Zebra Katz is an American rap artist, designer, and the main figure of American gay rap. He was talked about loudly in 2012, after the artist's track was played at the fashion show of the famous designer.
He collaborated with Busta Rhymes и Gorillaz. The Brooklyn queer rap icon insists that "limitations are only in the head and need to be broken." He creates music at the intersection of industrial hip-hop.
Reference: Queer rap is a genre of hip-hop music performed by queer people. Queer is a collective term used to refer to a person belonging to sexual minorities, that is, someone whose sexuality differs from the majority of society.
Morgan differs from his colleagues in the musical workshop with bright extravagant costumes and original clips. His tracks are saturated with irony in its pure, academic form. The rapper in his lyrics raises important topics, and also sings about the problems faced by lesbians and gays in America.
Ojay Morgan's childhood and youth
He was born in 1987 in West Palm Beach, Florida (USA). Under the creative pseudonym Zebra Katz hides the name of a modest black guy Ojay Morgan.
Morgan grew up as the most creative and inquisitive guy. It is known that in his teens he was fond of dancing, acting, and also studied visual arts and communication. Parents in every possible way helped their son find his place "under the sun."
After graduation, the guy entered the College of Liberal Arts. Morgan chose the direction of "Performative Arts".
“In one of the performances, I played several characters at once. By the way, Zebra Katz appeared from there ... ”, the artist shared in one of his interviews.
Creative way Zebra Katz
While studying at the College of Liberal Arts, he came to grips with music. Initially, Morgan did not take the hobby seriously. For him it was just a hobby. He even managed to work as an ordinary manager, so as not to be a “hungry artist”. After designer Rick Owens chose his composition Ima Read for his show, willy-nilly, he had to accept the fact that his music touches hearts.
After a successful entry into the music scene, Ojay Morgan began releasing tracks under the creative pseudonym Zebra Katz. His clips evoked the most vivid emotions from critics. "Each new Morgan work is weirder and weirder." The journalists stuck the label “queer rap” (“not such a rap”) on the artist, with which, by the way, Morgan fundamentally disagrees.
Zebra Katz Music
Thanks to the single, which sounded at the show of the above presented designer, the rapper signed a contract with the Mad Decent label. Recall that the label belongs to the American DJ and producer Diplo (Major Lazer).
In 2012, a very atmospheric mixtape premiered. He received the name Champagne. By that time, the fans were already on standby, so the work was commercially successful. On the wave of popularity, the presentation of the second mixtape took place. We are talking about Drklng.
The rapper "fed up" the audience with the release of singles, EPs and clips. The tracks Hello Hi, Blk & Wht, In In In, Lousy deserve special attention. He managed to release 4 mini-LPs, as well as collaborate with Tanika, Kura and Gorillaz.
Zebra Katz: details of the artist's personal life
Morgan identifies as queer. The artist does not advertise relationships and personal life. Social networks and interviews do not allow us to assess his marital status.
Zebra Katz: our days
In the spring of 2020, the debut album of the rap artist was released. The record was called Less is Moor. The LP topped 15 unrealistic industrial hip-hop tracks. Hypebeast compared the sound of MONITOR and MOOR to tracks by German DJ Boys Noize and French artist Gesaffelstein.
At the end of 2021, the rapper visited the capital of Ukraine - Kyiv, to perform at Black! Factory in Closer. By the way, this is the artist's second visit to Ukrainian fans. The first one took place in 2017.
