We love Santi, you go girl!
Read the full story at Rollingstone.com Who on her first day as the only black kid in a Philadelphia private school, Santi White hid in a corner at recess. “I didn’t know what to do,” she recalls. But before long, the charismatic daughter of a lawyer had conquered the school’s social scene. “I was part of this clique, the Fearsome Fivesome,” says White, who now mixes electronic beats with punk guitars and New Wave synths under the name Santogold. “We were mean to everyone. The school called my parents, and my mom said, “I don’t give a fuck! She’s the only black girl — I’m glad she fits in”.

THE BIG LEAGUES Björk invited her on tour; Mark Ronson recruited her to co-write a song for Lily Allen; Spank Rock regularly pulls her onstage; and M.I.A.’s producers Diplo and Switch volunteered to work on her wildly eclectic debut. “Santi has a wonderfully bizarre approach to melody and lyrics and has no care for conforming to mainstream guidelines,” says Ronson. “I envy that.”

Despite playing venues as large as Madison Square Garden when she opened for Björk, White is still getting comfortable onstage. “I’m not a ham,” she says. But she doesn’t want her audience to be limited to hipsters either. “I want a lot of people to hear my music,” she says. “Who doesn’t like a pop song?”

Check out the feature lovestar did with Santi back in May, “Santogold Delivers the Explosion“, for Trash Menagerie!

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