Mykki Blanco
| Mykki Blanco | |
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Mykki Blanco in 2017
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Michael Quattlebaum Jr. |
| Born |
April 2, 1986 Orange County, California |
| Genres | |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Labels | UNO |
| Website | MykkiBlancoWorld |
Michael David Quattlebaum Jr. (born April 2, 1986), better known by the stage name Mykki Blanco, is an American rapper, performance artist, poet and activist.
Quattlebaum was born in Orange County, California. Her father, Michael Quattlebaum Sr., was an IT specialist before becoming a psychic. Her mother, Deborah Butler, was a paralegal at the North Carolina Patent and Trademark Office. Her father's side is African-American Jewish. Quattlebaum's parents divorced when she was 2 years old. As a child, she lived in San Mateo County, California, near her paternal grandparents, before moving to Raleigh, North Carolina.
At the age of 15, Quattlebaum won an Indies Spirit Award for the performance collective she founded, Paint In Consciousness Experimental Theater, in Raleigh.
When Quattlebaum was 16, she ran away from home before moving to New York City. She then spent time in California, before winning a full scholarship to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, but dropped out of college after two semesters in 2006. She also briefly attended Parsons School of Design in New York City.
Blanco has used different pronouns throughout her career.
Quattlebaum's book of poetry From the Silence of Duchamp to the Noise of Boys was published on OHWOW's imprint on June 17, 2011.
In 2012, Blanco made her debut with Mykki Blanco & the Mutant Angels EP.
Then in November 2012, Blanco released the mixtape Cosmic Angel: The Illuminati Prince/ss. The mixtape was produced by Brenmar, Flosstradamus, Gobby, Le1f, Matrixxman, and Sinden.She makes an appearance in the album Junto by Basement Jaxx.
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