A million ways to make it
Fund Artists
Look through the videos and bios below featuring the Rabanne Fund artists to find out more about who they are and how the fund has helped their music careers to evolve.
The Artists
Anaiis
French-Senegalese artist anaiis occupies a transcendent musical space, using her voice for self-reflection, solace and empowerment. A child of diaspora, anaiis sings in multiple languages, and writes with a global outlook, channeling her experience as a young black woman.
The Paco Rabanne Fund has helped anaiis to focus on the next steps in her career, experiment with her craft and expand her skills and interests to ultimately elevate her work.
The Paco Rabanne Fund has helped anaiis to focus on the next steps in her career, experiment with her craft and expand her skills and interests to ultimately elevate her work.
Harleighblu
Singer-songwriter Harleighblu is striking out in the bubbling UK neo-soul scene with her distinctive sound and touching vocals. Hailing from Nottingham, the singer’s mellow fusion of soul, hip-hop and jazz cross-reference her myriad influences, matched with straight-talking, empowering lyrics.
The Paco Rabanne Fund allowed Harleighblu to travel overseas and collaborate with Detroit rapper/singer/songwriter Illa J on an album due to be released this year.
The Paco Rabanne Fund allowed Harleighblu to travel overseas and collaborate with Detroit rapper/singer/songwriter Illa J on an album due to be released this year.
Mom Tudie
Mom Tudie is a 24 year old producer from South London who has been making music since childhood: jazz, pop, hip-hop and soul, guided by his family and friends. A self-taught producer, Mom’s craft eventually evolved into the distinct sound it is today. Straddling jazz and R’n’B, Mom’s music often blurs the line where live music ends and electronic production begins.
The Paco Rabanne Fund has given Mom a sense of security as an artist, enabling him to invest in equipment and focus on more live performances.
The Paco Rabanne Fund has given Mom a sense of security as an artist, enabling him to invest in equipment and focus on more live performances.
Cold
Cold, formerly known as INTENTIONALLYCOLD, is a producer, vocalist and DJ from South London. Both through their solo material and collaborations with friends Poundshop, 3o and Junior XL, Cold draws on a myriad of British influences leading back through grime and indie.
As a lyricist, their work deals with themes of introspection and memory… Be it on the way home from a night out to restlessly looking for answers in their bedroom, Cold’s sound elbows onwards through space and time.
As a lyricist, their work deals with themes of introspection and memory… Be it on the way home from a night out to restlessly looking for answers in their bedroom, Cold’s sound elbows onwards through space and time.
Madi Saskia
23-year-old Smethwick-based singer-songwriter Madi Saskia is one of the most exciting talents to emerge from the Birmingham creative scene.
Inspired by the sounds of Jhené Aiko, Alex Isley, and Marsha Ambrosius, her self-proclaimed style is “floetryesque”, heavily indebted to R’n’B with a socially conscious undertone. Between her charming stage presence and soothing vocals, Madi’s live performances are a truly healing experience.
Inspired by the sounds of Jhené Aiko, Alex Isley, and Marsha Ambrosius, her self-proclaimed style is “floetryesque”, heavily indebted to R’n’B with a socially conscious undertone. Between her charming stage presence and soothing vocals, Madi’s live performances are a truly healing experience.
Jianbo
Jianbo is a Chinese-Vietnamese-British rapper who pairs a mid-noughties inspired grime flow with tales of a classic east Asian upbringing… a yin-yang balance of odds, the ends and everything in between.
Capturing the attention of the likes of Kamaal Williams and Eddie Huang, with his unique tongue-in-cheek brand of UK rap, his debut EP “Yellow Peril” has been met with critical acclaim, landed on the 6Music playlist and is a culmination and celebration of the Asian Creative Diaspora which he aims to elevate through the next stages of his career.
Capturing the attention of the likes of Kamaal Williams and Eddie Huang, with his unique tongue-in-cheek brand of UK rap, his debut EP “Yellow Peril” has been met with critical acclaim, landed on the 6Music playlist and is a culmination and celebration of the Asian Creative Diaspora which he aims to elevate through the next stages of his career.
