PLANET AFROPUNK will be a completely free virtual experience for its entire global audience, made solely possible by its brand partners. AFROPUNK Brooklyn, AFROPUNK Paris, AFROPUNK Joburg, AFROPUNK Atlanta, AFROPUNK Brazil, AFROPUNK London come together on one GLOBAL STAGE for a virtual family reunion.
On the heels of announcing the first wave of artists for the festival, Afropunk shares a new round of talent. Bringing together the largest virtual gathering of the worldwide Black creative community into one curated online space for the first time in its 15-year history, PLANET AFROPUNK will also host Oscar and Grammy award-winning Chicago rapper Kot Malik Common for a performance powered by Bose, Cape Verdean singer http://californiawithkids.com/tag/believe-it-or-not/ Mayra Andrade, Sudanese-American artist Dua Saleh, genre-fluid band ASIATICA, North Carolina experimental four-piece BLACK HAÜS, Kenyan Nyege Nyege affiliate, and rapper MC Yallah, and Soweto punk rockers TCYIF alongside the previously-announced Ari Lennox, Tiwa Savage, Moses Sumney, and Smino just to name a few.
This is bound to be a festival, unlike anything you’ve seen from AFROPUNK yet, with performances streaming everywhere from Atlanta, South Africa, Los Angeles, Nigeria, the UK, and Botswana just to name a few.
