Disparate Youth" was uploaded to her official ]YouTube
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channel. as the first single of the album. It was also released on iTunes
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in the US and later along with several remixes, in the UK.[
''Master of My Make-Believe'' was released in late April to critical acclaim. "Disparate Youth" was featured in a December 2012 advertisement for the 2013 Honda Civic and a piano version of the song was used in a 2012-13 ad for Direct Line insurance. She then went on tour and opened a few shows on the US leg of the ]Red Hot Chili Peppers
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' I'm with You Tour
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. In May and June, she headlined her own US shows before a summer European tour. On August 15, 2012, she performed on the deck of the USS ''Intrepid'' as part of "Stephest Colbchella '012: Rocktaugustfest" on ''The Colbert Report
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'', and on May 9, 2013, she appeared as herself on ''The Office
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The original series of ...
'' episode "A.A.R.M.
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In 2013, she recorded the song "Girls" for the soundtrack of the series of the same name. She made a special guest appearance as Millie in the Adult Swim
Adult Swim (AS; stylized as dult swim
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and often abbreviated as s is an American adult-oriented night-time cable television Television channel, channel that shares channel space with the basic cable network Cartoon Network and is programme ...
original '' NTSF:SD:SUV::''.
2015–2021: ''99¢'' & ''I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions''
In June 2015, she contributed the song "Radio" to the soundtrack of the film ''Paper Towns
''Paper Towns'' is a novel written by John Green, primarily for an audience of young adults, and was published on October 16, 2008, by Dutton Books. The novel is about the coming-of-age of the protagonist, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen and his search fo ...
''. In November, "Can't Get Enough of Myself", the first single of her forthcoming new album '' 99¢'', was released. In February 2016, Santigold released an interactive music video for the song, which allowed viewers to insert themselves in the video, furthering the song's message about self-absorption and promotion in the social media age. Regarding the song and video, Santigold commented: "We have no illusion that we don’t live in this world where everything is packaged. People’s lives, persona, everything, is deliberate, and mediated. It can be dark and haunting and tricky, and freak us out, but it can also be silly and fun and we can learn to play with it". A second track, "Who Be Lovin Me" which featured iLoveMakonnen
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, was made available in December.
''99¢'', her third album, was out in February 2016 on Atlantic
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. ''Mojo
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* ''Mojo'' (play), by Jez Butterworth, made into a 1997 film
* '' ...
'' wrote in a four star review that ''99¢'' had got "pleasure, sunshine and subversion". Santigold then went on tour in the US from March until May.
Santigold released the dancehall
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-inspired mixtape '' I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions'' on July 27, 2018, after announcing it the day before. The album was inspired by Afro-Caribbean music to evoke a "looser, sunnier spirit of summer".[Greenblatt, Leah]
"Santigold on fame, Fela, and her surprise ‘summertime record’"
Entertainment Weekly. July 27, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018 The bulk of the material was produced by Mixpak Records
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founder Dre Skull
Mixpak Records is a Brooklyn-based independent record label, founded in 2009 by record producer Dre Skull. The label operates across a range of genres, from dancehall to underground club music, experimental electronic, rap and leftfield pop. M ...
, with additional material from previous sessions with Ricky Blaze
Ricardo Lloyd Johnson Jr. (born August 3, 1988), also known as Ricky Blaze, is an American DJ, producer, singer, and songwriter.
He has done production work in the dancehall music space and the trancehall subgenre. He has produced and collaborated ...
and Diplo. She also embarked on the 10 Years Golder Tour for the tenth anniversary of her debut self-titled album in 2019.
Santigold's "Disparate Youth" is the first song featured on the soundtrack for the Netflix series ''Unorthodox'', released March 26, 2020. Her song "Run the Road" features in Season 1 of the HBO show Euphoria
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.
2022–present: ''Spirituals''
After a 4-year musical hiatus, Santigold reemerged in May 2022 with "High Priestess", the lead single from her fourth album ''Spirituals
Spirituals (also known as Negro spirituals, African American spirituals, Black spirituals, or spiritual music) is a genre of Christian music that is associated with Black Americans, which merged sub-Saharan African cultural heritage with the e ...
''. She released "Ain't Ready" in June and announced the title of the album. ''Spirituals'' was recorded with familiar collaborators such as Rostam Batmanglij
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, Boys Noize
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, Nick Zinner
Nicholas Joseph Zinner (born December 8, 1974) is an American guitarist for the New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs and a record producer. Zinner is an accomplished photographer.
Musical career
Before forming the Yeah Yeahs Yeahs with Karen O and ...
and Dre Skull, as well as new collaborations with Illangelo
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, Lido
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* Lido, a district in the city of Fez, Morocco
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and SBTRKT. Two other singles "Nothing" and "Shake" were released ahead of the album. ''Spirituals'' was released worldwide on CD and picture disc vinyl
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LP.
Upon its release in September 2022, ''Spirituals'' received favorable reviews: ''NME
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'' rated it 4 out of 5 stars saying that "fearless sonic pioneer leads the pack once again", and ''The Telegraph
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Australia
* ''The Telegraph'' (Adelaide), a newspaper in Adelaide, South Australia, publ ...
'' wrote that it was a "tonally consistent" record in a 8 out of 10 review. ''The Guardian
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'' hailed it as "a winding journey through a landscape of loneliness, triumph and rage, inspired by African American folk song" and rated 4 out 5 stars.
Collaborations
Besides her own work, Santigold has also collaborated with a number of other artists, including Mark Ronson
Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is a British-American DJ, songwriter, record producer, and record executive. He is best known for his collaborations with artists such as Duran Duran, Amy Winehouse, Adele, Lady Gaga, Lily Allen, Robbi ...
in 2007, David Byrne
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in 2010 and Beastie Boys
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in 2011.
She co-wrote the title track for GZA
''Gary Eldridge Grice'' (born August 22, 1966), better known by his stage names GZA ( ) and The Genius, is an American rapper and songwriter. A founding member of the hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, GZA is the group's "spiritual head", being both ...
's 1999 album '' Beneath the Surface'', which featured Res
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*Russian and Eurasian Security Network
*Spanish Supercomputing Network (''Red Española de Supercomputación'')
Energy
* RES - The School for Renewable Energy Science
* US Renewable Electricity ...
. She also co-composed and produced a majority of Res' album ''How I Do
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'' in 2001,[ and later appeared on the song "Stay in Line" on GZA's 2002 album, '']Legend of the Liquid Sword
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Plot
The young C ...
''.
In 2007, Santigold appeared on Mark Ronson
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's ''Version
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Music
* Cover version
* Dub version
* Remix
* ''Ve ...
'', performing on a cover of The Jam
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's "Pretty Green", in her first performance credited as Santigold. White co-wrote Lily Allen
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's "Littlest Things
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" with Ronson, and co-composed for Ashlee Simpson
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with Kenna
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, including the lead single "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)
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...
". In 2008, she recorded a song with N.E.R.D
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's Pharrell Williams
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and the Strokes
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' Julian Casablancas
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for Converse
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** Converse implication, the converse of a material implication
** Converse nonimplication, a logical c ...
. Santigold explained that the musicians recorded the song separately and did "their own separate thing", "so it ends up being just this weird long song with sort of everybody with lots of their own personalities separate." The song, "My Drive Thru
"My Drive Thru" is a collaborative single by The Strokes lead vocalist Julian Casablancas, American singer-songwriter Santigold, and The Neptunes producer and N.E.R.D member Pharrell Williams. The song was created for Converse's centennial and wa ...
", was available for free on Converse's website.
That same year, she featured vocals on the single "Brooklyn Go Hard
"Brooklyn Go Hard" is the second promo single by rap artist Jay-Z, featuring additional vocals by alternative musician Santigold. The song was produced by Kanye West. It appears on the soundtrack to The Notorious B.I.G. biopic '' Notorious'' for ...
" by rap artist Jay-Z
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: the track produced by Kanye West
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Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West gained recognition as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the ea ...
, also contained a sample of Santigold's "Shove It".
In 2009, she sang on the track "Whachadoin?" with M.I.A., the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
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' Nick Zinner, and Spank Rock
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for DJ collective N.A.S.A.'s debut album, ''The Spirit of Apollo
''The Spirit of Apollo'' is the debut album by N.A.S.A., a hip hop duo consisting of Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon. It was released on ANTI- in 2009.
The track, "N.A.S.A. Anthem", was featured on the official NASA Glenn Research Center website as ...
'', as well as a song entitled "Gifted" with Kanye West and Lykke Li
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. She then collaborated with Basement Jaxx
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's on their ''Scars
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'' album, adding her vocals to the song "Saga". White collaborated alongside Lil Wayne
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for Drake
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* A male duck
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* Drake (surname), a list of people and fictional characters with the family name
* Drake (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* ...
's song "Unstoppable", from his mixtape ''So Far Gone'' (2009).. Also in 2009, her vocals were included on the Major Lazer
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track, "Hold the Line". The same year, she also produced several tracks on Devo's 2010 reunion album ''Something for Everybody
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''.
In 2010, she collaborated with David Byrne
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, and performed lead vocals on the song "Please Don’t" for Byrne's album ''Here Lies Love
''Here Lies Love'' is a concept album and rock musical made in collaboration between David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, about the life of the former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos along with the woman who raised her—Estrella Cumpas—a ...
''.
Santigold, alongside Switch and Sam Endicott
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Career
At age 11 Endico ...
of The Bravery
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, helped write the Christina Aguilera
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songs "Monday Morning" and "Bobblehead" for the album, ''Bionic
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The word ''bionic'', coined by Jack E. Steele in August 1 ...
''.
In 2011, she was featured on the single "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win
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" by Beastie Boys
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which was included on their album. She also took part on the Lonely Island
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The three ...
's 2011 album ''Turtleneck & Chain
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'', lending her vocals to the track "After Party." White collaborated with Spank Rock
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on "Car Song", for his album ''Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar
''Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar'' is the second studio album by Spank Rock. It was released through Bad Blood Records on September 27, 2011. It peaked at number 14 on the ''Billboard'' Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
Crit ...
''.
In 2012, Santigold was one of the guests on Amadou & Mariam
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Their album '' Welcome To Mali'' (2008) was nominated ...
's album, ''Folila'', featuring on the track "Dougou Badia." In 2013, she appeared on ASAP Rocky
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's debut album, ''Long. Live. ASAP
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'' featuring on the track, "Hell."
In 2015, Santigold was featured in iLoveMakonnen's song, "Forever". In 2016, she was featured in OneRepublic
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's song 'Neighbourhood' (listed as NbHD) from their fourth studio album '' Oh My My''.
In 2017, she was featured on With You.
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's "Give It All", along with rapper Vince Staples
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. The song was featured on the ''Power Rangers
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'' soundtrack, sampling Snap!
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's " The Power".
In 2018, she was featured on Matt and Kim
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's single "Glad I Tried", along with Night Riots
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' Travis Hawley and Walk the Moon
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's Kevin Ray. Also in 2018 she and Lil' Yachty
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were featured on Diplo
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's track and video "Worry No More".
She contributed vocals to multiple songs on Tyler, the Creator
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Okonma self-released his debut mixtape Bast ...
's 2019 album ''Igor''.
In 2021, she was featured on Mick Ronson's track "Do You Do You Know" along with Kathleen Hanna
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, for the soundtrack of the TV series, ''Watch The Sound''.
Artistry and Impact
White has a mezzo-soprano
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vocal range, and her style back in 2008 has been compared often to that of M.I.A. In response to the comparison, White stated that they are both "women who have similar influences and have worked with some of the same people", but that her "music is different and she wasn't influenced by what the press was saying", adding, "I can't think of anybody who would be a better fit of somebody who I'm like... I think what's accurate about that comparison is that she's an artist who has loads of different influences... and is putting things together in a way that's unexpected and genreless."
White has mentioned her liking for dub and punk
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* Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...
, and she has also revealed her appreciation of new wave music
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, saying that "My Superman" is an interpolation of a Siouxsie and the Banshees
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' song " Red Light". The singer has also stated that she is inspired by 1980s pop music
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, feeling that it "had a depth to it", and that she hopes to "bring back some more good pop songs." The singer's main influences are James Brown
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and Aretha Franklin
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and she has cited Devo
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as her "ultimate favorite band." White also grew up listening to a lot of reggae
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, jazz
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, Fela Kuti
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and Nigerian music
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.[
]
Legacy
Beyoncé
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gave a shout-out to Santigold in the 2022 track of "Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)
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", citing her among 29 legendary Black women in music. In the song, Beyoncé name dropped her creative heroes, and she opened with "Rosetta Tharpe, Santigold/ Bessie Smith, Nina Simone", next to Grace Jones. ''W magazine
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W was created in 1972 by James Brady, the publisher of sister magazine ''Women's Wear Daily'' (''WWD''), ori ...
'' wrote that it was "the pop cultural equivalent of a Lifetime Achievement Award".
Australian singer-songwriter Kevin Mitchell, under the moniker of Bob Evans, stated that Santigold's work was an influence for the creation of his fourth album ''Familiar Stranger''. As part of his performance for the breakfast program of national Australian radio station Triple J
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in March 2013, Mitchell performed a rendition of Santigold's song "Disparate Youth"—the performance occurred during the conclusion of "O Week" activities (orientation week for Australian universities) at the ABC studios in Melbourne, Australia.
Personal life
She is married to Trevor Andrew, with whom she has three children, a son born in 2014 and fraternal twins born in 2018.
Discography
Studio albums
* '' Santogold'' (2008)
* ''Master of My Make-Believe
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'' (2012)
* '' 99¢'' (2016)
* ''Spirituals
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'' (2022)
Mixtapes
* '' Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub'' (2008)
* '' I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions'' (2018)
Awards and nominations
References
Further reading
*
Ahead of the Curve, Yet Again
April 27, 2012
External links
*
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African-American women singer-songwriters
African-American rock musicians
Musicians from Philadelphia
Roc Nation artists
Wesleyan University alumni
Living people
American female hip hop musicians
American hip hop singers
American women in electronic music
American feminists
Feminist musicians
21st-century African-American women singers
Germantown Friends School alumni
Atlantic Records artists
Downtown Records artists
Singer-songwriters from Pennsylvania