Cruel Santino has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 16 episodes and was first played on 15 July 2020.

Osayaba Andrew Ize-Iyamu, better known by his stage name Cruel Santino, is a Nigerian alternative singer-songwriter, rapper, creative director, filmmaker, and Music video director. He is a member of Monster Boy collective, with music producers Genio Bambino, and GMK. He is signed to Interscope Records, and Love Renaissance. He came into the music scene with a critically acclaimed studio album Mandy & The Jungle, which introduced the alté scene into the mainstream with his track "Rapid Fire", released in 2018.