ISA GT
Hi my name is Isa GT (DJ, MC, Producer). So far I’ve been writing and singing my songs in Paisa (Antioquia’s dialect) and I use lots of slang, words that only people from Medellin, Colombia will totally get. I love that way of talking. It reminds me of my childhood and days when I used to hang in my city smoking weed, chilling with friends and listening to gangsta rap. Medellin is a gangsta city and was even more so in the ‘80s and ‘90s. I’m not proud of that. Maybe that’s the reason why I wrote “Pela’o”, seeing all those dudes in London trying to look so gangsta. Here in Medellin you don’t know who’s gangsta. Gangsta is everywhere and can be anyone. There’s no uniform for it. Not that I am biggin’ up gangsta culture, I personally think is silly the way lots of young kids glorify it. 2007 was a very busy year. Me and some of my girlfriends started a night called *GIRLCORE* in February and its been a hit (I’m the resident DJ there). I wrote “Pela’o” last year and I sent it to some friends to make some beats. Soon after I sent it to some remixers to see if they would like do something to it. At the time I was really into what Crookers from Milano were doing so I sent the track to them and a week later I got this crazy remix! In 2008, I’ll release an EP, there are more collaborations with Crookers and Edu K. I’m working with Good and Evil’s producer Christian Castagno in New York and there are lots of other bits and pieces – like my first live appearance at the Bird’s Eye View festival in London.
From: Medellin / London
Website: myspace.com/isagt,
Image by Brett