NTS regular Cruel Santino has been hosting Cruel Santino Presents: Subaru Live Radio since 15 January 2025. Cruel Santino has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 18 episodes and was first played on 15 July 2020.

Osayaba Andrew Ize-Iyamu, better known by his stage name Cruel Santino, is a Nigerian alternative singer-songwriter, rapper, creative director, filmmaker, and Music video director. He is a member of Monster Boy collective, with music producers Genio Bambino, and GMK. He is signed to Interscope Records, and Love Renaissance. He came into the music scene with a critically acclaimed studio album Mandy & The Jungle, which introduced the alté scene into the mainstream with his track "Rapid Fire", released in 2018.