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RAGMAG
“The music wraps Marta’s mesmerizing voice in a swirl of moody textures, sultry grooves, and cinematic soul—otherworldly yet intimate, like stumbling into a secret late-night confession.”
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MUNDANE
“…In an industry obsessed with control, Everything Velvet thrives in the wild, beautiful unknown.”
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BAZAAR
Harper’s Bazaar: Five acts who stole the show at Womad, 2023
“. . . Fantastic Negrito, knows how to deliver a dynamic set of compelling tunes that transcend from foot stomping blues to a funk stampede.” -
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BET: Unboxed Vol I.
Fantastic Negrito Boldly Re-Examines Race By Looking Into His Ancestry, January 26, 2023
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SF Chronicle | Datebook
Listen: Fantastic Negrito’s ancestral story stands out as new releases heat up the charts, June 1, 2022
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NPR
Fantastic Negrito's new music explores his 18th century ancestors' forbidden love
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NPR
Life after Desk: Catching up with 2015 Tiny Desk Contest winner Fantastic Negrito
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Goldmine Magazine
Fantastic Negrito teams up with Sting on New Single
“Undefeated Eyes,” the latest by the three-time Grammy winner for Best Contemporary Blues Album, dropped June 28.
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The Press Democrat
Grammy winner among musicians playing North Bay concert benefiting LA firefighters
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Rolling Stone Italy
Fantastic Negrito: “Let’s Take Back What’s Ours”
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Rolling Stone France
Fantastic Negrito Announces concert in 2023
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Pitchfork
Fantastic Negrito Announces New Album and Film White Jesus Black Problems, Shares New Song: Listen
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KQED
Fantastic Negrito’s Record Label Cooks Up Food-Filled Event to Support Oakland Youth
Fantastic Negrito raps about Storefront Records, his new label and community space in West Oakland
Freedom has come to Xavier Dphrepaulezz.
It has come not through his third Grammy, won last month for his third studio album as alter ego Fantastic Negrito; not from the key to the city of Oakland given to him by Mayor Libby Schaff in 2020. It's come not from the fame and recognition showered on Dphrepaulezz since erupting onto the music scene after winning NPR's Tiny Desk Concert in 2015 but from a former liquor store on a forgotten corner of West Oakland in a neighborhood the musician once called home.
I’ve decided to launch my own record label, Storefront Records. I think it is very important that artists have a place to go. I will base Storefront Records on my own journey, which has been turbulent, tumultuous, reality defying, and incredible.