Blue Saint

Blue Saint, is a Congolese and British rapper, singer-songwriter, spoken word poet, actor, producer and designer. Over his music career he has developed an eclectic musical style that draws on a range of influences and genres, often combining and blending elements of hip-hop, RnB and electronic music. Blue Saint’s music lyrically incorporates a range of political, social, philosophical and cultural references with themes usually centred around social injustices. His projects tend to be conceptual in nature.

Throughout his years he has performed at events alongside UK chart topping and recognised artists such as <a href="spotify:artist:6eUKZXaKkcviH0Ku9w2n3V" data-name="Ed Sheeran">Ed Sheeran</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7qlh1IM1XMeQXA9ukp59au" data-name="Plan B">Plan B</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:0T2sGLJKge2eaFmZJxX7sq" data-name="Wretch 32">Wretch 32</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:58LTO4K7E3WUtztMK2BCkB" data-name="Akala">Akala</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:4OiMbTr2kjcGbvb2LNauxT" data-name="Sway">Sway</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:7lNJ1ZVAHcx6V4HqC68xRY" data-name="Lowkey">Lowkey</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:43Y2qDsaehzl7U9s2RtFX6" data-name="Benjamin Zephaniah">Benjamin Zephaniah</a> and Jerry Dammers of <a href="spotify:artist:6xnvNmSzmeOE1bLKnYXKW3" data-name="The Specials">The Specials</a> as well as internationally acclaimed artists such as the legendary hip hop veteran <a href="spotify:artist:5DKuVtlpDH0agZQUFDy8O7" data-name="Pharoahe Monch">Pharoahe Monch</a> and the well regarded spoken word artist <a href="spotify:artist:11K0HIZKfdB6ez0VhIgxPm" data-name="Saul Williams">Saul Williams</a>.

A winner of The Poetry Society’s SLAMbassadors Award at fourteen, a MOBO BeMOBO Award nominee at the age of fifteen and winner of Merseyrail Soundstation 2014 at the age of twenty, a prize celebrating breaking new talent in the Liverpool music scene. Blue Saint has also gone on to receive various accolades and achievements for his music, community work and activism. He was included in Liverpool Echo’s “30 under 30: The young people changing the face of Liverpool in 2020” and in The Common Sense Network’s “North30: 2021 North of England’s 30 Under 30 Trail Blazers”.