Ready for the heat? Mykki Blanco and Kari Faux bring the ghosts of Y2K all the way into the 21st century on their new track Summer Fling which was inspired by the millennium musical production of Missy Elliot and Timbaland. “I wanted Summer Fling to feel like a song I could have heard at my middle […]
Mykki Blanco is excited to announce the June 18 release of a new mini-album, Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep via Transgressive Records. The album will be available digitally on that date with the physical formats available on October 1. It marks Blanco’s first official release in nearly five years since their debut full-length Mykki album. […]
Mykki Blanco has released their first new music of the year by way of Free Ride, a single co-produced by FaltyDL and Hudson Mohawke. The track, which was premiered by Annie Mac as her Hottest Record on BBC Radio 1, also marks Mykki’s debut with their new label home, Transgressive Records. The genesis of Free […]
Madonna has released another track and video from her Madame X project. The Joan of Arc inspired video for Dark Ballet stars transgender musician Mykki Blanco. Filled with the religious imagery that has been a constant motif throughout her long career the new clips is an artistic comment on religion, gender, race, and the stigma surrounding people living with […]
Gender fluid rapper Mykki Blanco has announced on social media this week that he has been living with HIV since 2011. Blanco revealed his truth on Facebook this Monday, in the midst of Pride celebrations in the USA. Ive been HIV Positive since 2011, my entire career. fuck stigma and hiding in the dark, […]
Mykki Blanco is a self described genderfreaker who’s coming to Perth this Saturday to tear up Circo festival. OUTinPerth’s Graeme Watson was lucky enough to have a Q & A session with this performance artist, rapper and poet. How’s life on the road? I was following your Instagram images. Well I would say I’ve really […]
Performance Artist, Poet and Rapper Mykki Blanco is headlining the Circo Festival in Perth this month. The self-described ‘gender freaker’ is the female persona of 24 year old Michael Quattlebaum from New York City. Blanco has released a series of mix tapes and collaborated with other rap/electronic artists including Le1f, Flosstradamus, Gobby and Sinden. […]
Rapper Michael Quattlebaum Jr., better known by his stage name Mykki Blanco has been arrested in Lisbon following a verbal altercation with a police officer. The incident arose when Quattlebaum Jr. was waiting for a taxi at the airport to take him to the art gallery at which he is doing a residency. He waited […]
