Artists
La Dame Blanche
Gina Madrid
Gina Madrid formerly Raw-G, was Born and raised in Guadalajara Mexico. She brings her distinct cross-cultural, multi-lingual, politically charged Hip-Hop to the Bay Area music scene captivating audiences with her passionate and aggressive performances.
Gina Madrid left Mexico and moved to Oakland California in 1999, where she learned English by translating Hip-Hop lyrics from 2pac, The Fugees, and KRS-1.
Gina Madrid developed an engaging, insightful, socially conscious flow that challenges our musical and gender preconceptions of Hip-Hop culture.
She has performed with artists such as Ghostface Killah, Mobb Deep, DJ Premier, KRS-One, Ozomatli, Royce Da 5’9, Ana Tijoux, La Mala, Natalia Lafourcade to name a few. She is one the most exciting MCs to come out of Oakland California and an artist to keep an eye on. Her EP 'Esperanza' was released on July 14, 2015. This project contains collaborations with Gift Of Gab of Blackalicious, DJ Shadow, Lila Rose, and other Bay Area artists.
Krudas Cubensi
Internationally recognized as Krudas Cubensi, Odaymar & Oli are originally from Cuba, Queer, Trans Nonbinary Artivists, Feminist Hip-Hop Pioneers and Oakland California residents.
Krudas Cubensi are worker class Independent Musicians, Justice Fighters standing up for the communities they belong, black and indigenous people, trans people, woman, queers, immigrants and intersectional beings.
In 2023 they been working uninterruptedly in their new album Krudology and the great and only awarded music producer Greg Landau.
In 2021- 2022 school year they have been part of the Abolition Democracy Program of the University California Berkeley, as fellow artists developing a multidisciplinary intergenerational community project called Black Healing Portal.
From 2006 until today they have been performing, recording, organizing, leading, giving talks, workshops, educating and touring locally, nationally, globally and virtually, all independently and under self management in Europe, The Caribbean, North, Central and South America.
Krudxs Cubensi are always twisting powerful crispy flow, fierce feminist rebel lyrics & afro- cuban sounds to uplift a message that makes their delivery, irresistible.
In the Cuban nineties they developed into equity warriors, advocating against racism, homophobia and transphobia and created Krudas Cubensi.
Escaping censorship and looking for a better future, they decided to leave Cuba in 2006 and relocated to the US to pursue their dreams and internationalize their career.
DJ Leydis
DJ LEYDIS was born and raised in Cuba. She became involved in the Cuban hip hop movement during its inception and helped organize events, community shows, and a women’s hip hop collective called Omega. Leydis has created the first female DJ mixtape and has performed across Cuba as a spoken word artist. She also continues to be an articulate speaker on Cuban hip-hop culture and how the embargo and travel ban has prevented the exchange of music and culture between the U.S and Cuba. Having recently moved to the United States, she currently resides in the Bay Area and has toured with DJ for Omegas Kilay, Las Krudas, and Los Rakas. Leydis has also opened up for Erykah Badu and ?estlove.