Party: ZEBRA KATZ at FORTUNE SOUND

Party: ZEBRA KATZ at FORTUNE SOUND

Pop Princess presents...

ZEBRA KATZ
http://zebrakatz.com/
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with live performance by Jane Smoker, hosted by Peter Breeze and with DJs Cherchez + Yurie

Friday December 12th
Fortune Sound Club
Doors 10:30pm

Advance tickets available at Zulu, Red Cat, Beat Street, Dipt and online here --> http://bit.ly/1t2Onbi

Zebra Katz is the stage name of Ojay Morgan, an American rapper. He is part of a wave of queer hip hop artists influenced by elements of the LGBT African American ball culture; such as Mykki Blanco, Cakes da Killa, House of LaDosha and Le1f.

His single "Ima Read", took off when fashion designer Rick Owens used a repeated loop of the song to soundtrack his 2012 show at Paris Fashion Week and was released on Jeffree's, Diplo's imprint for the Mad Decent record label. Its video was directed by RUBEN XYZ. It has been described by The Guardian as "queer rap's crossover hit", and has been widely remixed by artists as diverse as Tricky, Azealia Banks, Gangsta Boo, Grimes and Busta Rhymes.

Zebra Katz was originally created while Morgan was studying at Eugene Lang College in New York City, growing out of a performance art piece called "Moor Contradictions". He subsequently worked on songs and videos as a hobby while working as a manager for a catering company, and began to pursue music more actively when he started garnering wider attention following the Owens show.

Morgan conceives of Zebra Katz as "the dark rapper, the dark villain, the dark lord of the fashion world". The single "Ima Read" is an allusion and tribute to Paris Is Burning, the influential 1990 documentary film about ball culture.

Morgan has since released two mixtapes, Champagne (2012) and DRKLNG (2013). He has performed numerous concerts in the United States and the United Kingdom, both solo and as an opening act for Azealia Banks, and has also released several followup singles on Mad Decent.

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