Dope Saint Jude^[1]

Catherine Saint Jude Pretorius, professionally know as Dope Saint Jude^[2], is a South African rapper, singer, songwriter and producer. Her debut EP, Reimagine, was released in July 2016.

Career

2011 - 2013: Drag King Performance

Dope Saint Jude began her career in 2011 performing as Saint Dude, a drag king. At this time she started South Africa's first documented drag king troupe, Brosb4ho's^[3]. In 2013, Saint Jude left the troupe to pursue a career as a solo performer.

2014 - 2015: Early career

From 2014-2015, Dope Saint Jude released singles Keep In Touch^[1] and Brown Baas accompanied by music videos. She also released a mixtape entitled Vrydag Krydag^[4] which featured the video accompanied tracks Realtalk and Xxplosive. In this time, Saint Jude recorded an untitled project with Redbull Studios comprising of 4 tracks.

2016 - 2017: Reimagine

In July of 2016, Saint Jude released her debut self produced EP, Reimagine^[5]. In 2017, Saint Jude was featured on the Jlin album, Black Origami.

Discography

Reimagine (2016)
Resilient (2018)

[:0-1] ttp://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/view/1125

[2] ttp://gal-dem.com/dope-saint-jude/

[3] ttps://africasacountry.com/2015/03/dope-saint-jude-messes-with-cape-towns-head

[4] ttps://10and5.com/2015/06/04/young-south-africa-catherine-saint-jude-pretorius-remixing-identity/

[5] ttps://i-d.vice.com/en_au/article/ywv49w/dope-saint-jude-is-the-patron-of-south-africas-queer-hip-hop-scene

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Dope Saint Jude[1]