Money Badoo

The term »futuristic« is often invoked in pop music – and just as often left unfulfilled. With Money Badoo, however, it takes on a tangible meaning: her music slips free of familiar contemporary categories and genuinely sounds several steps ahead of the zeitgeist.

Born in Johannesburg, the multimedia artist creates a genre-defying fusion of trap, R&B and experimental avant-garde, extending it into an equally striking visual dimension. Songs, fashion, performance art – many elements collide here without ever feeling arbitrary. Her background as a stylist and photographer remains perceptible throughout.

Her 2022 debut album »PORNSTAR« distilled her cyberfeminist aesthetic with remarkable precision, an approach she continues to develop on her latest album »MSRYLUV$CMPNY«. Across it, she moves almost effortlessly between melancholy and abrasion. The way she carries these tensions onto the stage makes her one of the most exciting artists in South Africa’s contemporary music landscape.

Money Badoo’s work reaches far beyond rap – it is hyperpop R&B to listen to, to watch, and to feel.