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Santigold (born September 25, 1976 ; until February 2009 known as Santogold , actually Santi White ) is an American singer , producer and composer .
biography
Santi White is originally from Philadelphia , where she attended the Germantown Friends School . She then went to Wesleyan University , where she graduated in Music and African American Studies . In the 1990s she adopted the pseudonym Santogold, the nickname a friend used for her. Initially, she worked for Epic Records until she left this position in order to Res ' album How I Do work. In 2003 her father died of cancer. After that, she went to New York and sang in the punk rock - band stiffed .
Her endeavor is to invent her own musical genre, which is composed of the musical influences of her youth and her own ideas about sound.
“My father used to take me to concerts. At that time I already saw Nina Simone and Fela Kuti with their 27 naked women on stage. My older sister used to listen to Bad Brains , The Smiths and the classic rock sound in general. Then at my school there were people who heard The Cure or the Talking Heads . All of this can be found in Santogold. I combine these influences with my own output in order to ultimately shape my own style. "
In February 2009, the artist, previously known as Santogold, was defeated in a name dispute and renamed herself Santigold. Santigold has had a management contract with Roc Nation since 2011 . Its owner Jay-Z had a chart hit with Brooklyn Go Hard , which is based on Santigold's song Shove It .
On her album Master of My Make-Believe (2012) Santigold won the song Go! supported by rock singer Karen O ( Yeah Yeah Yeahs ). She cited visually (throne picture cover) and textually ("all the way to Paris") motifs from the album Watch the Throne by Jay-Z and Kanye West . The title Disparate Youth from the album Master of My Make-Believe was used in 2012 by the German mobile operator Vodafone for its TV advertising, the title Big Mouth from the same album by the German manufacturer of small electrical appliances Braun .
In July 2018 Santigold released the dancehall- influenced surprise mixtape "I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions".
Santigold lives in Brooklyn, New York .
Discography
Albums
- 2008: Santogold
- 2012: Master of My Make-Believe
- 2016: 99 ¢
- 2018: I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions
EPs
- 2009: iTunes: Live from SoHo
Mix tapes
- 2008: Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub (with Diplo )
Singles
- 2007: Creator
- 2008: LES Artistes
- 2008: My Drive Thru (with Julian Casablancas & NERD )
- 2008: Lights Out
- 2008: Say Aha
- 2009: Hold the Line (feat. Major Lazer & Mr. Lex)
- 2010: Please Don't (with David Byrne & Fatboy Slim )
- 2011: Go (feat.Karen O)
- 2011: After Party (feat. The Lonely Island )
- 2012: Big Mouth
- 2012: Disparate Youth
- 2012: The Keepers
- 2015: radio
- 2015: Can't Get Enough of Myself (feat. BC)
- 2015: Who Be Lovin 'Me ( feat.ILoveMakonnen )
- 2016: Chasing Shadows
- 2016: Banshee
- 2018: Run the Road
As a guest singer
- 2009: Gifted (NASA feat.Kanye West , Santogold & Lykke Li )
- 2011: Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win ( Beastie Boys feat.Santigold)
- 2011: Car Song (Spank Rock feat.Santigold)
- 2018: Worry No More (Diplo feat.Lil Yachty & Santigold)
- 2018: Glad I Tried ( Matt & Kim feat. Kevin Ray, Travis Hawley & Santigold)
supporting documents
- ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
- ↑ Music Sales Awards: UK
- ↑ a b byte.fm: Santogold now Santigold ( Memento from May 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) , February 13, 2009
- ^ Santigold Prepares to Release a New Album. NYTimes.com , April 29, 2012, accessed June 12, 2012 .
- ↑ musicbase.de: Santogold Portrait. Retrieved April 15, 2012 .
- ^ A b Santigold with a new album - Ms. White's instinct for beats , Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 4, 2012.
- ↑ Bjoern Freiberger: Braun Silk-épil 9 Flex: Song from advertising , popkultur.de (current version of May 6, 2020)
- ↑ Santigold publishes surprise mix tape - ByteFM Blog. Retrieved on August 20, 2018 (German).
- ↑ a b Santigold releases new song "Radio"
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Santigold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Santogold; White, Santi (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer, producer and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1976 |