A South Sudanese American raised in the rugged inner city of Omaha, Prince David is a sonically versatile artist whose roots trace back to the raw spirit of early East Coast hip-hop. Blending witty lyrical acrobatics with unfiltered emotional depth, his music captures the tension of a man who wrestles with faith, survival, and ambition. […]
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KTNA (かたな) is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and musician based in Seattle, operating under the creative vision of Entangled Oceans. As the first Black female visual artist with major works displayed at Western Washington University, KTNA uses art to transform spaces and create pathways to healing and resilience. Supported by the Langston Hughes Performing Arts […]
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Self-taught engineer, producer, and rapper Gama was originally inspired to get into music by fellow Houston artists Cumbia Kings. At age 15 he scraped enough money together to buy a used Macbook and start learning how to make beats. Lyrics became an outlet for his emotions, processing the poverty and violence normalized around him. When […]
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Transonic merges eclectic backgrounds to create a sound that blends hip-hop, R&B, and soulful jazz elements. Korbin’s journey from Virginia’s rhythms, through military experience, to music production training shapes his powerful compositions. Meysha’s Ohio roots and the PNW’s cultural vibrancy fuel their insightful songwriting and performances rooted in a transmasculine perspective. Their collaboration is a […]
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Rasheena Fountain centers environmental advocacy and justice in her work. She has received fellowships and support from the Jack Straw Writers Program, National Audubon, and Sundress Academy for the Arts. Her film, Dropped Down Blues, debuted in the “How We Carry Water” 2024 exhibit at PRAx. In 2025, she released In the Aftermath, a blues […]
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Greg Kramer is a veteran of the Seattle music scene. Greg has performed, toured and recorded with countless groups including True Loves, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Sol, and Wheedle’s Groove. Greg released his first solo project, “Tell Me EP” in 2020, which has garnered much acclaim and over 3 million streams. Greg’s self produced solo […]
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Positively Positive (they/them) is a multifaceted artist and an African-American/black queer, transgender, nonbinary, HIV positive at birth educator, spoken word artist, and a hip hop emcee who is a survivor of violence. Positively Positive’s artistic journey is a testament to resilience. They hold a graduate certificate in Environmental Education from the University of Washington’s Islandwood enriching […]
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Athr (pronounced ah-ther) is an audio visual artist based in Seattle, WA. Working at the intersection of music, art, and technology Athr is a social activism empowered music project who makes music to empower marginalized communities. Their 2020 debut album Childhood’s End received critical acclaim from Seattle Met Magazine who described it as “industrial-futurist R&B/hip-hop […]
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Salome MC is an Iranian musician, multimedia artist, writer and educator. She is the first woman rapper/hiphop producer of Iran, where she helped shape the hiphop scene in early 2000’s. In 2010 Salome moved to Japan after being awarded the MEXT scholarship, and received her M.A. in Audiovisual Arts at Tohoku University of Arts and […]
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SassyBlack (Catherine Harris-White) is a Seattle-based vocalist & producer. This Goddess of “electronic psychedelic soul” & “hologram funk” explores sound through deep electronic compositions. Sassy studied under Julian Priester, Jovino Santos Neto, and others at Cornish College of the Arts, graduating in 2008. Since then, Black has traveled the world having performed in Berlin, Barcelona, […]
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