ABOUT CP

Crystal Precious is a queer singer, rapper, writer, actor & host. Many know her for creating multiple underground venues in Vancouver (Dollhouse Studios, The Crystal Ballroom, Fortre$$), always with the intent of carving out a stronger femme-forward presence in the West Coast electronic music scene.

As an performer/artist, she is perhaps best known for the music video to her single Apple Pie (No Pie For You), her podcast  Backstage Cash, her blog/newsletter (Adventures in Sass), and as the resident main stage host of the Bass Coast Music Festival.

After two decades of coming up alongside drag queens, DJs, rappers, and burlesque dancers, CP's performance style lands somewhere between cabaret showgrrl and late-night warehouse MC. Her original songs evoke a bass-heavier tribute to nineties-style atmospheric hiphop, layered with sultry trip-hop vocals and a twist of tongue-in-cheek humour.

For many years, CP performed as the MC of the multiple-award-winning Sweet Soul Burlesque, kicking off each show with her original vocal hip hop tunes. She produced their six year weekly run at The Keefer Bar (2010 - 2016), hosting more than 350 shows for upscale cocktail crowds.

CP's debut recording project “The Striphop EP”, was produced by Self Evident (Lighta sound, dipped recordings) and was released on East Van Digital in 2015.

In February of 2020, CP debuted her new music and storytelling show "Things I Shouldn't Tell You" at the Push International Performing Arts Festival. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CP curated shows for the Vancouver Mural Festival.

In 2023 Crystal debuted her monthly podcast " Backstage Cash, exploring the current business sides of being an artist. She is excited to be writing new music with Self Evident, slated to begin release in the spring of 2026.