There have been a few interesting new artists in the past couple of years who have caught my eye (and ears). These new artists include Rinna, Duffy, M.I.A., Adele, Katy Perry, Lupe Fiasco, and The Veronicas. Santigold is one of the brightest among these new stars. Her music is creative, passionate and defies category. It reminds me of what I liked most about 80's music...INDIVIDUALITY and fearless creativity. She is an American of African descent who isn't afraid to embrace all the forms of black music including rock and roll (YES ROCK IS BLACK MUSIC, we will continue that history lesson at a later date).

Read the bio below from Wikipedia, check the videos and if you are so moved pick up her debut release. I love it and think you will dig it too. It's good to know that artists like Chuck Berry, Prince, Bob Marley, Tina Turner, Dionne Farris, Res, Living Color and Lenny Kravitz didn't toil and break barriers down for nothing. A new generation of artists continue to walk through those doors of musical diversity.

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Santi White (born September 25, 1976), better known by her former stage name Santogold (now Santigold), is an American songwriter, producer, and singer. Her eponymous debut album Santogold was released in 2008.

Santi White attended Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and then went to college at Wesleyan University, where she double-majored in Music and African-American studies. The artist got her pseudonym in the 1980s from a friend's nickname for her. She worked for Epic Records as an A&R representative, but left the position to write and executive produce How I Do, the debut album from the singer Res.

Santigold was the singer of the Philadelphia-based punk rock band Stiffed, whose 2003 album, Sex Sells, and 2005 album, Burned Again, were produced by Bad Brains bassist Darryl Jenifer. While in this group, she was offered a solo contract by Martin Heath of Lizard King Records. Her initial singles "Creator" and "L.E.S. Artistes" received attention from Internet media in 2007.

In February 2009, Santogold changed her stage name to Santigold as a result of infomercial jeweler Santo Gold threatening legal action.

Working with fellow Stiffed member John Hill as co-producer, she recorded her debut album, Santogold, which was originally slated for release on Downtown Records in January 2008,[12] but was pushed back to April 2008. The album (including its B-sides and remixes) features appearances or production work from Chuck Treece, Cliffored "Moonie" Pusey of Steel Pulse, Diplo, Freq Nasty, Naeem Juwan of Spank Rock, Radioclit, Sinden, Switch, Trouble Andrew, and XXXchange.[18] Rolling Stone, Spin, and BBC all named Santogold an artist to watch in 2008. The album's first singles, "Creator" and "L.E.S. Artistes", were both well received. "L.E.S. Artistes" placed at number two on Rolling Stone's Singles of the Year, behind Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)",[20] while the album Santogold was sixth on their albums of the year list. "Creator", along with "Lights Out", has appeared in commercials for Bud Light Lime in the United States, and VO5 hair products in the United Kingdom. Similarly, "You'll Find A Way" was featured in the EA Sports video game, FIFA 08, with "L.E.S. Artistes" featured in some versions of its sister game NHL 08 as well as in commercials for the Ford Flex. Her song "Say Aha" was featured in a Zune-Arts video.

Santi has toured with M.I.A., Björk, and Architecture in Helsinki. In June 2008, Coldplay announced that Santogold would be their opening act for most of the stops on the North American leg of their Viva la Vida Tour. Santogold embarked on her first headlining tour in September and October 2008. The Goldrush Tour featured dates across North America. After the tour's completion, Santogold supported Jay-Z and Kanye West on a number of their shows. Additionally, Santogold supported The Streets at BBC's Electric Proms, and she performed at certain dates of Beastie Boys' Get Out and Vote '08 tour.

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L.E.S. Artistes

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