Sammus
Sammus | |
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Years active | 2010–present |
Labels | Nu-Black Music Group, Don Giovanni Records |
Website | sammusmusic |
Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo (born March 20, 1986), known as Sammus (often stylized as SΔMMUS), is an American underground rapper, former teacher, and record producer.
Early life
Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo was born in
She began producing music in highschool under the name DJ Eno,
Education
Sammus received a
In 2019, Sammus was awarded a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Music at the Cogut Institute for the Humanities at Brown University, focusing on the aesthetics and techniques of music of the African diaspora.[12] Currently, she serves as Mellon Gateway Postdoctoral Fellow and assistant professor in the Brown University Department of Music.[13][14]
Music
Sammus' influences started with her older brother Disashi (currently a member of Gym Class Heroes), who exposed her both to video games and alternative rock bands like Weezer and Nirvana.[3][5][7] In addition, Sammus has stated that she has been heavily influenced by Kanye West,[4] particularly his debut album The College Dropout:
It just hit me at the right time. I was about to go into college, and I think prior to that album dropping, I hadn't felt like I could have a voice in hip hop. What [was] represented were two sides of the spectrum: you had 'I have a lot of money, and I do a lot of cool things with my money'—hip hop that was on
Mos Def, 'let's talk about the system.' And I didn't feel qualified to contribute to any of that discussion, because my problems were kind of like: 'uhh, I don't want to go to school...' And here was Kanye West talking specifically about 'I don't want to go to school!'— Sammus, The Ithacast[3]
Sammus released her debut EP Fly Nerd in 2010. She followed up with the album M'Other Brain in 2012. After
Performances
Sammus has toured the U.S. with
Discography
- 2010 - Fly Nerd (EP, self-released)
- 2012 - M'Other Brain (NuBlack Music Group)
- 2012 - Reset: Instrumentals (self-released)
- 2013 - Prime (NuBlack Music Group)
- 2013 - Nerdcore Instrumentals: Castlevania Edition (with DJ Cutman)
- 2013 - Castlevania: The Nocturnal Cantata (Joypad Records)
- 2014 - Another M (NuBlack Music Group)
- 2014 - Nerdcore Instrumentals 2 (with DJ Cutman)
- 2016 - InFusion (EP, NuBlack Music Group)
- 2016 - Pieces in Space (Don Giovanni Records)
References
- ^ Hassell, Kristine (December 9, 2013). "Creative Corner: SAMMUS". GeekGirlCon.
- ^ "Happy Birthday Patrice Lumumba". 2 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e The Ithacast (May 6, 2015). "Meet 'Sammus', an Ithaca rapper with rising star power". The Ithaca Voice.
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(help) - ^ a b c d shoom (June 17, 2014). "Episode 11 w/ Sammus". in the mix with shoom.
- ^ a b c "No. 53 - Ladies Night Feat. Sammus & Girl Gone Geek". Fan Bros Show. June 5, 2014.
- ^ Bitch Media.[dead link]
- ^ a b Stephens, Alexis (October 11, 2013). "Gee Whiz: Rapper/Producer Sammus Has Got Game". MTV Iggy. Archived from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
- ^ "Hey it's my birthday | also WTF is going on". YouTube. 20 Mar 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
- ^ DiPietro, Louis (February 11, 2014). "Revelation: Sammus". The Ithaca Times. p. 17.
- ^ "enongo lumumba kasongo – rapper / producer / professor". Retrieved October 27, 2022.
- ^ PhD Dissertation Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo: On the boundaries of multivalent musicking; a study on the politics of community-studios - website of the Cornell University Library
- ^ "Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo to Join Brown University Department of Music and Cogut Institute for the Humanities as Postdoctoral Fellow for 2019-21". Brown University Department of Music. May 7, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ "Department of Music Faculty". Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ "enongo lumumba kasongo". enongo lumumba kasongo. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
- ^ Herimbi, Helen (August 2013). "She Got Game". AfriPOP!. Archived from the original on 2015-03-25.
- ^ "REGISTRATION OPENS TODAY!". Super MAGFest. Retrieved September 9, 2023.