Backxwash

The Profile

Backxwash is a Zambian-Canadian producer and rapper whose work fuses hip hop with industrial and metal influences. She received widespread attention and critical acclaim for her album God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It.

Backxwash is a transgender artist. Her album God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It won the 2020 Polaris Music Prize. Her music blends hip hop, metal and industrial elements and is often described using terms such as horrorcore and experimental.

A single DeBaser review by luludia awards Backxwash's I Lie Here Buried With My Rings and My Dresses a top rating and calls it "Album of the year." The review highlights a blend of hip hop, metal and industrial influences and describes visceral, horrorcore-like intensity. Publicly verifiable facts: Backxwash is a Zambian-Canadian transgender artist who won the 2020 Polaris Music Prize.