If the ad execs over at Dos Equis ever want to recast their famous "Most Interesting Man in the World" campaign, they need look no further than Xavier Dphrepaulezz, aka Oakland-based bluesman and NPR ...

The new album from Fantastic Negrito, White Jesus Black Problems, tells the true story of two of his ancestors who defied the laws of colonial Virginia to be together. FANTASTIC NEGRITO: I got a ...

The post Fantastic Negrito Rallies Isolated Fans in Video for New Song “Chocolate Samurai”: Watch appeared first on Consequence of Sound. As an artist long admired for his live performances, not being ...

Astonishingly, Fantastic Negrito christened his third full-length album (under that alias) before the world was turned inside out. The disc’s prescient title comprises the first words you hear when ...

August 30, 2022 • Since being named the first Tiny Desk Contest winner, Fantastic Negrito has gone on to tour the world, win Grammys and more. NPR's video team recently caught up with him to hear ...

AUSTIN, Texas — It was hard to predict how the audience would react when Oakland’s Fantastic Negrito took the stage at the South by Southwest music festival here Wednesday. Even though he’d just won a ...

Oakland roots musician Fantastic Negrito, whose real name is Xavier Dphrepaulezz, was set to play the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco over the weekend, but the police had other plans for him… ...

This video is no longer available. His last three albums have won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album. On Wednesday night, Fantastic Negrito plays the renowned 9:30 Club in the nation’s ...

Xavier Dphrepaulezz never intended to rise from the ashes, but most phoenixes don't. Fantastic Negrito has been simmering in Oakland for a couple of years, poised to break out. And with a wealth of ...

Double GRAMMY® Award-winner Fantastic Negrito has announced the release of his anticipated new album, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND YET?, which arrives everywhere via Cooking Vinyl/Blackball Universe on ...