By Mexican-American DJ Deorro scored numerous worldwide gold and platinum singles in the early to late 2010s. Among these were “Five Hours,” “Perdóname,” “Five More Hours,” and “Bailar.” Despite being such massive sellers, only the last of these reached the U.
S. top 40, peaking at No. 37.
(“Perdóname,” interestingly, reached the top of the chart in Poland.) During this time, he was almost consistently included among DJ Magazine’s top 100 practitioners of the art, an honor he reclaimed in 2023. Santigold’s full-length releases have been few and far between, amounting to only four between 2008 and 2022.
Similarly, her live appearances have not been frequent, with her last extensive tour of North America happening in 2016. (She canceled the tour in support of 2022’s “Spirituals,” stating, “I will not continue to sacrifice myself for an industry that has become unsustainable for, and uninterested in the welfare of the artists it is built upon.”) This year, she will play 11 shows in North America — including two festivals — in the six-month span of May through October.
If past is prologue, this might be her last trek for a while. Detroit native Trevor Gardner records and performs as Skilla Baby and identifies himself as “GOD’S FAVORITE” on Instagram. After a major-label bidding war that included Atlantic, Def Jam, and Columbia, Gardner signed to Geffen in 2022 and released the EP “We Eat the Most” that December.
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