Santogold is the pseudonym of Santi White, a singer from Philadelphia. Her biography can be read as a 'who's who' of hip pop music. She toured with and , worked with , and band members from and . She gained her first musical experiences with the skapunk group Stiffed with which she did not break through. Her first solo single was noticed by a few leading magazines who immediately proclaimed
… her as 'one of the acts to keep an eye on in 2008'. Santogold is regularly compared to MIA by the same press and the two singers do indeed show some similarities. Santogold also serves a colorful cocktail of rock, eighties pop, dub and hip hop. She says she wants to write pop songs with depth. There is plenty to discover on her debut album, so she succeeded. (PdK)more