SAMMUS (Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo) is an Ithaca-raised, Philadelphia-based rap artist, producer, and PhD student in the Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University. Known as much for her rousing stage presence as she is for her prowess as a beatmaker and lyricist, Sammus has spent the past several years cultivating a strong following of activists, hip hop heads, punks, and self-proclaimed nerds and geeks, among others. As noted by the Los Angeles Times, Sammus “has a gift for getting a message across.” Having recently made her Don Giovanni debut (while remaining tied to NuBlack Music Group), she is poised to cement herself as an artist who consistently thinks outside boxes and dances across lines (and does other neat things with geometrical figures).

In addition to managing a full-time music career, Enongo has spent the past eight years as a public-school and college level educator. After graduating from Cornell University in 2008 with a double BA in Sociology and Science & Technology Studies, she was accepted into the national teaching program Teach for America and placed in Houston Texas, where she taught elementary math and science between 2008 to 2010. In the fall semester of 2011 she returned to Cornell as a PhD candidate to pursue an interest a wide array of sound studies topics, including sound and gaming as well as the identity politics of community studios. As an academic in training and very-vocal feminist, Enongo has produced articles for publications such as Bitch, For Harriet, Sounding Out!, and The Mary Sue related to issues of race, hip-hop, gaming, and feminism.

Past Shows


Mar
29
th
2019
Turf Club
Mar
29
th
2019
Turf Club

Open Mike Eagle

with VIDEO DAVE, Sammus and Medium Zach
Sep
24
th
2017
7th St Entry
Sep
24
th
2017
7th St Entry

Open Mike Eagle

with Sammus
Aug
18
th
2017
7th St Entry
Aug
18
th
2017
7th St Entry

K.Raydio

with Sammus, DJ Keezy, BatMN and more!

More Shows

May
7
th
Fine Line

Magnolia Park

with Hot Milk, Savage Hands and South Arcade
Apr
5
th
Amsterdam Bar & Hall

Rebecca Black

with Blue Hawaii
Apr
3
rd
7th St Entry

The Army, The Navy

with Aggie Miller
Jul
16
th
Orpheum Theatre

The Swell Season