Will the Real Santogold Please Stand Up?
We caught wind of this story a few months back, but didn’t think much of it, or that it would go anywhere, but apparently “Santo Gold” aka Santo Rigatuso, a former wrestler and founder of the “Blood Circus“, later turned jeweler, won’t let it go.
Now that the lovely songtress Santi White, know to us as Santogold is hitting her stride, the wrestler “got lawyer” and is going in for kill in an attempt to get some “blood money” from the name.
And apparently, he’s a real genius when it comes to the name game, and spelling in general, and stakes his claim for the “Gold” on his website www.santogold.com stating “THERE CAN ONLY BE ONLY 1 ELVIS PRESLEY, 1 WALT DISNEY, 1 EIMSTEIN, 1 HUDANI, AND JUST 1 SANTO GOLD!” Rigatuso is also now releasing his own album titled “I Am The Real Santo Gold.”
He also offers these “gems” of advice:
1. & NEVER HIRE MANUFACTURERS TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE A 24 K GOLD PROCESS THAT WOULD NOT TARNISH WHEN THEY SIMPLY COULDEN’T!
2. NEVER HIRE EMPLOYEES TO OPEN UP YOUR MAIL IN ORDERS, POCKET THE CASH AND THROW THE ORDERS IN THE TRASH CANS!
Santo Gold Infommercial
However, when TM’s Lovestar interviewed Santogold back in May 2007, this is what Santi had to say regarding the orgin of her name . . .
Lovestar: Upon doing a google search for ‘Santogold,’ the first entry I came across is an odd site about a man named Santo Rigatuso, who in the mid-80’s, tried to sell fake gold chains & promote his alien movie, Blood Circus. (ha!) Does the name Santogold have anything to do with that?
Santogold: Santogold was a nickname that I got when I was younger cuz I used to wear these huge gold name earrings. My friend who made it up said she got it off an infomercial for cheap gold, and that was it.
Read the full interview – SANTOGOLD DELIVERS THE EXPLOSION
From STEREOGUM . . .
“A press release for the mtvU Woodies Awards is a weird place to mine your breaking news, but we do what we can. Yesterday we received a blast from MTV detailing the performers at their annual music-video-for-dorm-rooms award show, including Vampire Weekend featuring Chromeo, the Cool Kids featuring Asher Roth, Lykke Li, and “Santi (formerly known as Santogold).” Formerly known?”
Our TM sources told us that the press release MTV issued with the billing “Santi formerly known as Santogold“, did not come from the Santogold camp. So then, where did it come from?
I think at this point it’s a matter of personal preference, do you prefer “cheap gold” or the real thing?
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Comment by Dj Donna Summer — November 12, 2008 @ 11:54 am
That infomercial was probably HIM! Ha! People will go to any lengths to get money. I wonder if AC Slater’s next in the line of people to sue for copyright infringement. Hm.
Comment by Amy Riley — November 12, 2008 @ 12:26 pm
that’s too funny.
I hope that guy gets slightly choked by his gold when wrestling haha x
Comment by KMD — November 12, 2008 @ 3:09 pm