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Crossroads Presents: Fantastic Negrito / Phé

  October 10, 2016 8:00 PM
Doors Open: 7:30 PM
By the age of 20, Xavier Dphrepaulezz, more commonly known as Fantastic Negrito, taught himself to play just about every instrument he came across, and in the `90s, he signed a multi-million dollar deal with Interscope Records, performing under his first name. His life changed drastically when he was involved in a near-death car accident. After a five-year hiatus, Dphrepaulezz created Fantastic Negrito. Inspired by all American music, most especially Delta bluesmen such as R.L Burnside and Skip James, he sought to modernize his compositions by sampling and looping his own live recordings. He told NPR that the name is “a celebration of blackness. The ‘Fantastic’ is self- explanatory; the ‘Negrito’ is a way to open blackness up to everyone, making it playful and international." He then won NPR’s inaugural Tiny Desk Concert Contest, while also winning over critics with 2015’s self-titled EP.

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