Who Is Phlo Finister?
By Lauren Nostro | Feb 19, 2012 | 1:17 pm | Permalink
Phlo Finister is not new to the game. On her 20th birthday, she was in London rubbing shoulders with Britain’s elite at Dolce and Gabbana fashion shows and hitting up the town with her best friend, the British-socialite, Peaches Geldolf. But the Oakland-born singer has more to offer than a solid list of A-list friends who she met while growing up in Los Angeles.
Born Elijah Finister, she spent the last five years modeling and styling for Def Jam artists. However, the 20-year-old L.A.-based stylist-turned-songstress also released her second mixtape, Crown Gold, last November. And her video for “Bang Bang,” a cover of Nancy Sinatra’s original over Mobb Deep’s “Shook Ones Pt. 2” dropped in late October, putting her mod look and cooing voice all over the Internet.
Intrigued, we reached out to the young ‘Youthquaker” to find out Who Is Phlo Finister? She told us about growing up going to Crenshaw, reading Machiavelli, and drawing inspiration from glamor girls like Andy Warhol’s muse Edie Sedgwick.
As told to Lauren Nostro (@LAURENcynthia)
London Calling February 19th, 2012 at 07:28 PM
Sounds like an interesting girl. Shame she's best friends with Peaches Geldof though...
TLyn February 19th, 2012 at 08:50 PM
I thought I was linked here to read something interesting...-_-
Factory UK February 19th, 2012 at 09:21 PM
i love her! excited to see more visuals and hear more original music!!!
rocky February 19th, 2012 at 10:51 PM
This is ridculous this girl is to in love with herself. Put somebody more interesting...if she hung with Peaches she shouldnt brag about it ...Peaches is scum!!
Londonhipster February 20th, 2012 at 09:34 AM
She writes and has vision and an opinion. She explores and doesn't settle for the short cut.. I appreciate that and look forward to her vision becoming global.
Maya March 4th, 2012 at 01:53 PM
She is feeling herself too much... name dropping like shit. I can't take her music seriously, it seems like she's more concerned with being a pretty LA socialite than an artist. "I read Machiavelli" LOL
lisa March 30th, 2012 at 10:01 AM
Industry age 20. alright. You have been styling for the past 5 years???? at 15? lmfao. And my fav part is I styled electrik red the queens of terrible style and fashion blasphemy. I love how people choose industry ages that dont make any sense to there made-up hustle. This article was a waste of time.