Princess Superstar
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Princess Superstar is an American emcee and DJ.

Her music
Music
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al style, as she describes it, is flip-flop — a mixture of 'hip hop
Hip hop music
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, electroclash
Electroclash
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 and electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

'.

Background

Kirschner was born to a Jewish father of Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 and Polish
Poles
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 descent and a Sicilian-American
Sicilian-American
Sicilian Americans are American people from Sicily or of Sicilian heritage. They are considered Italian Americans but are sometimes treated as a separate group due to cultural and historical differences between Sicily and the mainland....

 mother who converted to Judaism
Judaism
Judaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...

. Kirschner identifies herself as a "spiritual Jew".
Her parents were psychologists
Psychology
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. When Kirchner was a child, the family moved to rural Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

 and then to the suburbs of Philadelphia. She attended school at the Germantown Academy
Germantown Academy
Germantown Academy is America's oldest nonsectarian day school, founded on December 6, 1759 . Germantown Academy is now a K-12 school in the Philadelphia suburb of Fort Washington, having moved from its original Germantown campus in 1965...

, a private high school, where she was a member of the Pie Eating Club, the Theatre Club and the Black Student Union.
She moved to NYC at the age of 17 and went to NYU, where she got her BFA
Bachelor of Fine Arts
In the United States and Canada, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. In some countries such a degree is called a Bachelor of Creative Arts or BCA...

 in drama. She is a vegan, active in the animal rights movement and a member of Mensa
Mensa International
Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test...

.

Career

After graduating from high school, she moved to New York City
New York City
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 and studied acting at New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...

. She took up the guitar
Guitar
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, and her interest in music surpassed her interest in acting. She joined the Gamma Rays, an all-girl power psychedelic band that recorded a 7" single called "Lovely" for Teen Beat Records. Their other recordings appeared on various compilations. Around the same time, Kirschner was composing hip hop-styled songs on a 4-track recorder.

Princess Superstar

In 1994, Kirschner made a demo tape called, Mitch Better Get My Bunny, under the name "Princess Superstar". She sent the tape to the College Music Journal (CMJ)
College Music Journal
College Music Journal, commonly known as CMJ, is a music events/publishing company which hosts an annual festival in New York City, the CMJ Music Marathon, as well as a weekly magazine of and for the music industry and college radio stations in the United States and Canada. It publishes top 30...

and to the Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys are an American hip hop trio from New York City. The group consists of Mike D who plays the drums, MCA who plays the bass, and Ad-Rock who plays the guitar....

' Grand Royal Records. While she got callbacks from CMJ and Grand Royal, she went on to sign with Dark Beloved Cloud Records, who released her song "I'm White" on their Sympathy for Count Pococurante compilation.

In 1995, she teamed up with three backing musicians and signed with 5th Beetle Records. They recorded her debut album, Strictly Platinum
Strictly Platinum
Strictly Platinum is the debut album of singer/rapper Princess Superstar, released in 1996.-Track listing:...

, which gained her some notoriety as being one of very few white female rappers.

In 1997, Kirschner went on to launch her own record label, first calling it "A Big Rich Major Label", but then eventually settling on "Corrupt Conglomerate". She also recruited a new crew of backing musicians and recorded CEO, a concept album about corporate culture.

Her next album, 2000's Last of the Great 20th Century Composers, was co-produced Curtis Curtis and contains the song "Kool Keith's Ass", and a remix of "Do It Like a Robot" by Jon Spencer.

Kirschner went on to collaborate with Kool Keith
Kool Keith
Keith Matthew Thornton, better known by his stage name Kool Keith, is an American rapper from The Bronx, New York. A founding member of Ultramagnetic MCs, Kool Keith has recorded prolifically both as a solo artist and in group collaborations. Kool Keith is the self-proclaimed inventor of...

 on "Keith and Me" for the 2001 Princess Superstar Is LP released on Ruthless Records/Studio !K7
Studio !K7
Studio !K7 is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 . !K7 has since opened branch offices in New York City, Hamburg, London, and Tokyo.It has four independent...

. The album, also co-produced Curtis Curtis, has guest appearances by Beth Orton
Beth Orton
Beth Orton is a BRIT Award–winning English singer-songwriter, known for her 'folktronica' sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica. She was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers in the mid 1990s. However, these were not Orton's first...

 and Bahamadia
Bahamadia
Bahamadia is a Philadelphia-born hip hop artist born in 1970, and a DJ who later became an MC. As a member of Gang Starr Foundation, she released her critically acclaimed debut album entitled Kollage in 1996. The album featured production by Guru and DJ Premier of Gang Starr...

. The single "Bad Babysitter" was #11 on the UK charts.

For 2005's My Machine a futuristic hip-hopera concept double album, she collaborated with various producers such as Arthur Baker
Arthur Baker (musician)
Arthur Baker is an American record producer and DJ best known for his work with hip hop artists like Afrika Bambaataa, Planet Patrol, and the British group New Order.-Early career:...

, Jacques Lu Cont, Junior Sanchez
Junior Sanchez
Junior Sanchez is a record producer, DJ, artist, and remixer. His remixing and production skills are in demand by artists, including Madonna, Gorrilaz, Daft Punk, Placebo, Shakira, Les Rythmes Digitales, and Róisín Murphy. Junior Sanchez has produced albums and tracks for Katy Perry, Ima Robot,...

, Armand Van Helden
Armand Van Helden
Armand Van Helden is a record producer, DJ and remixer whose biggest commercial successes came from his remixes of the 1996 Tori Amos song "Professional Widow" , which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1997, and his own track "U Don't Know Me ", which went to number 1...

, Todd Terry
Todd Terry
Todd N. Terry is an American DJ, producer, and remixer.-Career:Terry's productions extensively used samples blending the sounds of classic disco, the Chicago sound, and elements of hip-hop....

, and DJ Mighty Mi
High and Mighty (band)
The High & Mighty are an underground hip hop duo from Philadelphia consisting of rapper Mr. Eon and DJ Mighty Mi...

. My Machine contains the track, "Perfect" which was used remixed using Mason's Exceeder. This went to #3 on the UK charts in 2007.

In 2008, Kirschner sang on the "Licky" single by long-time associate, Larry Tee
Larry Tee
Larry Tee is a New York City-based DJ, club promoter, and music producer who coined the musical genre term Electroclash and helped launch the careers of such artists as RuPaul, Scissor Sisters, Fischerspooner, Peaches, W.I.T., and Avenue D, and has collaborated with Amanda Lepore and Princess...

.

In 2009 Kirschner was featured on Grandmaster Flash
Grandmaster Flash
Joseph Saddler better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing....

's record The Bridge, alongside Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...

 and Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes
Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr., better known by his stage name Busta Rhymes ,Smith is an American rapper, producer and actor. Chuck D of Public Enemy gave him the alias Busta Rhymes after NFL wide receiver George "Buster" Rhymes...

.

Kirschner produced New York rapper Kalae All Day's debut album AFROMATIKNEOHIPPIEROCK*SOLEMUSIK, released March 17, 2010.

Princess Superstar will release her sixth studio album The New Evolution on the 6th June 2011. The album was funded by Superstar's fans, using Pledge Music.

DJ

Kirschner is also a DJ who plays sets all over the world. She has released DJ recordings, such as Princess Is a DJ in 2002, Now Is the Winter of Our Discothèque in 2005, and American Gigolo III on International DeeJay Gigolo Records
International DeeJay Gigolo Records
International DeeJay Gigolo Records is a German electronic music record label run by techno artist DJ Hell . The label was founded in Munich in 1996 as an affiliate of label Disko B. It is now based in Berlin and is Germany's most successful electronic music record label, specialising in electro,...

 in 2007.

Albums

  • 1996 Strictly Platinum
    Strictly Platinum
    Strictly Platinum is the debut album of singer/rapper Princess Superstar, released in 1996.-Track listing:...

    (5th Beetle)
  • 1997 CEO (A Big Rich Major Label)
  • 2000 Last of the Great 20th Century Composers (Corrupt Conglomerate)
  • 2001 Princess Superstar Is
    Princess Superstar Is
    Princess Superstar Is is a hip-hop album released by Princess Superstar. It is her fourth LP.Producers include Princess Superstar , Herbaliser, Curtis Curtis, DJ Mighty Mi of High and Mighty, Lenny Lacem, Chops, Sinista, Dart LA, and Big Jim Slade.-Track listing:#"Super Fantasy"#"Bad Babysitter"...

    (Studio !K7
    Studio !K7
    Studio !K7 is an independent record label based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 . !K7 has since opened branch offices in New York City, Hamburg, London, and Tokyo.It has four independent...

    /Rapster)
  • 2005 My Machine
    My Machine
    My Machine is Princess Superstar's fifth LP. It is produced by herself as well as well-known producers such as house music pioneer Todd Terry, DJ Mighty Mi from the High and Mighty, Jacques Lu Cont, Junior Sanchez, and pioneering hip hop/electro producer Arthur Baker.Other producers include Armand...

    (Studio !K7)
  • 2007 The Best of Princess Superstar
    The Best of Princess Superstar
    The Best of Princess Superstar, also known as Come Up To My Room - The Best of Princess Superstar, is Princess Superstar's first greatest hits album...

    (Studio !K7)
  • 2011 The New Evolution

EPs/singles

  • 1994 "Mitch Better Get My Bunny" (cassette EP)
  • 1999 "Come Up to My Room"
  • 1999 "I Hope I Sell a Lot of Records at Christmastime"
  • 2001 "Wet!Wet!Wet!/Keith n' Me"
  • 2002 "Bad Babysitter" (#11 UK
    UK Singles Chart
    The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...

    )
  • 2002 "Keith N' Me" (feat. Kool Keith
    Kool Keith
    Keith Matthew Thornton, better known by his stage name Kool Keith, is an American rapper from The Bronx, New York. A founding member of Ultramagnetic MCs, Kool Keith has recorded prolifically both as a solo artist and in group collaborations. Kool Keith is the self-proclaimed inventor of...

    ) (Rerelease)
  • 2002 "Fuck Me On The Dancefloor" (Disco D
    Disco D
    David Aaron Shayman, better known by his stage name Disco D , was an American record producer and composer. He started as a teenage DJ in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he helped DJ Godfather popularize the Detroit electronic music called "Ghettotech"...

     feat. Princess Superstar, single from his record A Night at the Booty Bar
    A Night at the Booty Bar
    A Night at the Booty Bar is a mix album by Disco D.-Track listing:# "Dem Tatas "  – 2:16# "Fuck Me on the Dance Floor"  – 2:43# "Wait a Minute"  – 1:27...

    )
  • 2003 "Do It Like a Robot
    Do It like a Robot
    "Do It Like a Robot" is a song released in 2003 by Princess Superstar. This single was released a year after Princess Superstar Is was released and three years after Last of the Great 20th Century Composers, the album in which this song was featured, was released...

    "
  • 2003 "Jam For The Ladies
    Jam for the Ladies
    "Jam for the Ladies" is a song by American electronica musician Moby, released as the sixth and final single from his 2002 studio album 18. The song features rapper MC Lyte and R&B singer Angie Stone, to which Moby calls the song a "crowded song" .A music video was made for the song in 2003, and it...

     (Moby
    Moby
    Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...

     vs. Princess Superstar, original version on the Moby
    Moby
    Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...

    album 18)
  • 2004 "Memphis Bells" (The Prodigy
    The Prodigy
    The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...

     featuring Princess Superstar)
  • 2005 "Coochie Coo"
  • 2005 "Perfect
    Perfect (Princess Superstar song)
    "Perfect" is a single by Princess Superstar. It is the only single from her album My Machine with a music video.-Music video:The music video features Princess Superstar in a variety of locations, which includes what looks like a rollerdisco and a 1980s spoof.The "Perfect " remix music video...

    "
  • 2005 "My Machine
    My Machine
    My Machine is Princess Superstar's fifth LP. It is produced by herself as well as well-known producers such as house music pioneer Todd Terry, DJ Mighty Mi from the High and Mighty, Jacques Lu Cont, Junior Sanchez, and pioneering hip hop/electro producer Arthur Baker.Other producers include Armand...

    "
  • 2006 "Perfect (Exceeder)
    Perfect (Exceeder)
    "Perfect " is a collaboration between Mason and Princess Superstar. The track is a mashup of Mason's instrumental dance track "Exceeder" and Princess Superstar's 2005 single "Perfect". It was used in television commercials for the film Brüno as well as being featured in the game Wipeout HD...

    " (Mason
    Mason (DJ)
    Mason is the stage name of the Dutch music producer duo Iason Chronis and Coen Berrier . They had a number one on the UK Dance Chart in 2007 with their track Exceeder. Exceeder had originally been an instrumental and had received a vinyl only release in the UK in 2006...

     vs. Princess Superstar)
    (#3 UK, #1 UK Dance Chart, #17 NL)
  • 2008 "Licky" (Larry Tee
    Larry Tee
    Larry Tee is a New York City-based DJ, club promoter, and music producer who coined the musical genre term Electroclash and helped launch the careers of such artists as RuPaul, Scissor Sisters, Fischerspooner, Peaches, W.I.T., and Avenue D, and has collaborated with Amanda Lepore and Princess...

     featuring Princess Superstar)
  • 2009 "Life Is But a Dream"
  • 2010 "Ground Control"

Music videos

  • 1996 "Smooth"
  • 2002 "Bad Babysitter"
  • 2002 "Keith N' Me"
  • 2003 "Jam For The Ladies"
  • 2005 "Perfect"
  • 2007 "Perfect (Exceeder)"
  • 2008 "Licky (Herve Radio edit)"

DJ albums

  • 2002 Princess Is a DJ
  • 2005 Now Is The Winter Of Our Discothèque
  • 2005 Now Is The Winter Of Our Discothèque Pt. 2
  • 2007 American Gigolo III

Guest appearances

  • Interview on Channel V (Australia) with Yumi Stynes [2006]
  • MTV's "Made" - Made coach.

  • "Lovage" - MC Paul Barman
    MC Paul Barman
    Paul Nathaniel Barman better known as MC Paul Barman is a Jewish- American emcee from Ridgewood, New Jersey, who attended Brown University....

  • 2000: MTV Get Off The Air, Part 2 - MC Paul Barman
    MC Paul Barman
    Paul Nathaniel Barman better known as MC Paul Barman is a Jewish- American emcee from Ridgewood, New Jersey, who attended Brown University....

     It's Very Stimulating
  • 2001: The Jump Off - The High & Mighty Presents Eastern Conference All Stars II
  • 2003: Jam For The Ladies Remix Moby
    Moby
    Richard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...

  • 2003: Fuck Me On The Dancefloor Disco D
    Disco D
    David Aaron Shayman, better known by his stage name Disco D , was an American record producer and composer. He started as a teenage DJ in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he helped DJ Godfather popularize the Detroit electronic music called "Ghettotech"...

  • 2003: Return To NY - Arthur Agent
  • 2003: Soft Shoe Snoozin - Gonzales
    Gonzales (musician)
    Gonzales, , is a Grammy-nominated Canadian musician currently residing in Paris, France. Though best known for his first MC and electro albums, he is also a pianist, producer, and songwriter....

     Z
  • 2004: Memphis Bells - The Prodigy
    The Prodigy
    The Prodigy are an English electronic dance music group formed by Liam Howlett in 1990 in Braintree, Essex. Along with Fatboy Slim, The Chemical Brothers, and other acts, The Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s and 2000s...

     Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned
  • 2004: Mein Schatzi - Munk Aperitivo
  • 2005: Unholy Matrimony - The High & Mighty 12th Man
  • 2005: Darling Nikki - XLOVER Pleasure & Romance
  • 2006: Iron Man - Lotterboys Animalia
  • 2006: Eat It - Dr Octagon The Return Of Doctor Octagon
  • 2006: European Accent DJs Are Not Rockstars
    DJs Are Not Rockstars
    DJs Are Not Rockstars is a record label founded by Alexander Technique and his former partner Princess Superstar. Alexander Technique and Larry Tee have expanded the concept to a record label which includes artists such as Junior Sanchez, Felix Da Housecat, Larry Tee, Lauren Flax, SIA, and...

  • 2006: V.I.P. DJs Are Not Rockstars
    DJs Are Not Rockstars
    DJs Are Not Rockstars is a record label founded by Alexander Technique and his former partner Princess Superstar. Alexander Technique and Larry Tee have expanded the concept to a record label which includes artists such as Junior Sanchez, Felix Da Housecat, Larry Tee, Lauren Flax, SIA, and...

  • 2006: Computer Arling & Cameron
    Arling & Cameron
    Arling & Cameron are a Dutch electronic music duo, composed of Gerry Arling and Richard Cameron.Their music draws from French pop, spy movie themes, lounge, '70s light rock, Japanese Shibuya-kei and other music genres that are often associated with kitsch...

     Hi-Fi Underground
  • 2006: Lick The Alphabet Diskokaines
  • 2006: Rock-A-Boogie Diskokaines
  • 2006: Goes Busters LBL
  • 2006: Licky Larry Tee
    Larry Tee
    Larry Tee is a New York City-based DJ, club promoter, and music producer who coined the musical genre term Electroclash and helped launch the careers of such artists as RuPaul, Scissor Sisters, Fischerspooner, Peaches, W.I.T., and Avenue D, and has collaborated with Amanda Lepore and Princess...

  • 2006: Pussy (Greenskeepers Remix) One Fingered Pocket
  • 2006: Let's Get Old DJ Yoda
    DJ Yoda
    Duncan Beiny , better known as DJ Yoda, is a hip hop turntablist who uses samples to create a cartoony musical style.-Biography:From 1995 to 1998, he studied English and American literature at the University of Warwick...

     The Amazing Adventures Of DJ Yoda
  • 2006: Lips On Fire Agoria The Green Armchair
  • 2006: Dayglo Fetisch
  • 2007: Wanna Make Out The Glimmers
  • 2007: Detonator Shinichi Osawa The One
  • 2009: Monday Morning Sharam Jey & LouLou Players
  • 2009: Those Chix Grandmaster Flash
    Grandmaster Flash
    Joseph Saddler better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing....

    The Bridge (Concept Of A Culture)
  • 2009: Rock U Alexander Technique

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