Katastrophe is a rapper who calls himself “the smallest big man in show biz.”

He also has a profile that lists “calling bullshit” part of his art form, so you know I like him.

A hybrid sound that challenges genre, Katastrophe fills his layered beats with lyics that rif on pop culture, slide into personal revelation, call bullshit on contemporary culture, offer a ragged hope for revolution and flirt with a pretty girl on the dance floor, all in the course of a song.

When I was reading his profile, I came across his response to the question of influences:

people who get shit done despite all odds, despite all the people that try to stand in their way. people who risk everything because they believe in themselves. people who push boundaries and change music and the world.


Jen also blogs at Transcending Gender and A Life Less Convenient. Her book is available here.