(Visiting Presenter) BIA (Benefit of 24 hr) China Miéville + Katya
Saturday, October 17, 2026
7:00 PM
Kupferberg Center for the Arts
65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Queens, NY 11367
Scheduled
About This Event
Rapper and singer Bia performs at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts alongside writer China Miéville and artist Katya. Bia first appeared on Sisterhood of Hip Hop and scored a Billboard Hot 100 hit when her track "Whole Lotta Money" was reissued as a remix with Nicki Minaj. Miéville is a British speculative fiction writer and critic associated with "weird fiction," providing a literary counterpoint to Bia's commercial hip-hop background.
About the Artists
China Miéville
China Miéville is a British writer whose work moves between speculative fiction, criticism, and public-facing literary performance. In New York City he has appeared at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts as a visiting presenter, sharing a bill with rapper and singer BIA and artist Katya.
BIA
BIA is an American rapper and singer whose early visibility came through the reality series *Sisterhood of Hip Hop* before label deals with Pharrell Williams’ I Am Other and later Epic Records. Her recorded work spans collaborations and crossover singles, including the breakthrough of “Whole Lotta Money,” which reached the Billboard Hot 100 after a remix with Nicki Minaj.