Wiki x Navy Blue

with guest, Joy Postell

"Can't Do This Alone" Tour

Wiki has become a fixture of New York City Hip Hop since, at 17 years old, he founded the boundary defying group Ratking, whose aggressive style represented a new generation of city kids and artists, hungry for innovation and raw energy. The epicenter of the group as well as Wiki’s artistic expression through music and style was Chinatown, downtown NYC. Ratking’s breakout single was called “Canal” named after the iconic, bustling Chinatown street. Coming of age in the neighborhood, living there for years while creating his solo albums, inevitably laced his music with the culture that permeates the singularly New York, Chinese neighborhood. His song Chinatown Swing off his first LP No Mountains in Manhattan paints a picture of walking through the neighborhood and the feelings and sites one encounters. When painting lyrical pictures of New York scenes one gets a sense of Wiki’s skill as a story teller and visionary. He has solidified his role in carrying the torch for NYC’s master MC’s; representing for the freaks, weirdos and underbelly culture.

Joy Postell:: Baltimore-bred Singer/Song-writer, Joy Postell, is finding the balance between soulful sensation and manifesto. Postell lyrically cuts with the precision of a surgeon and after receiving national recognition with her debut album, Diaspora, she has continued to set the precedent for Baltimore’s new wave of Soul/R&B. Released in 2019, her sophomore project, Back and Forth, helped to secure her as one of Okayplayer’s Top 20 Breakout Artists to keep an eye on. From painting pictures of liberation on Diaspora to weighing her options over nostalgic melodies on Back and Forth, find her features on Ebro, Pitchfork, The New York Times, and The Fader.