SABA

A successful black independent artist, Saba has rooted his career in an authenticity and musicality that’s made him one of this generation’s most important and unique voices.

The Chicago polymath won critical acclaim in 2018 for his album "Care for ME" - a significant and devastating release that saw him grappling with the aftermath of his cousin John Walt’s 2017 murder - with NPR, naming the release their #1 Hip-Hop Album of the Year.

Saba began making music at age 8 and was writing and producing songs by early adolescence. Building a recording studio in his Grandmother’s basement on the Westside of Chicago, he and a group of neighborhood friends formed Pivot Gang and began taking trains across the city to join creative youth organizations and perform at open mics. These experiences sharpened his writing and performance skills, and he has continued to build home studios where he is self-taught on a variety of musical instruments.

Having moved to L.A. in 2020, Saba is prepared to continue pushing musical boundaries on his climb to rap’s upper echelon.