When Santigold started the year-long process behind her third LP, 99¢, she had no idea what instant grats ("instant gratifications") were. "We went to YouTube to meet with the product manager and the ...
Okayplayer spoke with Santigold about Spirituals, getting acknowledged by Beyoncé, and the different ways she’s exploring herself creatively. Santi “Santigold” White has been a visionary artist at the ...
Santigold didn’t go to church as a kid without a fight. The musician born Santi White recalls hiding under the bed covers from her mom every Sunday to try to get out of the “boring and not cool” ...
“My ears are a curse, and a blessing. I hear everything.” “I did an in-store performance at Rough Trade [in Brooklyn], and they were playing 99¢ really loud in the store,” Santigold recalls. “Usually, ...
In this week's Baker's Dozen, Santigold takes Tara Joshi through 13 favourite albums from Salt-N-Pepa to the Cocteau Twins, Fela Kuti, Nina Simone and Bad Brains, and points out that while Morrissey ...
When Santogold AKA Santigold AKA Santi White’s then self-titled debut hit the shelves in 2008, with its memorable glitter-barf cover art and unexpected references, it was lauded for its genre-defying ...
I remember being so excited as a little kid about the video. Back then, hip-hop was new and that crazy hair band look was so insane. Coming through the hole with that hair and the lips, visually it ...