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3:50 pm - 03/05/2013

Video: Kat Dahlia – ‘Gangsta’


Art imitates life in the video for Kat Dahlia’s debut single “Gangsta.” The 22-year-old Cuban-American singer reflects on the hardships her mother faced while raising her and her siblings following her parents’ divorce. The vibrant visuals were shot against the colorful backdrop of Kat’s hometown of Miami and incorporate her Cuban roots.

“It was really important for me to shoot this video in Miami because this is my hometown,” said Kat. “I think that the richness and the culture, the colors, the story, it just felt right.”

Kat is the first artist signed to Sylvia Rhone’s Vested in Culture label with Epic Records. She is readying her debut for release this year.

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the song is giving me lana del rey, tbh
smnp the song is giving me lana del rey, tbh5th-Mar-2013 09:58 pm (UTC)
really?
lana is so annoying
i quite like this song
williammiller 5th-Mar-2013 10:00 pm (UTC)
I really like this!
die2nitelive4ev 5th-Mar-2013 10:01 pm (UTC)
Is there two Lana Del Rey's out there?
This has a charm but it's nothing like her, more Rihanna TBH
thrillisgone_89 5th-Mar-2013 10:03 pm (UTC)
mte some parts she sounds like rihanna, if she had a deeper voice
whitefox 5th-Mar-2013 10:06 pm (UTC)
Is this song sampling Wanksta by 50? Bc it sounds like it at some parts.

Like the song tho
pixiesilver 5th-Mar-2013 10:08 pm (UTC)
that's what I'm hearing too
i like it

Edited at 2013-03-05 10:09 pm (UTC)
aviv 5th-Mar-2013 10:09 pm (UTC)
She sounds like Rihanna... I don't know if I like it, tbh
patrioticguy 5th-Mar-2013 10:18 pm (UTC)
She's really good. Hope she breaks in to wider mainstream if her album is good.

OT-Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Cuba are the only Latin flags I immediately recognize cause they always show up in anything featuring a person from those countries.
mr_minogue 5th-Mar-2013 10:32 pm (UTC)
oh shit i really like this.
dirrtypony 5th-Mar-2013 10:38 pm (UTC)
oooh i really like this.
x_piemaker_x 5th-Mar-2013 10:43 pm (UTC)
it's nice. imma need an mp3.

but it ain't no lana vibe.

billsolomon 5th-Mar-2013 11:28 pm (UTC)
omg this is embarrassingly bad
chantemarissa 5th-Mar-2013 11:45 pm (UTC)
i just saw her name on spotify for rec of the week and skipped over to rhye. i'll give her a listen later, i guess.
fabouluz 6th-Mar-2013 12:14 am (UTC)
I like it.
photogpab 6th-Mar-2013 01:22 am (UTC)
shes one of my oldest friends sister. weird to log onto ONTD and see a post about her.

thedorkygirl 6th-Mar-2013 01:49 am (UTC)
I really like this, but her accent annoys me during one part particularly - "That don't im-pwess me none." Am I the only one hearing this?
dickieangenson 6th-Mar-2013 02:43 am (UTC)
i hear it, yeah
dickieangenson 6th-Mar-2013 02:43 am (UTC)
Love Miami.

Her voice sounds very Rihanna-ish, not sure about this song though.
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