Once upon a time, there was a DJ.

Nerd and maloqueiro, BADSISTA consciously and incisively represents the LGBTQ+ and peripheral community of the city of São Paulo, disseminating the strengthening and the possibility of permanence of peripheral and dissident people in music. Her debut EP and eponymous was released in April 2016 by the São Paulo label Funk Na Caixa, with appearances by Lei Di Dai, who also invited her to participate in the production of the album celebrating the singer’s 10-year career with rappers Kamau and Max BO (SP).

In the same year, BADSISTA produced special mixtapes for BBC Radio 1 on the Toddla T Show (England), Luso FM with Daniel Haaksman (Germany), Radar Radio Show with Emily Dust (England) and also participated in the compilation “Hy Brazil vol. 10”, which was curated by Chico Dub. A year later, alongside other artists from the electronic music scene, he launched the collective BANDIDA, in order to propagate the sound and promote gender equality in a democratic way and female protagonism within this scene.

In 2020, before the arrival of the pandemic in Brazil, BADSISTA had the chance to give his name at the Recife carnival in a memorable performance at the Rec Beat festival, with his partner Jup doBairro. Weeks later and the social isolation was in place, he dedicated himself to the musical production of Jup do Bairro’s debut EP, CORPO SEM JUÍZO and released a feat. com MC Taya on the track entitled “Xerecaria”.

Simultaneously, BADSISTA was part of the lineup of the online festivals Marsha, Coquetel Molotov No Ar, Xêpa, Boiler Room Discakes (NY), CTM Festival + Minecraft Club Matryoshka (Berlin), DiceConference (Berlin) and Nyege Nyege (Uganda), in addition to having made a series of dj sets for The Cloud Bar with the support of Beefeater. Gueto Elegance begins to emerge in the meantime and becomes the DJ’s main project in 2021, being released in full in November of that same year, already acclaimed by the public and specialized critics as one of the best albums of the year.