Music's Game-Changers
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More than a festival or eye-popping art and fashion extravaganza, Afropunk is a cultural movement. For black folks who feel mis-cast as Hip-hop and R&B enthusiasts, for members of the LGBTQ community, and for all those who think differently. Guiding it are founders Jocelyn Cooper and Matthew Morgan, the polished daughter of civil rights fighters and a London hustler of the most worthy order.
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