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ZEBRA KATZ.

“It’s been a long-time coming, and I’m looking forward to having new music to perform and looking forward to having my voice out there again in a way that I feel really strong about,” says Zebra Katz, the American rapper who recently relocated to Berlin ahead of the release of his full-length debut album.

It’s a record fans – and Zebra himself – have been waiting patiently for for years. The rapper – real name Ojay Morgan – first burst onto the music scene way back in 2012 when Rick Owens played his hit Ima Read on loop for his Paris Fashion Week show. From there, he released two mixtapes and quickly found himself touring with the likes of Azealia Banks, Scissor Sisters, and Gorillaz, the latter of which he has also collaborated with.

Following years of performing all over the world and working on a full body of work, Zebra Katz is ready to release his long-awaited debut album, Less Is Moor. “The ‘Less is Moor’ is because I feel that marginalised people are getting less, they’re always expected to do more, and that’s how my practice happened, and what makes me so proud to be able to stand by this body of work,” he tells us. Led by storming tracks Lousy, In In In and Ish,

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