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Artist
Karina Nistal
12+ albums
latinhip hop
about
Singer/songwriter Karina Nistal is known to align herself with diverse and solid collaborations to showcase her extensive range. Her work consists of emotive jazz vocals on downtempo tracks, rapping in Spanish for the worldly sounds of reggaeton, or fusing soulful Latin vocals with lively dance music. But most significantly, it is her vibrant charisma that carries over her poetic musings in either English or Spanish, and her matter of fact delivery of self-assured flirtatious rhymes. There’s a very fine line between poetry and rap, but it’s one that only Karina interconnects with finesse. Music captivated the native Houstonian at an early age. Karina indulged in old school hip hop, rhythm and blues, soul and jazz. But it was Karina’s mixed Hispanic heritage (Mexican and Cuban) that spotlighted Latin styles—traditional mariachi folk music and the Afro-Cuban beats of salsa. After taking piano lessons, ballet and tap dance, these creative elements would soon contribute to Karina’s true intention. In the early ‘90s, she began realizing her aspirations of singing, songwriting and recording. By 1998, Karina seriously took on singing and got busy with projects on Starlight Beats and Breaks, Rebel Crew’s Joe B. and Lion 808, Sista Stroke, Elliott Ness and on numerous other ventures. The following year, Starlight’s production team added Karina onto their roster and helped give her more depth as a developing artist. She also doubled as a Starlight dancer, embellishing their live sh
