Music career
In 2001, he recorded with Mark Schaffer the title song, Candyass, to the feature film ''Sugar High Glitter City'', directed by Shar Rednour (who broached the project to Katastrophe on a Sister Spit tour) and Jackie Strano; the soundtrack was nominated for an AVN Award but lost to Snoop Dogg. Katastrophe and Schaffer then formed hip-hop group The End of the World along with Ricky Lee; Schaffer subsequently began performing solo as Schaffer the Darklord. Katastrophe started making Hip hop production, beats in 2002. He raps about lives lived outside the mainstreams of education, gender, and culture. He uses his struggle as a trans man and his contested place in contemporary queer and hip hop culture to discuss larger issues of community, space, privilege, sex, and Self-esteem, self-worth. He was named Producer of the Year by Outmusic Awards for his debut album ''Let's Fuck, Then Talk About My Problems'' on the Sugartruck Recordings label, released in 2004. In 2005, Kayiatos toured nationally with the Tranny Roadshow, a first of its kind, all transgender, touring variety show. Kayiatos released a second album entitled ''Fault, Lies and Faultlines'' on the Cherchez La Femme label in 2005, and a third full-length release, ''The Worst Amazing'', was released in October 2009 on 307 Knox Records. In 2008 he wrote, produced, directed, and starred in a multimedia show, ''HomeMade SuperHero''. He also performs with Jenna Riot as the music act Ice Cream Socialites. He is featured in the documentary films ''Poetic License'', ''Pick Up the Mic'', ''Enough Man'', and ''Riot Acts''. He was described as one of the most accomplished rappers in the homo hop documentary ''Pick Up the Mic''. His video for the song "The Life" was on MTV Networks, MTV networks Logo (TV channel), LOGO The Click List: Top 10 Videos, top ten Click List for 12 weeks. His music has been featured on Showtime (TV network), Showtime's soundtracks for the contemporary series ''The L Word'', as well as several Short subject, short films. Kayiatos is the subject of a forthcoming biopic entitled ''The State of Katastrophe''. He has toured in the U.S. and Europe.Publishing career
In October 2009, he and Amos Mac founded ''Original Plumbing'', the first magazine by and for trans men.Post-musical Career
Kayiatos has held leadership positions at BuzzFeed and Grindr, is currently Chief Content Officer at FOLX Health, and co-creator and director of Camp Lost Boys, a sleep away summer camp "exclusively for adult men of trans experience."Discography
Albums
*2004: ''Let's Fuck, Then Talk About My Problems'' (Sugartruck Recordings) *2005: ''Fault, Lies and Faultlines'' (Cherchez La Femme label) *2009: ''The Worst Amazing'' (307 Knox Records) *2012: ''Second Hand Emotion'' (307 Knox Records)Videography
*2007: "The Life" (Katastrophe feat. Shaggy Manatee & Ruby Valentine) *2012: "Sour Milk" (Tommy B, Brookside & Katastrophe) *2012: "Eat Everything" (Rocco Katastrophe feat. Margaret Cho, De=MC² and Athens Boys Choir) *2012: ''Second Hand Emotion'' including "Wake Me If I'm Dreaming" / "Let Me Go" (Rocco Katastrophe)References
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