Santo Gold Beats Santogold

We told you about hipster-friendly American pop/R&B/hip-hop artist Santogold being sued for name infringement by a multi-talented dynamo named Santo Gold in June. It looks like the person with the two-worded version of the moniker got the upper hand, since Santogold has now started calling herself Santi.

That makes sense, considering that her real name is Santi White, and the musician/actor with a predilection for gold chains who got lawyers involved is actually named Santo Rigatuso (but is curiously also known as Bob Harris). Now both of them can hopefully live happily ever after.

They can both use their real first names without confusion.

Santi can keep an eye out for dressing room puddles while living the high life on her current U.K. tour with Kanye West.

And Santo probably now has a few more bucks in his pocket with which to properly celebrate the 25th anniversary of calling himself Santo Gold.

Now that the name dispute has been settled, one burning question remains: Who's better?

I quite like Santi's "Lights Out," "L.E.S. Artistes" and "Creator" singles, and the list of celebrities who she's either worked with (GZA, Mark Ronson, Ashlee Simpson, Pharrell Williams, Julian Casablancas, M.I.A., Nick Zinner, Spank Rock) or is said to be collaborating with in the future (Beastie Boys, David Byrne, Jay-Z) is impressive.

But it's hard to top Santo's "intoxicated version" of "You're Fired," which was "inspired in spirit by Donald Trump." That's one of the cuts from his forthcoming I Am The Real Santo Gold album (you can hear the title track here), which includes new songs "Ants," "Vietnam" and "Some Of Us."

Santo's website also offers the most talented among you a chance to be inducted into his Top 10 Hall Of Fame, where you "could be seen by millions and possibly be discovered." All you have to do is email a link to your talent ("must be clean family type performances," stresses Santo) to spraybottl@aol.com.

Finally, Santo's home page offers this sage advice: "Never hire employees to open up your mail in orders, pocket the cash and throw the orders in the trash cans!"

Truer words have never been spoken.

With the above evidence before me, I rule that the wrestling movie-making Santo pins Santi for a three-count and takes the title.