Santigold

Santi White was born on September 25, 1976, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,{{cite web |last=Tamarra |first=Ray |url=http://thecrusade.net/2005/09/438/ |title=Perspective: Santi White |work=The Crusade |date=September 15, 2005 |access-date=July 10, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.biggeststars.com/s/santogold-home.html |title=Santogold |website=Biggeststars.com |access-date=July 10, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610065310/http://www.biggeststars.com/s/santogold-home.html |archive-date=June 10, 2010 }} to Ron White, an advisor to mayor John F. Street, and Aruby Odom-White, a psychiatrist.{{Cite web |last=DeLuca |first=Dan |date=September 9, 2022 |title=Philly's Santigold reflects on her new album 'Spirituals' and her shout-out from Beyoncé |url=https://www.inquirer.com/entertainment/music/santigold-spirituals-new-album-interview-philadelphia-beyonce-20220909.html |access-date=September 10, 2022 |website=Philadelphia Inquirer |language=en}} She attended Germantown Friends School in Philadelphia, and later attended college at Wesleyan University, where she double-majored in music and African-American studies.{{cn|date=May 2024}} Santi has described herself as “super-social and a connector of people” in her youth, growing up in Philadelphia.{{Cite web|url=https://concerty.com/artist/santigold-368189|title=Santigold Biography|website=Concerty.com}}

She obtained her pseudonym in the 1990s after a friend gave it to her as a nickname.{{cite journal |last=Caldwell |first=Lindsey |date=January 30, 2007 |title=24 Carat |journal=The Fader |url=http://www.thefader.com/articles/2007/01/30/fort-knocks |access-date= March 7, 2008 }} She worked for Epic Records as an A&R representative but left the position to co-write and executive produce How{{space}}I{{space}}Do, the singer Res's debut album.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17316664/artist_to_watch_santogold | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071116051150/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/17316664/artist_to_watch_santogold | url-status=dead | archive-date=November 16, 2007 | title=Artist to Watch: Santogold | magazine=Rolling Stone | first=Brian | last=Hiatt | date=November 14, 2007 | access-date=May 13, 2008 }}

She was the singer of Philadelphia-based punk rock band Stiffed, which released the EP Sex Sells (2003) and the album Burned Again (2005). Both records were produced by Bad Brains bassist Darryl Jenifer.{{cite web | url = http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/45179-santogold-youll-find-a-way-switch-graeme-remix-stream | title = New Music: Santogold: "You'll Find a Way (Switch & Graeme Remix)" | access-date = March 7, 2008 | last = Hogan | first = Marc | date = August 29, 2007 | work = Pitchfork }} While in the band, White was offered a solo contract by Martin Heath of London-based independent label Lizard King Records.

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Her first singles as a soloist ("Creator" and "L.E.S. Artistes") received attention from Internet media outlets in 2007,{{cite news |first=Julianne |last=Sheperd |title=Hip-Hop's Newest Faces: Indie, Fierce and Female |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/27/arts/music/27shep.html?pagewanted=2 |work=The New York Times |date=January 27, 2008 |access-date=March 7, 2008 }} and her debut album Santogold, conceived with fellow Stiffed member John Hill,{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=202975 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121060512/http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=202975 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 21, 2008 |title=Santogold Unleashes Her Genre-Bending Style |access-date=March 7, 2008 |work=MTV |date=January 11, 2008 }}{{cite web |url=http://spin.com/articles/whos-next-08-santogold |title= Who's Next '08: Santogold |access-date=March 7, 2008 |last=Reilly |first=Phoebe |date=February 1, 2008 |work=Spin }} was issued in April 2008. The record featured appearances and production work from Chuck Treece, Diplo, Switch, and Jonnie "Most" Davis, among others.{{cite web | url=http://drownedinsound.com/articles/3092172 | title=Santo Claws: talking S1W, M.I.A. and Mark Ronson with Santogold | website=Drowned in Sound | first=Samuel | last=Strang | date=April 23, 2008 | access-date=April 23, 2008 | archive-date=October 11, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121011075549/http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/3092172-santo-claws--talking-s1w-m-i-a-and-mark-ronson-with-santogold | url-status=dead }} Blending a variety of musical genres ranging from new wave to alternative rock and reggae, the album was very well received by critics upon release and was noted for its "cross-genre confidence".{{cite web |url=https://www.pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11483-santogold/ |title=Santogold review |website= Pitchfork |access-date=June 30, 2015}}

Santogold was critically acclaimed by both Entertainment Weekly and Spin,Greenblatt, Leah. [https://ew.com/article/2008/04/18/santogold/ Santogold review] Entertainment Weekly. April 18, 2008. Retrieved October 18, 2011. while "L.E.S. Artistes" made the number 2 position on Rolling Stone's "Singles of the Year" list.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/24947047/singles_of_the_year | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211172439/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/24947047/singles_of_the_year | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 11, 2008 | title=Singles of the Year | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=December 25, 2008 | access-date=December 11, 2008 }} Santogold was sixth on the magazine's "Albums of the Year" list.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/24958695/albums_of_the_year/6 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081213075503/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/24958695/albums_of_the_year/6 | url-status=dead | archive-date=December 13, 2008 | title=Albums of the Year | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=December 25, 2008 | access-date=December 11, 2008 }} "Creator", along with "Lights Out",{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN2542138220080426 | title=A twist of lime, indie music for beer launches | work=Reuters.com | first=Kamau | last=High | date=April 25, 2008 | access-date=April 28, 2008 }} appeared in commercials in the US{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/extendedplay/2008/04/santogold-when.html | title=When bad beer happens to good artists | work=The Los Angeles Times | first=Todd | last=Martens | date=April 15, 2008 | access-date=April 28, 2008 }}{{cite news |first=Ian |last=Youngs |title=Talking Shop: Santogold |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7192607.stm |work=BBC News |date=January 29, 2008 |access-date=March 7, 2008 }} and the UK.

During the summer of 2008, she released a mixtape CD, Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub, that was well received by Pitchfork{{cite web|title=Diplo / Santogold|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12041-top-ranking/|work=Pitchfork|access-date=March 15, 2013|first=Mark|last=Pytlik|date=July 29, 2008}} and NME.{{cite web|title=Santogold Vs Diplo|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/santogold/9887|work=NME|access-date=March 15, 2013|first=Priya|last=Elan|date=September 5, 2008}} To support Santogold, she toured with M.I.A. and Björk, and in June 2008, Coldplay invited her to be their opening act in the US.{{cite web | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045040/coldplay-headed-to-no-1-on-billboard-200-hot-100 | title=Coldplay headed to No. 1 on Billboard 200, Hot 100 | author=Keith Caulfield and Silvio Pietroluongo | work=Billboard.com | date=June 18, 2008 | access-date=June 19, 2008 }} Her own US tour was called Goldrush Tour,{{cite web | url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/145145-santogold-announces-north-american-tour | title=Santogold announces North American tour | first=Paul | last=Thompson | work=Pitchfork | date=September 3, 2008 | access-date=September 3, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905203251/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/145145-santogold-announces-north-american-tour | archive-date=September 5, 2008 | df=mdy-all }} and upon its completion, she supported Jay-Z and Kanye West on a number of their shows{{cite web | url=http://hamptonroads.com/2008/10/jayz-charlottesville-show-more-celebration-hiphop | title=Jay-Z Charlottesville show more a celebration of hip-hop | first=Malcolm | last=Venable | work=The Virginian-Pilot | date=October 26, 2008 | access-date=October 26, 2008 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.hotpress.com/news/4805630.html | title=Santogold added as Kanye West support | work=Hot Press | date=September 19, 2008 | access-date=September 19, 2008 }} and The Streets at BBC's Electric Proms music festival.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7683000/7683638.stm | title=Stars gear up for Electric Proms | work=BBC Radio 1 | date=October 22, 2008 | access-date=October 27, 2008 }} She finished the tour opening for Beastie Boys for three concerts on their get-out-the-vote Swing State Tour.{{cite web | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043784/beastie-boys-add-dates-to-swing-state-tour | title=Beastie Boys add dates to swing state tour | first=Jonathan | last=Cohen | work=Billboard.com | date=October 14, 2008 | access-date=October 26, 2008 }}

In February 2009, she announced that she changed her stage name to Santigold for reasons related to a possible lawsuit from director Santo Victor Rigatuso, who produced the 1985 film Santo Gold's Blood Circus.{{cite web|url=http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/santigold |title=Santigold - Pandora Internet Radio |website=Pandora.com |access-date=April 18, 2011}} She finished the second leg of the tour in August 2009 at the Lollapalooza Festival in Chicago with Billboard noting that she "delivered a bright set and drew a headliner-sized audience" for a late afternoon concert. Before leaving the stage, she announced she was preparing to write her next album.{{cite journal|first=Molly |last=Brown |title=Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Santigold Rev Lollapalooza Day 2 |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267802/yeah-yeah-yeahs-santigold-rev-lollapalooza-day-2 |website=Billboard.com |date=August 9, 2009 |access-date=August 9, 2012}}

In 2011, Santigold published the song "Go!", which featured Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The track was produced by Switch, Q-Tip and herself, and NME praised it as a "brittle and brilliant brawler of a track" with "great reverberating militaristic kettle-drum booms".[https://www.nme.com/reviews/santigold/12029 "New Tracks You Have To Hear This Week"] NME. May 3, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011

She announced the follow-up to Santogold would be out in spring 2012. It was recorded in part in Jamaica and co-produced in part with TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek.{{cite web |author=Critcheloe, Cody |url=http://www.vmagazine.com/2011/12/black-and-gold-santigold/ |title=Black And Gold Santigold |work=V Magazine |date=November 2011 |access-date=January 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918095303/https://www.vmagazine.com/2011/12/black-and-gold-santigold/ |archive-date=September 18, 2018 |url-status=dead }} She described Master of My Make-Believe as "sonically eclectic but with some epic curveballs thrown into the mix".Lipshutz, Jason. [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/470100/santigold-promises-dynamic-powerful-second-album-this-fall "Santigold Promises 'Dynamic, Powerful' Second Album This Fall"]. Billboard.com. June 22, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011 She further said, "I want it to be about creating your own reality. I have a song called 'The Keepers': 'We're the keepers, while we sleep in America our house is burning down'." "Big Mouth", the first track and video from the album, was issued in late January as a free download.{{cite web |title=Santigold debuts new song 'Big Mouth' online |url=https://www.nme.com/news/santigold/61523 |work=NME |date=18 January 2012 |access-date=18 January 2014}} In February, an animated video for "Disparate Youth" was uploaded to her official YouTube channel{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/45490-new-santigold-disparate-youth/ |title=New Santigold: "Disparate Youth" |work=Pitchfork.com |date=February 20, 2012 |access-date=February 20, 2012}} as the first single of the album. It was also released on iTunes in the US and later along with several remixes in the UK.

Master of My Make-Believe was released in late April{{cite web |author=Pelly, Jenn |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/45498-santigold-album-gets-release-date/ |title=Santigold Album Gets Release Date |work=Pitchfork.com |date=February 21, 2012 |access-date=February 21, 2014}} to critical acclaim.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/master-of-my-make-believe/critic-reviews |title=Master of My Make-Believe - Critics Reviews |publisher=Metacritic |access-date=May 14, 2012}} "Disparate Youth" was featured in a December 2012 advertisement for the 2013 Honda Civic{{cite web|title=2013 Honda Civic Commercial Released – Video|url=http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2012/12/2013-honda-civic-commercial-released-video.html|work=Autoguide.com|access-date=March 15, 2013|first=Jason|last=Siu|date=December 27, 2012}} and a piano version of the song was used in a 2012-13 ad for Direct Line insurance.{{cite web

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|quote=More by Santigold}} She then went on tour and opened a few shows on the US leg of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' I'm with You Tour.{{cite web |url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2012/01/santigold_playi_3.html |title=Santigold playing Brooklyn show before Red Hot Chili Peppers tour (dates) |work=Brooklynvegan |date= January 2, 2012|access-date=January 2, 2014}} In May and June, she headlined her own US shows before a summer European tour. On August 15, 2012, she performed on the deck of the USS Intrepid as part of "Stephest Colbchella '012: Rocktaugustfest" on The Colbert Report, and on May 9, 2013, she appeared as herself on The Office episode "A.A.R.M." In 2013, she recorded the song "Girls" for the soundtrack of the series of the same name.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/santigold/68173 |title=Santigold unveils 'Girls' video – watch |first=Adam |last=Bychawski |website=NME |date=January 14, 2013 |access-date= December 18, 2015}} She made a special guest appearance as Millie in the Adult Swim original NTSF:SD:SUV::.Breihan, Tom. [https://www.stereogum.com/1453811/watch-santigold-play-a-time-traveling-secret-agent-prostitute-on-ntsf-sd-suv/video/ "Watch Santigold Play A Time-Traveling Secret Agent Prostitute On NTSF: SD: SUV::"]. stereogum.com. August 30, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2014

In June 2015, she contributed the song "Radio" to the soundtrack of the film Paper Towns.{{cite web|title=Santigold Drops Stomping New Single, 'Radio' |url=http://www.spin.com/2015/06/santigold-radio-stream-paper-towns/ |work=Spin |first=Rachel |last=Brodsky |date=June 30, 2015 |access-date=December 18, 2015}} In November, "Can't Get Enough of Myself", the first single of her forthcoming new album 99¢, was released. In February 2016, Santigold released an interactive music video for the song, which allowed viewers to insert themselves in the video, furthering the song's message about self-absorption and promotion in the social media age.{{cite web|title=Santigold "Can't Get Enough of Myself" Music Video|url=https://cantgetenoughofmyself.webcam/|access-date=February 26, 2016}} Regarding the song and video, Santigold commented: "We have no illusion that we don’t live in this world where everything is packaged. People’s lives, persona, everything, is deliberate, and mediated. It can be dark and haunting and tricky, and freak us out, but it can also be silly and fun and we can learn to play with it". A second track, "Who Be Lovin Me", which featured iLoveMakonnen, was made available in December.

99¢, her third album, was out in February 2016 on Atlantic.{{cite web|title=Santigold Shares Chasing Shadows |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/62926-santigold-shares-chasing-shadows/ |work=Pitchfor |first=Zoe |last=Camp |date=January 14, 2016 |access-date=January 14, 2016 }} Mojo wrote in a four-star review that 99¢ had "pleasure, sunshine and subversion".{{citation |title=Santigold 99¢ review |work=Mojo |issue=Feb 2016 |page=96}} Santigold then went on tour in the US from March until May.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/63268-santigold-announces-we-buy-gold-tour/ |title=Santigold Announces "We Buy Gold" Tour |website=Pitchfork |first=Zoe |last=Camp |date=February 1, 2016 |access-date=February 1, 2016}}

Santigold released the dancehall-inspired mixtape I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions on July 27, 2018,{{cite web |last1=Lhooq |first1=Michelle |date=July 26, 2018 |title=Santigold on Her Surprise Dancehall Album, I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions |url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/santigold-interview-surprise-dancehall-mixtape-i-dont-want-the-gold-fire-sessions |access-date=July 31, 2018 |website=Pitchfork}} after announcing it the day before.{{cite web |last1=White |first1=Santi |title=Check out my song "Run the Road" from my new project "I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions", out everywhere tomorrow! |url=https://twitter.com/Santigold/status/1022516085395009537 |access-date=July 31, 2018 |website=Twitter}} The album was inspired by Afro-Caribbean music to evoke a "looser, sunnier spirit of summer".Greenblatt, Leah. [https://ew.com/music/2018/07/27/santigold-i-dont-want-gold-fire-sessions-interview/ "Santigold on fame, Fela, and her surprise ‘summertime record’"]. Entertainment Weekly. July 27, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2018 The bulk of the material was produced by Mixpak Records founder Dre Skull, with additional material from previous sessions with Ricky Blaze and Diplo.{{cite web |last1=Lamb |first1=Karas |title=Santigold I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/santigold-i-dont-want-the-gold-fire-sessions |access-date=July 31, 2018 |website=Pitchfork}} She also embarked on the 10 Years Golder Tour for the tenth anniversary of her debut self-titled album in 2019.{{Cite web |date=February 19, 2019 |title=Santigold Announces Debut Album Anniversary Tour |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/santigold-announces-debut-album-anniversary-tour/ |access-date=June 21, 2022 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}

Santigold's "Disparate Youth" is the first song featured on the soundtrack for the Netflix series Unorthodox, released March 26, 2020. Her song "Run the Road" features in Season 1 of the HBO show Euphoria.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

After a four-year musical hiatus, Santigold reemerged in May 2022 with "High Priestess", the lead single from her fourth album, Spirituals.{{Cite web |title=Santigold shares new single "High Priestess" |url=https://www.thefader.com/2022/05/18/santigold-shares-new-single-high-priestess |access-date=June 21, 2022 |website=The Fader |language=en}} She released "Ain't Ready" in June and announced the title of the album. Spirituals was recorded with familiar collaborators such as Rostam Batmanglij, Boys Noize, Nick Zinner and Dre Skull, as well as new collaborations with Illangelo, Lido and SBTRKT.{{Cite web |date=June 15, 2022 |title=Santigold Announces New Album Spirituals, Shares Video for New Song |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/santigold-announces-new-album-spirituals-shares-video-for-new-song-watch/ |access-date=June 21, 2022 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}} Two other singles, "Nothing" and "Shake", were released ahead of the album.{{cite magazine|first=Daniel|last=Kreps|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/santigold-new-single-shake-spirituals-1395083/ |title=Santigold Drops Resilient New Single 'Shake' From Upcoming LP 'Spirituals'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=August 10, 2022|access-date=September 1, 2022}} Spirituals was released worldwide on CD and picture-disc vinyl LP.Spirituals is available on several websites, via Amazon and on
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Upon its release in September 2022, Spirituals received favorable reviews:{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/spirituals/santigold/critic-reviews |title= Spirituals – Santigold |website=Metacritic |access-date=September 11, 2022}} NME rated it 4 out of 5 stars, saying that "fearless sonic pioneer leads the pack once again",{{cite web |first=Mark |last=Beaumont

|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/santigold-spirituals-review-3306671 |title=Spiritals review - Santigold|work=NME|date=September 8, 2022|access-date=September 11, 2022}} and The Telegraph wrote that it was a "tonally consistent" record in a 8 out of 10 review.{{cite web |last=Madden |first=Emma |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/new-album-reviews-ozzy-osbourne-jockstrap-robbie-williams-santigold/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20220911005452/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/new-album-reviews-ozzy-osbourne-jockstrap-robbie-williams-santigold/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2022-09-11 |title=Spiritals review - Santigold |work=The Telegraph |date=September 9, 2022|access-date=September 11, 2022}} The Guardian hailed it as "a winding journey through a landscape of loneliness, triumph and rage, inspired by African American folk song" and rated it 4 out 5 stars.

In 2024, she toured in the US and Canada in August and September.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/santigold-announces-north-american-tour/ |title=Santigold Announces North American Tour |date=April 2, 2024 |publisher=Pitchfork |access-date=2024-08-02}}

Besides her own work, Santigold has also collaborated with a number of other artists, including Mark Ronson in 2007, David Byrne in 2010 and Beastie Boys in 2011.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

She co-wrote the title track for GZA's 1999 album Beneath the Surface, which featured Res.{{cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/release/569220 | title=Beneath The Surface | work=Discogs| year=1999 | access-date=May 23, 2008 }} She also co-composed and produced a majority of Res' album How I Do in 2001, and later appeared on the song "Stay in Line" on GZA's 2002 album, Legend of the Liquid Sword.{{cite web | url=http://www.discogs.com/release/352991 | title=Legend of the Liquid Sword| work=Discogs | access-date=July 5, 2008 }}

In 2007, Santigold appeared on Mark Ronson's Version, performing on a cover of The Jam's "Pretty Green", in her first performance credited as Santigold. White co-wrote Lily Allen's "Littlest Things" with Ronson, and co-composed for Ashlee Simpson with Kenna, including the lead single "Outta My Head (Ay Ya Ya)".{{cite web | url=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/critics/blog/2008/04/ashlee_simpson_is_back_as_plas.html | title=Ashlee Simpson is back, as plastic as ever | work=The Baltimore Sun | first=Rashod | last=Ollison | date=April 22, 2008 | access-date=April 23, 2008 }} In 2008, she recorded a song with N.E.R.D's Pharrell Williams and the Strokes' Julian Casablancas for Converse.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/36666 |title=The Strokes team up with Santogold |work=NME |date=May 16, 2008 |access-date=May 18, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080712080831/https://www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/36666 |archive-date=July 12, 2008 |url-status=dead}} Santigold explained that the musicians recorded the song separately and did "their own separate thing", "so it ends up being just this weird long song with sort of everybody with lots of their own personalities separate."{{cite web | url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/43175/exclusive-santogold-records-song-with-the-strokes-and-pharrell-williams | title=Exclusive: Santogold Records Song With The Strokes And Pharrell Williams | work=Gigwise.com | first=Jason | last=Gregory | date=May 15, 2008 | access-date=May 18, 2008 }} The song, "My Drive Thru", was available for free on Converse's website.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

That same year, she featured vocals on the single "Brooklyn Go Hard" by rap artist Jay-Z: the track, produced by Kanye West, also contained a sample of Santigold's "Shove It".{{cite web |url=http://www.inthemix.com.au/news/intl/40681/JayZ_samples_Santogold_for_BIG_biopic | title=Jay-Z samples Santogold for B.I.G. biopic | work=In the Mix | date=December 2, 2008 | access-date=December 11, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204233020/http://www.inthemix.com.au/news/intl/40681/JayZ_samples_Santogold_for_BIG_biopic | archive-date=December 4, 2008 | df=mdy-all }}

In 2009, she sang on the track "Whachadoin?" with M.I.A., the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner, and Spank Rock for DJ collective N.A.S.A.'s debut album, The Spirit of Apollo,{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043837/nasa-blasts-off-with-kanye-mia-waits | title=N.A.S.A. blasts off with Kanye, M.I.A., Waits | first=Jonathan | last=Cohen | magazine=Billboard | date=October 8, 2008 | access-date=October 9, 2008 }} as well as a song entitled "Gifted" with Kanye West and Lykke Li.{{cite web | url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/148113-new-music-nasa-ft-kanye-west-santogold-lykke-li-gifted-mp3 | title=New Music: N.A.S.A. [ft. Kanye West, Santogold & Lykke Li]: "Gifted" [MP3] | first=Marc | last=Hogan | work=Pitchfork Media | date=December 11, 2008 | access-date=December 11, 2008 }}
{{Cite web |last1=August 4 |first1=Jeremy Medina Updated |last2=EDT |first2=2020 at 08:27 AM |title=Kanye, Santigold, and Lykke Li in the new N.A.S.A. video: I can't stop watching |url=https://ew.com/article/2009/03/26/nasa-kanye-sant/ |access-date=August 6, 2022 |website=EW.com |language=en}} She then collaborated with Basement Jaxx's on their Scars album, adding her vocals to the song "Saga". White collaborated alongside Lil Wayne for Drake's song "Unstoppable", from his mixtape So Far Gone (2009).. Also in 2009, her vocals were included on the Major Lazer track, "Hold the Line".{{cite web

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The same year, she also produced several tracks on Devo's 2010 reunion album Something for Everybody.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In 2010, she collaborated with David Byrne, and performed lead vocals on the song "Please Don’t" for Byrne's album Here Lies Love.{{cite web|first=Tom |last=Breihan|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/37629-hear-david-byrnes-song-with-santigold-and-fatboy-slim-please-dont/|title=Hear David Byrne's Song With Santigold and Fatboy Slim: "Please Don't"|publisher=Pitchfork|date=January 19, 2010|access-date=September 8, 2022}}

Santigold, alongside Switch and Sam Endicott of The Bravery, helped write the Christina Aguilera songs "Monday Morning" and "Bobblehead" for the album, Bionic.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In 2011, she was featured on the single "Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win" by Beastie Boys, which was included on their album.{{Cite web |title=New Music: Beastie Boys f/ Santigold - 'Don't Play No Game That I Can't Win' |url=https://www.rap-up.com/2011/04/25/new-music-beastie-boys-f-santigold-dont-play-no-game-that-i-cant-win/ |access-date=August 6, 2022 |website=Rap-Up |language=en-US}} She also took part on the Lonely Island's 2011 album Turtleneck & Chain, lending her vocals to the track "After Party." White collaborated with Spank Rock on "Car Song", for his album Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In 2012, Santigold was one of the guests on Amadou & Mariam's album Folila, featuring on the track "Dougou Badia."{{cite web |author=Peverelli, Benoit |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/45010-amadou-mariam-enlist-santigold-tv-on-the-radio-nick-zinner-for-new-album/ |title=Amadou & Mariam Enlist Santigold, TV on the Radio, Nick Zinner for New Album |work=Pitchfork |date=January 6, 2012 |access-date=January 6, 2014}} In 2013, she appeared on ASAP Rocky's debut album, Long. Live. ASAP, featuring on the track "Hell."{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In 2015, Santigold was featured in iLoveMakonnen's song "Forever". In 2016, she was featured in OneRepublic's song "Neighbourhood" (listed as NbHD) from their fourth studio album, Oh My My.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

In 2017, she was featured on With You.'s "Give It All", along with rapper Vince Staples. The song was featured on the Power Rangers soundtrack, sampling Snap!'s "The Power".

In 2018, she was featured on Matt and Kim's single "Glad I Tried", along with Night Riots' Travis Hawley and Walk the Moon's Kevin Ray. Also in 2018 she and Lil' Yachty were featured on Diplo's track and video "Worry No More".{{Citation needed|date=December 2023}}

She contributed vocals to multiple songs on Tyler, the Creator's 2019 album Igor.{{Cite web |title=Here Are the Full Credits for Tyler, the Creator's New Album IGOR: Kanye, Solange, Pharrell, More |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/here-are-the-full-credits-for-tyler-the-creators-new-album-igor-kanye-solange-pharrell-more/ |access-date=August 6, 2022 |website=pitchfork.com|date=May 29, 2019 }}

In 2021, she was featured on Mick Ronson's track "Do You Do You Know" along with Kathleen Hanna, for the soundtrack of the TV series Watch The Sound.{{cite magazine|url=https://rollingstoneindia.com/watch-the-sound-mark-ronson-tv-series/|title=Mark Ronson Arrives at the Intersection of Music and Technology in 'Watch The Sound'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=August 14, 2021|access-date=September 9, 2022}}

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White has a mezzo-soprano vocal range,{{cite news| url=http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_9044816 | work=Denver Post | first=Ricardo | last=Baca | title=If Madonna notta for you, try these chanteuses | date=April 27, 2008}} and her style in 2008 has been compared often to that of M.I.A.{{cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/27789/Santogold-Top-Ranking-%5BMixed-by-Diplo%5D/ |title=Santogold - Top Ranking [Mixed by Diplo] (staff review) |website=Sputnikmusic |access-date=April 18, 2011}} In response to the comparison, White stated that they are both "women who have similar influences and have worked with some of the same people", but that her "music is different and she wasn't influenced by what the press was saying", adding, "I can't think of anybody who would be a better fit of somebody who I'm like... I think what's accurate about that comparison is that she's an artist who has loads of different influences... and is putting things together in a way that's unexpected and genreless."{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43hom89GpiQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/43hom89GpiQ |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live| title=Santogold Interview | work=ITN Music YouTube | date=April 9, 2008 | access-date=November 9, 2008}}{{cbignore}}

White has mentioned her liking for dub and punk, and her appreciation of new wave music, saying that "My Superman" is an interpolation of a Siouxsie and the Banshees' song "Red Light"."Icon: Siouxsie", The Fader Magazine, The Icon Issue 67, April/May 2010. Page 73. Santigold: "I keep a Rolodex of the women that vocally inspire me. There aren't that many, but she's definitely one of them. I remember one of the first times I heard "Red Light" it was at a party, and I remember going up to the DJ and being like, "Who's this?". It was that good. I kind of stopped and was like... wow. There's not a tremendous amount of women who are bold and forward thinking as artists. I feel like her music, at the time especially, was pretty unique in the way that it sort of matched her style. The freedom of experimenting with this dark place that doesn't have a place often in modern music." The singer has also stated that she is inspired by 1980s pop music, feeling that it "had a depth to it", and that she hopes to "bring back some more good pop songs." The singer's main influences are James Brown and Aretha Franklin{{cite web | url = http://www.birminghammail.net/what-is-on-in-birmingham/rock-and-pop/2008/05/23/santi-achieves-gold-standard-97319-20965915/ | title = Santi achieves gold standard | work = Birmingham Mail | date = May 23, 2008 | access-date = May 26, 2008 }} and she has cited Devo as her "ultimate favorite band."{{cite web|url=http://www.insidevandy.com/drupal/node/8832 |title=Q&A with Santogold The Vanderbilt Hustler November 17, 2008 |website=Insidevandy.com |date=November 17, 2008 |access-date=April 18, 2011}} White also grew up listening to a lot of reggae, jazz, Fela Kuti and Nigerian music.

Beyoncé gave a shout-out to Santigold in the 2022 track of "Break My Soul (The Queens Remix)", citing her among 29 legendary Black women in music. In the song, Beyoncé name-dropped her creative heroes, and she opened with "Rosetta Tharpe, Santigold/ Bessie Smith, Nina Simone", next to Grace Jones. W magazine wrote that it was "the pop cultural equivalent of a Lifetime Achievement Award".{{cite web |first= Cassidy |last=George |url= https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/santigold-new-album-spirituals-interview |archive-url= https://archive.today/20220914032102/https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/santigold-new-album-spirituals-interview |url-status= dead |archive-date= 2022-09-14 |title=Santigold Gets Her Flowers |publisher=W|date=August 26, 2022|access-date=September 14, 2022}}

Australian singer-songwriter Kevin Mitchell, under the moniker of Bob Evans, stated that Santigold's work was an influence for the creation of his fourth album, Familiar Stranger.{{cite web |title=We chat with Bob Evans|url=http://www.tonedeaf.com.au/features/interviews/245297/bob-evans.htm|work=Tone Deaf|access-date=March 15, 2013|first=Denham|last=Sadler|date=January 4, 2013}} As part of his performance for the breakfast program of national Australian radio station Triple J in March 2013, Mitchell performed a rendition of Santigold's song "Disparate Youth"—the performance occurred during the conclusion of "O Week" activities (orientation week for Australian universities) at the ABC studios in Melbourne, Australia.{{cite web |title=Like A Version: Bob Evans - Disparate Youth (Santigold cover)|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaouOgkMzqg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/NaouOgkMzqg |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live|via=YouTube|access-date=March 15, 2013|author=triplejtv|format=Video upload|date=March 6, 2013}}{{cbignore}}

Santigold was previously married{{cite web |last1=Sobrevilla |first1=Savannah |title=Heroes: Santigold |url=https://vmagazine.com/article/heroes-santigold/ |website=V Magazine |date=July 29, 2024 |publisher=Visionaire |access-date=July 29, 2024}} to Trevor Andrew, with whom she has three children, a son born in 2014{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/style/meet-santigolds-son-782990/ | title=Meet the New (Little) Guy in Santigold's Life | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=March 19, 2015 }} and fraternal twins born in 2018.{{cite web | url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2018/09/210447/after-after-party-santigold-motherhood | title=Santigold Reveals a Daunting Truth About Making Music While Pregnant }}

{{Main|Santigold discography}}

• Santogold (2008)
• Master of My Make-Believe (2012)
• 99¢ (2016)
• Spirituals (2022)

• Top Ranking: A Diplo Dub (2008)
• I Don't Want: The Gold Fire Sessions (2018)

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