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By Si Hawkins
It ain’t easy being a fashion icon. Just ask Santi White, better known as Santogold, who’s becoming further aware of this awkward facet of the female fame business with every passing week, wherever she may roam.
A few days ago, the Philly-born artist was trudging around the less-than-sexy English city of Birmingham during a well-earned break from her relentless touring-and-talking schedule, and trying to look as inconspicuous as possible in an “extra horrible” sweatpant and sweatshirt combo. She still got recognized, which is usually cool, but not when you’re sporting extra horrible sweats and the general public is looking to you as a trendsetter. Worse, it’s starting to happen on a daily basis back home in Brooklyn, too.
“They have this stupid alternate-side parking rule, so four days a week I …
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By Tony Ware
“If you’ve got $5 in your pocket put your middle finger in the air,” blares the command, and several hundred fingers like antennae perk up in response. Any other night, some of these fingers may be looking for respect, others looking for blood. But tonight, all these bony receivers are attuned to the same frequency, and all their energy is fueled by a mouth on the mic and unrelenting 120 BPM calls to “hit that ass from the back,” “pop yo’ pussy” and “put yo’ hands up like a gun in the air.”
Onstage is “Club Queen” DJ K-Swift, on the floor are several hundred hipsters and on the speakers is Baltimore club music, known alternatively through the years as “Doo Dew,” “Baltimore Trax,” “B’More club” and simply “party music.” …
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