Princess Superstar

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Princess Superstar

Background information
Birth name Concetta Kirshner
Origin New York City, NY, USA
Genre(s) Hip-hop
Instrument(s) vocals
Associated
acts
Kool Keith
Website http://www.princesssuperstar.com/

Princess Superstar (born Concetta Kirschner) is an American rapper.

She calls her music—a mixture of hip hop, rock and electronica—"flip flop." Her parents were psychologists, and they moved the family to Philadelphia, sending Kirschner to a private school named Germantown Academy. Kirschner was socially awkward, and claims her time in school was "from hell." She was a member of the Singing Club, the Theatre Club and the Black Student Union.

She is of Jewish-Italian heritage from the suburbs of Philadelphia. After graduating from high school, she moved to New York City and studied acting at New York University, learning to play the guitar and sending a demo tape to the College Music Journal and Grand Royal, a record label headed by the Beastie Boys. Her debut was called Strictly Platinum, and gained her some notoriety as one of very few white rappers, as well as for her openness regarding her Jewish heritage and gender-related issues.

Audio samples of Princess Superstar music

Princess Superstar has collaborated with Kool Keith, Jon Spencer, Bahamadia, MC Paul Barman, the High and Mighty, The Prodigy, Moby, DJ Yoda, Disco D and others. Some of the producers that worked with her include Prince Paul, Curtis Curtis, Beth Orton, Arthur Baker, Junior Sanchez, Todd Terry, and DJ Mighty Mi from the High and Mighty.

Contents

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • 1996 Strictly Platinum (Corrupt Conglomerate)
  • 1997 CEO (A Big Rich Major Label)
  •  ???? I Hope I Sell a Lot of Records at Christmastime ( Produced by Prince Paul )
  • 2000 Last of the Great 20th Century Composers (Corrupt Conglomerate)
  • 2002 Princess Superstar Is (Studio !K7/Rapster)
  • 2005 My Machine (K7)

[edit] EPs/singles

[edit] Music videos

  • 1996 Smooth
  • 2002 Bad Babysitter
  • 2002 Keith N' Me
  • 2003 Jam For The Ladies
  • 2005 Perfect

[edit] DJ albums

  • 2002 Princess Is A DJ
  • 2005 Now Is The Winter of our Discotheque
  • 2005 Now Is The Winter of our Discotheque pt. 2

[edit] Guest appearances

  • "Lets Get Old" - DJ Yoda The Adventures of DJ Yoda [2006] (showcases her quirky rapping)
  • "Eat It" - Dr. Octagon Return of Dr. Octagon [2006]
  • "Exceeder" - Mason, recently provided vocals for this instrumental electro track. [Jan 2007]

[edit] See also

[edit] External links