Afro-Punk Scene, Inspired By Santogold, TV On The Radio And More, Explodes Into A Multi-Genre Movement

Even Bad Boy artist Janelle Monae is affiliated with the movement.By Daniela Capistrano Afro-Punk band Blood Sugar Photo: www.bashirawebb.com James Spooner, like a lot of kids growing up in Southern California in the 1990s, was into punk rock. But unlike most of the kids in the scene, he's black. Sometimes, this posed a problem. "I was in this tiny desert town that was pretty much all white, and the punk scene was very racist," he recalled. "You would go to shows and it was blatantl...

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