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When did Backxwash start making music?

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Backxwash's first song “STONEWALL” released on May 18, 2017.


As an angry trans woman, I don’t know any other way I can rap. This is the logical conclusion for me… I never knew my voice could sound like that. It comes from a place of inside rage.

–via Bitchfork (June 2019)

Ashanti Mutinta, better known as Backxwash, is a Montreal-based rapper and producer. She began making music as a teenager living in... Read More
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