Navy Blue in Los Angeles

Navy Blue is the stage name of American rapper, producer, skateboarder and visual artist Sage Elsesser. Born in Los Angeles and raised in Brooklyn, he makes introspective hip-hop built around jazz and soul samples. His appearance on Earl Sweatshirt’s “The Mint” introduced his measured delivery to a wider audience, while the albums Àdá Irin, Song of Sage: Post Panic! and the Budgie-produced Ways of Knowing established his own catalogue. Navy Blue performed at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago in 2021, presenting his reflective songs in a festival setting. After releasing Ways of Knowing, he toured the album in 2023 and played club-sized rooms including Village Underground in London.