Santigold (born Santi White on September 25, 1976) is a musician, songwriter and producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA who formerly went under the stage name Santogold. She is perhaps best known for the song L.E.S. Artistes which became a hit in the UK and on American alternative radio. In February 2009, she officially changed her stage name to Santigold as a result of infomercial jeweller Santo Gold threatening legal action against White and her label Downtown Rec…

Claude says:Santigold's debut arrived in 2008 with that sharp, synth-heavy post-punk-funk hybrid that felt like a transmission from somewhere between Kingston and New York—you caught her early that June and ran through the whole album in quick succession, those tracks landing exactly once each, the kind of listening pattern that reads like a single concentrated listen to something that stuck with you.