When Xavier Dphrepaulezz reinvented himself as Fantastic Negrito, the project, which he describes as “Black roots music for everyone,” struck a chord with the listening public. While he had released ...

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 ...

MANILA, Philippines–Kyle Negrito leaned on her experience and chemistry with the Creamline Cool Smashers to deliver key plays, keeping their title hopes alive and securing the last semifinal berth in ...

The post Fantastic Negrito Announces New Album White Jesus Black Problems, Shares “Highest Bidder”: Stream appeared first on Consequence. Blues rocker Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz is readying his fourth ...

When Bay Area songwriter and performer, Fantastic Negrito (born Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz), writes new music, he thinks of his children. He thinks, “What would they think of me?” So, in his work, which ...

After a life of extreme cultural zigzags and vertiginous career prospects, Oakland singer-songwriter Xavier Dphrepaulezz seems to be finding his groove again. As the guiding spirit behind Fantastic ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

FANTASTIC NEGRITO: I got a message, and it was something like, I know your deep, dark family secrets. CHANG: The sender claimed to be a relative of his and pointed him to genealogical records they had ...

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… ...

It says a lot that, with almost 7,000 entries to choose from, we selected Fantastic Negrito as the winner of our Tiny Desk Concert Contest. For his winning submission, he performed "Lost In A Crowd" ...