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The song can be readily heard blasting from sound systems in the backs of Buicks in the Town, and uptempo house music remixes of it play constantly in sweaty nightclubs from London to Johannesburg.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Late this month, the Oakland singer and songwriter will perform older and newer music alike — and of course, “Closer” — during a \u003ca href=\"https://yoshis.com/events/buy-tickets/goapele-2/detail\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 23 and 24 residency at Yoshis’ jazz club in Oakland\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A few weeks ago, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/p/DJHRCpnthh6/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple Instagram accounts\u003c/a> began claiming that “Closer” was the first-ever music video by an African-American woman to be uploaded to YouTube.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I wasn’t aware of it at the time,” Goapele tells me by phone. “But apparently this is true.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13976022\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13976022\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/download-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"A woman on stage performing in front of a microphone. \" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/download-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/download-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/download-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/download-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/05/download.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singer and songwriter Goapele is excited to return to the stage in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Kristopher \"Squint\" Sandifer)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Produced by Amp-Live and Mike Tiger, “Closer” was released on three different labels and had three different music videos. 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Performing at home gives her an opportunity to experiment, lean into song arrangements and collaborate with special guests. “I feel like at Yoshi’s,” Goapele says excitedly, “I kind of stretch out a little bit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to preparing for this show, she’s also working on new music — songs more connected to the African Diaspora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Half of my family is still in South Africa,” says Goapele, whose father, Douglas Mohlabane, was an exiled anti-apartheid activist. She’s long felt the urge to make music reflective of her family’s homeland, and now she’s on the verge of sharing some of it. She mentions a song “a little more in the Afrobeats vein,” produced by Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djdsharp/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DJ D Sharp\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13250512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13250512\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani.jpg\" alt=\"Goapele and Kehlani backstage at the Fox Theater in 2015, after Goapele appeared as a special guest of the singer.\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele and Kehlani backstage at the Fox Theater in 2015, after Goapele appeared as a special guest of the singer. \u003ccite>(Goapele/Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s latest album \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/album/2xF9wlV17S9GuId8WTTxSp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Colours\u003c/em>\u003c/a> dropped in November of 2023, its artwork a collaboration with renowned Oakland-based visual artist \u003ca href=\"https://hueman.art/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hueman\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hueman’s immersive artwork spoke to Goapele’s own experimentation with different modalities; at the time, she was pairing scented candles with her music “as a way to evoke a feeling past just the sound.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After teaming up for an immersive experience at \u003ca href=\"https://cielcreativespace.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ciel Creative Space\u003c/a> in Berkeley, the two completed \u003cem>Colours\u003c/em>. “It just felt very synergistic,” recalls Goapele. “I see music in colors,” she adds, “and I never was able to really express it on a project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond her many collaborators from the Bay’s shared home turf, Goapele says it’s imperative that she works with people who speak the same cultural, creative and moral language, whether or not they’re from the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She credits this region’s natural scenery — redwood trees, huge bodies of water — as inspirations, coupled with the Bay’s history of grassroots activism and the recent elections of Congresswoman Lateefah Simon and Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And,” she adds, “I grew up at underground hip-hop shows at La Peña, watching jazz shows and listening to Tony! 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Performing at home gives her an opportunity to experiment, lean into song arrangements and collaborate with special guests. “I feel like at Yoshi’s,” Goapele says excitedly, “I kind of stretch out a little bit.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to preparing for this show, she’s also working on new music — songs more connected to the African Diaspora.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Half of my family is still in South Africa,” says Goapele, whose father, Douglas Mohlabane, was an exiled anti-apartheid activist. She’s long felt the urge to make music reflective of her family’s homeland, and now she’s on the verge of sharing some of it. She mentions a song “a little more in the Afrobeats vein,” produced by Oakland’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djdsharp/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DJ D Sharp\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13250512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13250512\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani.jpg\" alt=\"Goapele and Kehlani backstage at the Fox Theater in 2015, after Goapele appeared as a special guest of the singer.\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele and Kehlani backstage at the Fox Theater in 2015, after Goapele appeared as a special guest of the singer. \u003ccite>(Goapele/Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s latest album \u003ca href=\"https://open.spotify.com/album/2xF9wlV17S9GuId8WTTxSp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Colours\u003c/em>\u003c/a> dropped in November of 2023, its artwork a collaboration with renowned Oakland-based visual artist \u003ca href=\"https://hueman.art/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hueman\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hueman’s immersive artwork spoke to Goapele’s own experimentation with different modalities; at the time, she was pairing scented candles with her music “as a way to evoke a feeling past just the sound.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After teaming up for an immersive experience at \u003ca href=\"https://cielcreativespace.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ciel Creative Space\u003c/a> in Berkeley, the two completed \u003cem>Colours\u003c/em>. “It just felt very synergistic,” recalls Goapele. “I see music in colors,” she adds, “and I never was able to really express it on a project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beyond her many collaborators from the Bay’s shared home turf, Goapele says it’s imperative that she works with people who speak the same cultural, creative and moral language, whether or not they’re from the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She credits this region’s natural scenery — redwood trees, huge bodies of water — as inspirations, coupled with the Bay’s history of grassroots activism and the recent elections of Congresswoman Lateefah Simon and Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“And,” she adds, “I grew up at underground hip-hop shows at La Peña, watching jazz shows and listening to Tony! Toni! Toné!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It all adds up to to what she describes as a “resilient, rebellious, eclectic spirit,” where there’s ample room to be an individual — something she’s tapping into for her next performance and forthcoming project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not just one thing,” she says in reference to Bay Area culture, “we’re all of that. And we get to be complex, ya know?”\u003c/p>\n\u003chr>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Goapele performs four shows total on May 23 and 24 at Yoshi’s in Oakland. \u003ca href=\"https://yoshis.com/events/buy-tickets/goapele-2/detail\">Details here\u003c/a>. \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>When San Francisco hosted its first official city-supported Juneteenth parade down Market Street last year, Dr. Sheryl Davis witnessed its significance firsthand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davis is the executive director of the city’s Human Rights Commission, which puts on the parade, and she knew what it meant to those in San Francisco’s African-American community who’ve organized independent community Juneteenth celebrations for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For them it was huge,” said Davis. “The parade was legitimizing. They felt like all of the sudden they were welcome — even with everything that was happening and all of the different challenges, now that Black people could have a parade down Market Street, it’s a symbol of freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the celebration of Black culture is back — and the lineup is stacked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This weekend’s parade kicks off from Market and Spear Streets at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 8, ending at the Civic Center Plaza at noon for a festival headlined by Larry June, Rapsody and Goapele. The lineup also includes the Fillmore Jazz Ambassadors, San Francisco’s poet laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin, Frisco’s own DJ Red Corvette, Martin Luther and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13959246\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-1.jpg\" alt=\"African American woman in black attire standing behind a microphone at a podium during an indoor event in San Francisco.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1093\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13959246\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-1.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-1-800x683.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-1-1020x871.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-1-160x137.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-1-768x656.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Sheryl Davis speaking at a convening in San Francisco, discussing Historically Black Colleges and Universities in February of 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>We Still Here\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Davis says the event’s goal is to both bring people back to San Francisco and celebrate the folks who still call the city home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Celebrating Black culture in a city where the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-city/how-black-san-francisco-has-dwindled-since-harlem-west-days/article_42b6f538-d5a4-11ee-85ea-df19cc90bd0d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">African-American population\u003c/a> has dropped 50% in the past 50 years presents a conflict, Davis says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you have a diminishing population of people and you hold an event to celebrate that culture, if people don’t turn out like they do for a Warriors parade, does the city then say it’s not worth it?” asks Davis. “What is our end goal for holding this parade?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To some, Davis says, that answer might be financial. To others, the answer might be a matter of “enough” people showing up. Davis doesn’t see it that way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people in the parade are grateful to be seen, whether it’s by one person or one thousand. And to know the streets were shut down to celebrate their culture — in a town where people often talk about how many Black folks have left the city, but they don’t mention the people who still live here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958715\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/ratio3x2_960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958715\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/ratio3x2_960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/ratio3x2_960-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/ratio3x2_960-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/ratio3x2_960-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People hop aboard a cable car during last year’s San Francisco Juneteenth parade. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘How It’s Really Done’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Juneteenth became a federal holiday three years ago, but the history of its celebration in San Francisco goes back to the 1940s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June of 1945, Wesley Johnson, Sr. wore a white cowboy hat as he rode through the Fillmore on a white horse. It was his way of bringing the celebration of Juneteenth — a day commemorating the delayed notification to western states that enslaved Africans in America had become legally free — to the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many African Americans involved in the Great Migration, Johnson Sr. was born in Texas and moved to San Francisco in the early 1900s for work. Along with his labor, he brought culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to bring my corner of Texas to San Francisco and show them how it’s really done,” reads a quote from Johnson Sr. on the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcjuneteenth.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juneteenth page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Juneteenth Events Around the Bay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Human Rights Commission is backing a handful of events to commemorate Juneteenth. The list includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcjuneteenth.org/events/mayor-london-breeds-official-juneteenth-kickoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayor London Breed’s Official Juneteenth Kickoff\u003c/a> event on June 14, the SF Black Wall Street Gala on June 14 and the Juneteenth Festival in the Bayview on June 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the City of San Francisco’s Juneteenth events there will be a number of happenings around town, including the Juneteenth celebration on \u003ca href=\"https://www.onetreasureisland.org/events/juneteenth-celebration\">Treasure Island\u003c/a> on June 15 and SF \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfjazz.org/juneteenth/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwgdayBhBQEiwAXhMxtqbGxzmhjodiAjAt29DeAGMxB7BzNghfnh7LNCll-mnj--2Xbs2hjxoCdp0QAvD_BwE\">Jazz’s Juneteenth event \u003c/a>on June 19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JuneteenthDay32023-08038.jpg\" alt=\"Man on stage with a microphone and sunglasses, rapping to a full crowd of smiling faces on a sunny day at a festival.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958721\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JuneteenthDay32023-08038.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JuneteenthDay32023-08038-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JuneteenthDay32023-08038-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JuneteenthDay32023-08038-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JuneteenthDay32023-08038-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stunnaman02 will be big steppin’ at San Francisco’s 2024 Juneteenth parade and festival. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/event/free-admission-day-kp-thrive-moad-celebrate-juneteenth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MoAd will host a free admission day\u003c/a> and a series of events during the month of June, including Drag Story Hour with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/1765/the-california-report-magazine\">Black Benetar\u003c/a>, a film screening of \u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/event/film-screening-discussion-city-of-a-million-dreams-parading-for-the-dead-in-new-orleans\">City of a Million Dreams: Parading for the Dead in New Orleans\u003c/a> and a tour of oil pastel landscapes by the artist Rachel Jones. Free admission day is Saturday, June 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oigc.org/cal/2nd-freight-juneteenth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir\u003c/a> will celebrate Juneteenth for the second year in a row with a special performance. Founded in 1986 to honor Black gospel tradition, the choir brings together over 300 singers whose ages range from five to 100. The performance will take place Saturday, June 15 at \u003ca href=\"https://thefreight.org/\">Freight and Salvage\u003c/a> in Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eight blocks of the Fillmore District will feature music, carnival games, a hair and fashion show and more for the annual \u003ca href=\"https://juneteenth-sf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juneteenth SF Freedom Celebration\u003c/a>. On Saturday, June 15, over 50 food and retail vendors, classic cars and the L.A. R&B group The Whispers will come together for the holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://vallejojuneteenth.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 34th annual Juneteenth celebration in Vallejo\u003c/a> will include a parade, a youth art contest and a paint party. The festival and parade is on June 15 at the Barbara Kondylis Waterfront Green.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://healdsburgjazz.org/festival-schedule/june-15/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Healdsburg Jazz Festival\u003c/a> is honoring Juneteenth on June 15 with a quintet, a sextet, drum workshops and drinks from the Nubian Cafe Collective at Healdsburg Plaza. Performers include Houston Person and Steve Turre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 15 renowned vocalist Marsha Ambrosius is set to headline \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjaacsa.org/juneteenth/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 43rd annual Juneteenth Festival in downtown San Jose\u003c/a>, as the event will also feature the marching bands of Florida A&M University and Alabama State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13959247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download.jpg\" alt='A set of balloons reads \"JUNETEENTH\" in golden lettering overhead, as two event attendees pose for a photo in the foreground.' width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13959247\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Sheryl Davis and Shakirah Simley, executive director of Booker T. Washington Community Service Center in San Francisco, pose for a photo at Juneteenth on the Waterfront at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in 2021. \u003ccite>(Photo by Foodwise)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyjuneteenth.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Berkeley Juneteenth Festival\u003c/a> on June 16 at Adeline St. and Alcatraz Ave is bringing live music on two stages, a zone for kids to do STEM activities and face painting and food vendors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.antiochca.gov/juneteenth/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">During the Antioch Juneteenth\u003c/a> event there will be carnival games, live performances by Nzuri Soul and the Ariel Marin Band and a rock climbing wall at Williamson Ranch Park on Sunday, June 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Museum of California is hosting a \u003ca href=\"https://museumca.org/event/hella-juneteenth-the-cookout/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hella Juneteenth “The Cookout,”\u003c/a> which will feature sets from DJs \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fattonyrap/\">Fat Tony\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djdarlingcool/\">Darling Cool\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djken_z_o/\">DJ Kenzo\u003c/a>. Cookout goers will enjoy music in the OMCA garden and food from chef Michele McQueen of the museum’s cafe Town Fare. Tickets for the event on June 19 will include access to all of OMCA’s galleries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://juneteenthcommunityfestival.info/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The family-friendly Marin City Juneteenth Festival\u003c/a> will host an African Marketplace featuring apparel, jewelry and art from small businesses, will crown a community kind and queen and will provide supervised childcare for the kiddos at Rocky Graham Park on Saturday, June 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Richmond, community members are holding a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/4665/Richmond-Juneteenth-Festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juneteenth Family Day Parade and Festival\u003c/a> to uplift peace and unity in their neighborhoods on Saturday, June 22 at Nicholl Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Juneteenth events compiled by Olivia Cruz Mayeda.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>When San Francisco hosted its first official city-supported Juneteenth parade down Market Street last year, Dr. Sheryl Davis witnessed its significance firsthand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davis is the executive director of the city’s Human Rights Commission, which puts on the parade, and she knew what it meant to those in San Francisco’s African-American community who’ve organized independent community Juneteenth celebrations for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For them it was huge,” said Davis. “The parade was legitimizing. They felt like all of the sudden they were welcome — even with everything that was happening and all of the different challenges, now that Black people could have a parade down Market Street, it’s a symbol of freedom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, the celebration of Black culture is back — and the lineup is stacked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This weekend’s parade kicks off from Market and Spear Streets at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 8, ending at the Civic Center Plaza at noon for a festival headlined by Larry June, Rapsody and Goapele. The lineup also includes the Fillmore Jazz Ambassadors, San Francisco’s poet laureate Tongo Eisen-Martin, Frisco’s own DJ Red Corvette, Martin Luther and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13959246\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-1.jpg\" alt=\"African American woman in black attire standing behind a microphone at a podium during an indoor event in San Francisco.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1093\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13959246\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-1.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-1-800x683.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-1-1020x871.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-1-160x137.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-1-768x656.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Sheryl Davis speaking at a convening in San Francisco, discussing Historically Black Colleges and Universities in February of 2024. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>We Still Here\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Davis says the event’s goal is to both bring people back to San Francisco and celebrate the folks who still call the city home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Celebrating Black culture in a city where the \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/the-city/how-black-san-francisco-has-dwindled-since-harlem-west-days/article_42b6f538-d5a4-11ee-85ea-df19cc90bd0d.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">African-American population\u003c/a> has dropped 50% in the past 50 years presents a conflict, Davis says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When you have a diminishing population of people and you hold an event to celebrate that culture, if people don’t turn out like they do for a Warriors parade, does the city then say it’s not worth it?” asks Davis. “What is our end goal for holding this parade?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To some, Davis says, that answer might be financial. To others, the answer might be a matter of “enough” people showing up. Davis doesn’t see it that way.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The people in the parade are grateful to be seen, whether it’s by one person or one thousand. And to know the streets were shut down to celebrate their culture — in a town where people often talk about how many Black folks have left the city, but they don’t mention the people who still live here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958715\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 960px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/ratio3x2_960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958715\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/ratio3x2_960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/ratio3x2_960-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/ratio3x2_960-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/ratio3x2_960-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People hop aboard a cable car during last year’s San Francisco Juneteenth parade. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>‘How It’s Really Done’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Juneteenth became a federal holiday three years ago, but the history of its celebration in San Francisco goes back to the 1940s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In June of 1945, Wesley Johnson, Sr. wore a white cowboy hat as he rode through the Fillmore on a white horse. It was his way of bringing the celebration of Juneteenth — a day commemorating the delayed notification to western states that enslaved Africans in America had become legally free — to the city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like many African Americans involved in the Great Migration, Johnson Sr. was born in Texas and moved to San Francisco in the early 1900s for work. Along with his labor, he brought culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I want to bring my corner of Texas to San Francisco and show them how it’s really done,” reads a quote from Johnson Sr. on the city’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcjuneteenth.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juneteenth page\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Juneteenth Events Around the Bay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Human Rights Commission is backing a handful of events to commemorate Juneteenth. The list includes \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcjuneteenth.org/events/mayor-london-breeds-official-juneteenth-kickoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayor London Breed’s Official Juneteenth Kickoff\u003c/a> event on June 14, the SF Black Wall Street Gala on June 14 and the Juneteenth Festival in the Bayview on June 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the City of San Francisco’s Juneteenth events there will be a number of happenings around town, including the Juneteenth celebration on \u003ca href=\"https://www.onetreasureisland.org/events/juneteenth-celebration\">Treasure Island\u003c/a> on June 15 and SF \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfjazz.org/juneteenth/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwgdayBhBQEiwAXhMxtqbGxzmhjodiAjAt29DeAGMxB7BzNghfnh7LNCll-mnj--2Xbs2hjxoCdp0QAvD_BwE\">Jazz’s Juneteenth event \u003c/a>on June 19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13958721\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1024px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JuneteenthDay32023-08038.jpg\" alt=\"Man on stage with a microphone and sunglasses, rapping to a full crowd of smiling faces on a sunny day at a festival.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13958721\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JuneteenthDay32023-08038.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JuneteenthDay32023-08038-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JuneteenthDay32023-08038-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JuneteenthDay32023-08038-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/JuneteenthDay32023-08038-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stunnaman02 will be big steppin’ at San Francisco’s 2024 Juneteenth parade and festival. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/event/free-admission-day-kp-thrive-moad-celebrate-juneteenth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The MoAd will host a free admission day\u003c/a> and a series of events during the month of June, including Drag Story Hour with \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/1765/the-california-report-magazine\">Black Benetar\u003c/a>, a film screening of \u003ca href=\"https://www.moadsf.org/event/film-screening-discussion-city-of-a-million-dreams-parading-for-the-dead-in-new-orleans\">City of a Million Dreams: Parading for the Dead in New Orleans\u003c/a> and a tour of oil pastel landscapes by the artist Rachel Jones. Free admission day is Saturday, June 8.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.oigc.org/cal/2nd-freight-juneteenth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir\u003c/a> will celebrate Juneteenth for the second year in a row with a special performance. Founded in 1986 to honor Black gospel tradition, the choir brings together over 300 singers whose ages range from five to 100. The performance will take place Saturday, June 15 at \u003ca href=\"https://thefreight.org/\">Freight and Salvage\u003c/a> in Berkeley.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eight blocks of the Fillmore District will feature music, carnival games, a hair and fashion show and more for the annual \u003ca href=\"https://juneteenth-sf.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juneteenth SF Freedom Celebration\u003c/a>. On Saturday, June 15, over 50 food and retail vendors, classic cars and the L.A. R&B group The Whispers will come together for the holiday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://vallejojuneteenth.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 34th annual Juneteenth celebration in Vallejo\u003c/a> will include a parade, a youth art contest and a paint party. The festival and parade is on June 15 at the Barbara Kondylis Waterfront Green.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://healdsburgjazz.org/festival-schedule/june-15/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Healdsburg Jazz Festival\u003c/a> is honoring Juneteenth on June 15 with a quintet, a sextet, drum workshops and drinks from the Nubian Cafe Collective at Healdsburg Plaza. Performers include Houston Person and Steve Turre.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On June 15 renowned vocalist Marsha Ambrosius is set to headline \u003ca href=\"https://www.sjaacsa.org/juneteenth/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 43rd annual Juneteenth Festival in downtown San Jose\u003c/a>, as the event will also feature the marching bands of Florida A&M University and Alabama State University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13959247\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1280px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download.jpg\" alt='A set of balloons reads \"JUNETEENTH\" in golden lettering overhead, as two event attendees pose for a photo in the foreground.' width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13959247\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download.jpg 1280w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-800x534.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-1020x681.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/download-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Sheryl Davis and Shakirah Simley, executive director of Booker T. Washington Community Service Center in San Francisco, pose for a photo at Juneteenth on the Waterfront at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market in 2021. \u003ccite>(Photo by Foodwise)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://berkeleyjuneteenth.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Berkeley Juneteenth Festival\u003c/a> on June 16 at Adeline St. and Alcatraz Ave is bringing live music on two stages, a zone for kids to do STEM activities and face painting and food vendors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.antiochca.gov/juneteenth/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">During the Antioch Juneteenth\u003c/a> event there will be carnival games, live performances by Nzuri Soul and the Ariel Marin Band and a rock climbing wall at Williamson Ranch Park on Sunday, June 16.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Oakland Museum of California is hosting a \u003ca href=\"https://museumca.org/event/hella-juneteenth-the-cookout/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hella Juneteenth “The Cookout,”\u003c/a> which will feature sets from DJs \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/fattonyrap/\">Fat Tony\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djdarlingcool/\">Darling Cool\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/djken_z_o/\">DJ Kenzo\u003c/a>. Cookout goers will enjoy music in the OMCA garden and food from chef Michele McQueen of the museum’s cafe Town Fare. Tickets for the event on June 19 will include access to all of OMCA’s galleries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://juneteenthcommunityfestival.info/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The family-friendly Marin City Juneteenth Festival\u003c/a> will host an African Marketplace featuring apparel, jewelry and art from small businesses, will crown a community kind and queen and will provide supervised childcare for the kiddos at Rocky Graham Park on Saturday, June 22.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Richmond, community members are holding a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ci.richmond.ca.us/4665/Richmond-Juneteenth-Festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juneteenth Family Day Parade and Festival\u003c/a> to uplift peace and unity in their neighborhoods on Saturday, June 22 at Nicholl Park.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932533\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13932533\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.MAIN_.EKA_-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs at the Days With Zahrah Getaway in Napa, May 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s note: This story is part of \u003c/em>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">That’s My Word\u003c/a>\u003cem>, KQED’s year-long exploration of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">Bay Area hip-hop\u003c/a> history.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele has never been a typical R&B singer. From the start of her career in the late ’90s, the Oakland-born vocalist has defied categorization. Her breakthrough 2001 single “Closer” arrived amidst a landscape of slickly produced, radio-friendly R&B, hip-hop/soul hybrids, and then-trendy neo-soul. Produced by Amp Live of hip-hop duo Zion I, with keyboards by Mike Tiger, “Closer” broke the mold with its warm, organic sound and inspirational, near-universal message of moving closer to one’s dream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The song quickly became a Bay Area staple, landing in KMEL rotation — a rarity for an independently released R&B song. Before long, “Closer” entered the station’s nightly “7 at 7” countdown, and began moving up in the rankings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was one point where they were going down the list, and 50 Cent was number two,” the singer recalls today. “And I was like, damn, I was bumped off the list. And then it got to number one and I was so happy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb9fkGCCV1o\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\nThat moment literally moved Goapele closer to her dreams. “It was just so affirming for my city to embrace what I was doing, and music that was so close to my heart, and music that I didn’t know what genre it fit into.” It was also a validation of the Bay’s independent spirit, rather than “emanating something that’s already out there,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Closer” became an anthem for people achieving a goal or moving forward in life. “I’ve sung it at a lot of colleges over the years. I’ve sung at weddings. I’ve ran into a lot of people that said it was their high school graduation song,” the singer recalls. The song has been embraced by rappers and singers alike, including Drake, YG, Kendrick Lamar and Chris Brown, as well as countless freestyle and mix-tape emcees. “I’m really grateful that it has stood the test of time and resonated with people.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13923938']She attributes this phenomenon to “how the drums hit” and how Tiger’s chord progression “just gives a certain feeling of like, upliftment and frustration at the same time that I think so many of us relate to.” People also relate to its central theme of “striving to get to the next level. And it can feel like a struggle sometimes even in the midst of glimpses of, you know, success.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The song remains a staple of Goapele’s live sets, even though she’s recorded plenty of new music in the 20-plus years since “Closer”’s release. She admits there was a time when she was over it, and wanted to focus on fresh material. But then she realized, “people in the audience really wanted to hear it. And I just, I had to take a step back and think about my favorite artists. Like, I love a lot of their old music. You know what I mean?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932556\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-800x661.jpg\" alt=\"a young Black woman in a black flowy top performs while smiling at a microphone\" width=\"800\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-800x661.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-1020x842.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-160x132.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-768x634.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-1536x1268.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-2048x1691.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-1920x1585.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs at S.O.B.’s in New York City in 2003. \u003ccite>(Johnny Nunez/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s 2001 album of the same name sold approximately 65,000 units on consignment, launching her as a viable new artist with a strong following. Since then, the singer has released four full-length albums and an EP, numerous music videos and a lifestyle brand (Dreamseekers) while performing live all over the world. She’s carved out a lane as a true original, never following current trends, yet always relevant, as her range has expanded from soulful, slow-tempo ballads to pulse-pounding club jams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after her live performance at the inaugural Days with Zahra festival in Napa — as she readies herself for the release of another album, titled \u003cem>Colors\u003c/em> — she reflected on her long association with Bay Area hip-hop.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An agent for social change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As it turns out, Bay Area hip-hop was an important part of Goapele’s experience growing up, one that shaped her path as an artist. The first local rapper she recalls listening to was MC Hammer, when she was in junior high school, followed by Hieroglyphics. By the time she got to high school, she says, “for me it was all about underground hip-hop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early in her career, she sang over hip-hop instrumentals at local spots like Mingles and La Peña. “My brother was a DJ. And so, you know, dub plates were popular.” A dub plate-style version sung over the remix of Supercat’s “Dolly My Baby” turned into one of her first singles, “Childhood Drama” — which she recently sung live in Jamaica with DJ Shortkut after not performing it in years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s first local rap collaborations were with Zion I, \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/Y1oB29QockI\">E-40\u003c/a>, and Hieroglyphics members A-Plus, Casual, and \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/CEKiGFLJRoA\">Pep Love\u003c/a>; the Oakland hip-hop collective also helped her independent label Skyblaze get distribution. She went on to team up with many Bay artists including \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHXi7Cr9sIQ\">Mac Mall\u003c/a>, Clyde Carson, and Keak Da Sneak, and, more recently, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksJxJ6TV8do\">Rexx Life Raj\u003c/a>. “I was definitely surrounded by a lot of rappers,” she reminisces.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEKiGFLJRoA\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\nShe’s since recorded with national artists like Dwele and West Coast rap legends \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PKwYCW7IDc\">Snoop Dogg\u003c/a>, Aceyalone and Planet Asia. But she says she won’t work with just any artist. “My criteria for working with anyone is just that it’s a positive vibe and we mutually want to work together… I’m open to, you know, so many different stories. But when it comes to the music I’m putting out, I just don’t want it to have a negative effect on the culture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s standards for collaboration and her value system reflect both her cultural background and the values of her native region — known for its activists, community-based organizations and political and social discourse in its artistic output and cultural aesthetic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13250203']As the daughter of South African exile Douglas Mohlabane and the sister of Namane Mohlabane — a co-founder of DJ collective Local 1200 — activism came naturally to Goapele. Her father was active in the anti-apartheid movement and a mainstay of a Bay Area South African exile community, while Local 1200 was known not just for their DJ skills, but their support of social justice causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the campaign against California’s draconian youth crime bill, \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2000/21_03_2000.html\">Prop. 21\u003c/a>, Goapele collaborated with singer Kimiko Joy and female emcee Toy for an updated version of Billie Holiday’s “Don’t Explain” that tackled the weighty issue of the criminalization of youth and the prison-industrial complex. The title track of her 2005 major label debut, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulxiCibEfgc\">Change It All\u003c/a>,” addressed school closures, economic inequality, and the need to do better as a society. In 2006, she was named a Human Rights Cultural Hero by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights during the nonprofit’s 10th anniversary celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While not an overtly political artist who spouts rhetoric and ideology at every opportunity, she’s stayed down and still “got a pound for the cause,” to paraphrase Digital Underground’s Shock G — another of the artists she says inspired her when she was coming up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 729px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13932559\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249.jpg\" alt=\"a Black woman with short hair in a suit poses in front of a display about the Black Power movement\" width=\"729\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249.jpg 729w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249-160x225.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele poses in the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles after a 2012 performance. \u003ccite>(Mark Sullivan/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Transformative change and revolutionary content can take many forms — including music that adds something different and compelling to the sonic landscape. At the time of its release, Zion-I’s 2003 album \u003cem>Deep Water Slang V2.0\u003c/em> was dismissed by some critics who had trouble relating to its diverse influences and experimental qualities. Those qualities, however, are precisely what make the album stand out some 20 years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele contributed vocals to three of the album’s standout tracks — “Flow,” “Sorry” and “Boom Bip.” Producer Amp Live plays around with ambient textures and non-cliched sonic approaches that seemingly expand hip-hop’s reach; meanwhile, Goapele supplies the hooks, reinforcing Zumbi’s conscious manifestos and emotional Zen-states.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsOQdKhEsFQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n“So don’t fight the feeling / what we got right here / we ain’t going nowhere / open your mind / what we got right here / we ain’t going nowhere,” she sings on “Boom Bip” — subverting a pimpish credo associated with Too Short and Rappin’ 4-Tay to express a more holistic and spiritually affirming mentality. On “Flow,” the hook places the word “flow,” sung by Goapele, up against a bed of minimal keyboards, upright bass, and Vin Roc’s turntable cuts. Her vocals on “Sorry” are buried deep within a mix of flute, viola, electric piano and cello — all of which contribute to an emotionally resonant song that’s more about feeling than swagger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite “Flow” being one of her favorite collaborations, Goapele can’t quite recall how it came about. “I worked with Zion I off and on for years,” she says. “We even had a studio right next to them at 880 (Studios in Oakland)… Amp just like, had a way of creating things like a puzzle. And sometimes, I would come in there and record an idea over a piece of a song. And by the time I heard it, you know, he had, like, made this whole new arrangement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='forum_2010101889218']Then there was “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEKiGFLJRoA\">The Daze\u003c/a>,” a track from her \u003cem>Even Closer\u003c/em> album featuring Zion I and Casual of Hieroglyphics, which was recorded at Amp’s home studio in El Cerrito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was walking into the home studio and Amp had the vibe, you know, already set in. And Steve (Zumbi) was working on his verses. And I was just like, adding whatever I could… I can remember the night that we recorded that just by the raw energy. And it was really just like a couple takes, you know what I mean?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932557\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-800x547.jpg\" alt=\"a young Black woman in a white and red dress and black and white sneakers performs onstage at a music festival in Golden Gate Park\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-800x547.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-1020x697.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-768x525.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs onstage during the 2008 Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Jason Merritt/FilmMagic)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ten years later, in 2013, Goapele again collaborated with Zion I on the sublime hip-hop love song, “Life’s Work” — which eschews playerisms in favor of committed monogamy. Zumbi’s love-affirming testimonials contrast beautifully with Goapele’s romantic vocals, and it’s difficult to imagine the song working as well without her contribution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s association with Hieroglyphics also spanned many projects. She’s made songs with Pep Love, Casual and A-Plus, along with the single and video, “Soweto,” which features the entire crew. She remembers Hiero had rented a house with a home studio in Venice Beach, and A-Plus asked her to drop some vocals on a track he was working on. “The guitar was just giving me African highlife vibes,” and the song’s hook, she says, was “just what I was feeling like, no matter where you go. We’re the same. We have the same story.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video, she recalls, was shot in Joshua Tree National Park on one of the hottest days of the year — the temperature reached 120 Fahrenheit. “I almost did not make it through that video, but the video ended up being beautiful.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJHtCG5wqYs\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>The Motherland and the Bay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of Goapele’s more interesting collaborations came about in 2010, when she worked with South African emcee Hip Hop Pantsula for “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpEPNCz98_c\">Victory\u003c/a>,” a song recorded in English, Setswana, and Xhosa, which drew attention to humanitarian efforts in South Africa and the African Diaspora. Pantsula, she says, “was incredibly talented, and I want to say kind of spearheaded or was big in the Motswako movement, which was a South African/SWANA hip-hop scene.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pantsula, aka Double HP, who joined the ancestors in 2018, was hailed as a “musical icon” by the African National Congress. Goapele remembers being in South Africa and seeing some of his concerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a lot of rapping in Setswana and English… But the song “Victory,” it was just so exciting that the World Cup was in South Africa. I definitely was feeling a sense of pride even from afar. And I went out there to perform at the MAMA Awards. It was like an MTV Africa show, and they flew me out there along with The Game, and Clyde Carson from the Bay, who I also worked with on a bunch of other songs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13932534 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"a Black woman with braids smiles holding a microphone on stage\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs at the Days With Zahrah Getaway in Napa, May 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Asked to draw a comparison between South African and Bay Area hip-hop, she says, “There wasn’t a huge music industry in the Bay Area. There’s a lot of labels in South Africa, but I feel like people have really had to create their thing from the ground up. And so there’s like maybe an organic feel to it and an edge and a soulfulness that it has.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She recalls listening to the South African band Shava, who sing in her native tongue of Setswana. “The production was just so beautiful and vibey. The drums are always a little behind the beat. There’s similar production and feels that I think probably come out of a context of influences, like the culture just being soulful and raw and there’s definitely a spirit of resistance, you know?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpEPNCz98_c\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n“But in South Africa, it’s the triumph and struggle that’s still there. Like, my dad had to leave because of the apartheid system and, in the nineties, so much turmoil and turnover in leadership. Equality is something that’s still trying to come about. There’s so much economic disparity. People were pushed out to almost like, reservations … I came out of that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That struggle has bred not just resistance, but cultural resilience. “There’s so much depth and raw talent that has come back, persevered through that. So there’s something to be said for that. How that affects the sound and the vibe.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, in some ways, South Africa is exactly like the Bay Area. But in other ways, it’s completely different. Goapele remains connected to both places and cultures. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>She attributes this phenomenon to “how the drums hit” and how Tiger’s chord progression “just gives a certain feeling of like, upliftment and frustration at the same time that I think so many of us relate to.” People also relate to its central theme of “striving to get to the next level. And it can feel like a struggle sometimes even in the midst of glimpses of, you know, success.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The song remains a staple of Goapele’s live sets, even though she’s recorded plenty of new music in the 20-plus years since “Closer”’s release. She admits there was a time when she was over it, and wanted to focus on fresh material. But then she realized, “people in the audience really wanted to hear it. And I just, I had to take a step back and think about my favorite artists. Like, I love a lot of their old music. You know what I mean?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932556\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932556\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-800x661.jpg\" alt=\"a young Black woman in a black flowy top performs while smiling at a microphone\" width=\"800\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-800x661.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-1020x842.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-160x132.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-768x634.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-1536x1268.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-2048x1691.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-452943763-1920x1585.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs at S.O.B.’s in New York City in 2003. \u003ccite>(Johnny Nunez/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s 2001 album of the same name sold approximately 65,000 units on consignment, launching her as a viable new artist with a strong following. Since then, the singer has released four full-length albums and an EP, numerous music videos and a lifestyle brand (Dreamseekers) while performing live all over the world. She’s carved out a lane as a true original, never following current trends, yet always relevant, as her range has expanded from soulful, slow-tempo ballads to pulse-pounding club jams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Shortly after her live performance at the inaugural Days with Zahra festival in Napa — as she readies herself for the release of another album, titled \u003cem>Colors\u003c/em> — she reflected on her long association with Bay Area hip-hop.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>An agent for social change\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>As it turns out, Bay Area hip-hop was an important part of Goapele’s experience growing up, one that shaped her path as an artist. The first local rapper she recalls listening to was MC Hammer, when she was in junior high school, followed by Hieroglyphics. By the time she got to high school, she says, “for me it was all about underground hip-hop.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Early in her career, she sang over hip-hop instrumentals at local spots like Mingles and La Peña. “My brother was a DJ. And so, you know, dub plates were popular.” A dub plate-style version sung over the remix of Supercat’s “Dolly My Baby” turned into one of her first singles, “Childhood Drama” — which she recently sung live in Jamaica with DJ Shortkut after not performing it in years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s first local rap collaborations were with Zion I, \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/Y1oB29QockI\">E-40\u003c/a>, and Hieroglyphics members A-Plus, Casual, and \u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/CEKiGFLJRoA\">Pep Love\u003c/a>; the Oakland hip-hop collective also helped her independent label Skyblaze get distribution. She went on to team up with many Bay artists including \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHXi7Cr9sIQ\">Mac Mall\u003c/a>, Clyde Carson, and Keak Da Sneak, and, more recently, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksJxJ6TV8do\">Rexx Life Raj\u003c/a>. “I was definitely surrounded by a lot of rappers,” she reminisces.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/CEKiGFLJRoA'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/CEKiGFLJRoA'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\nShe’s since recorded with national artists like Dwele and West Coast rap legends \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PKwYCW7IDc\">Snoop Dogg\u003c/a>, Aceyalone and Planet Asia. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>As the daughter of South African exile Douglas Mohlabane and the sister of Namane Mohlabane — a co-founder of DJ collective Local 1200 — activism came naturally to Goapele. Her father was active in the anti-apartheid movement and a mainstay of a Bay Area South African exile community, while Local 1200 was known not just for their DJ skills, but their support of social justice causes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the campaign against California’s draconian youth crime bill, \u003ca href=\"https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2000/21_03_2000.html\">Prop. 21\u003c/a>, Goapele collaborated with singer Kimiko Joy and female emcee Toy for an updated version of Billie Holiday’s “Don’t Explain” that tackled the weighty issue of the criminalization of youth and the prison-industrial complex. The title track of her 2005 major label debut, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulxiCibEfgc\">Change It All\u003c/a>,” addressed school closures, economic inequality, and the need to do better as a society. In 2006, she was named a Human Rights Cultural Hero by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights during the nonprofit’s 10th anniversary celebration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While not an overtly political artist who spouts rhetoric and ideology at every opportunity, she’s stayed down and still “got a pound for the cause,” to paraphrase Digital Underground’s Shock G — another of the artists she says inspired her when she was coming up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932559\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 729px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13932559\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249.jpg\" alt=\"a Black woman with short hair in a suit poses in front of a display about the Black Power movement\" width=\"729\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249.jpg 729w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-138528249-160x225.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 729px) 100vw, 729px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele poses in the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles after a 2012 performance. \u003ccite>(Mark Sullivan/WireImage)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Transformative change and revolutionary content can take many forms — including music that adds something different and compelling to the sonic landscape. At the time of its release, Zion-I’s 2003 album \u003cem>Deep Water Slang V2.0\u003c/em> was dismissed by some critics who had trouble relating to its diverse influences and experimental qualities. Those qualities, however, are precisely what make the album stand out some 20 years later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele contributed vocals to three of the album’s standout tracks — “Flow,” “Sorry” and “Boom Bip.” Producer Amp Live plays around with ambient textures and non-cliched sonic approaches that seemingly expand hip-hop’s reach; meanwhile, Goapele supplies the hooks, reinforcing Zumbi’s conscious manifestos and emotional Zen-states.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/gsOQdKhEsFQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/gsOQdKhEsFQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n“So don’t fight the feeling / what we got right here / we ain’t going nowhere / open your mind / what we got right here / we ain’t going nowhere,” she sings on “Boom Bip” — subverting a pimpish credo associated with Too Short and Rappin’ 4-Tay to express a more holistic and spiritually affirming mentality. On “Flow,” the hook places the word “flow,” sung by Goapele, up against a bed of minimal keyboards, upright bass, and Vin Roc’s turntable cuts. Her vocals on “Sorry” are buried deep within a mix of flute, viola, electric piano and cello — all of which contribute to an emotionally resonant song that’s more about feeling than swagger.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Despite “Flow” being one of her favorite collaborations, Goapele can’t quite recall how it came about. “I worked with Zion I off and on for years,” she says. “We even had a studio right next to them at 880 (Studios in Oakland)… Amp just like, had a way of creating things like a puzzle. And sometimes, I would come in there and record an idea over a piece of a song. And by the time I heard it, you know, he had, like, made this whole new arrangement.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Then there was “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEKiGFLJRoA\">The Daze\u003c/a>,” a track from her \u003cem>Even Closer\u003c/em> album featuring Zion I and Casual of Hieroglyphics, which was recorded at Amp’s home studio in El Cerrito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I was walking into the home studio and Amp had the vibe, you know, already set in. And Steve (Zumbi) was working on his verses. And I was just like, adding whatever I could… I can remember the night that we recorded that just by the raw energy. And it was really just like a couple takes, you know what I mean?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932557\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13932557\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-800x547.jpg\" alt=\"a young Black woman in a white and red dress and black and white sneakers performs onstage at a music festival in Golden Gate Park\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-800x547.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-1020x697.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-160x109.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057-768x525.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/GettyImages-106227057.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs onstage during the 2008 Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco. \u003ccite>(Jason Merritt/FilmMagic)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ten years later, in 2013, Goapele again collaborated with Zion I on the sublime hip-hop love song, “Life’s Work” — which eschews playerisms in favor of committed monogamy. Zumbi’s love-affirming testimonials contrast beautifully with Goapele’s romantic vocals, and it’s difficult to imagine the song working as well without her contribution.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Goapele’s association with Hieroglyphics also spanned many projects. She’s made songs with Pep Love, Casual and A-Plus, along with the single and video, “Soweto,” which features the entire crew. She remembers Hiero had rented a house with a home studio in Venice Beach, and A-Plus asked her to drop some vocals on a track he was working on. “The guitar was just giving me African highlife vibes,” and the song’s hook, she says, was “just what I was feeling like, no matter where you go. We’re the same. We have the same story.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The video, she recalls, was shot in Joshua Tree National Park on one of the hottest days of the year — the temperature reached 120 Fahrenheit. “I almost did not make it through that video, but the video ended up being beautiful.”\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/XJHtCG5wqYs'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/XJHtCG5wqYs'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch2>The Motherland and the Bay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>One of Goapele’s more interesting collaborations came about in 2010, when she worked with South African emcee Hip Hop Pantsula for “\u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpEPNCz98_c\">Victory\u003c/a>,” a song recorded in English, Setswana, and Xhosa, which drew attention to humanitarian efforts in South Africa and the African Diaspora. Pantsula, she says, “was incredibly talented, and I want to say kind of spearheaded or was big in the Motswako movement, which was a South African/SWANA hip-hop scene.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pantsula, aka Double HP, who joined the ancestors in 2018, was hailed as a “musical icon” by the African National Congress. Goapele remembers being in South Africa and seeing some of his concerts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There was a lot of rapping in Setswana and English… But the song “Victory,” it was just so exciting that the World Cup was in South Africa. I definitely was feeling a sense of pride even from afar. And I went out there to perform at the MAMA Awards. It was like an MTV Africa show, and they flew me out there along with The Game, and Clyde Carson from the Bay, who I also worked with on a bunch of other songs.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13932534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13932534 size-medium\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"a Black woman with braids smiles holding a microphone on stage\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/08/Goapele.live_.EKA_-1920x1440.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs at the Days With Zahrah Getaway in Napa, May 2023. \u003ccite>(Eric Arnold/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Asked to draw a comparison between South African and Bay Area hip-hop, she says, “There wasn’t a huge music industry in the Bay Area. There’s a lot of labels in South Africa, but I feel like people have really had to create their thing from the ground up. And so there’s like maybe an organic feel to it and an edge and a soulfulness that it has.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She recalls listening to the South African band Shava, who sing in her native tongue of Setswana. “The production was just so beautiful and vibey. The drums are always a little behind the beat. There’s similar production and feels that I think probably come out of a context of influences, like the culture just being soulful and raw and there’s definitely a spirit of resistance, you know?\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/IpEPNCz98_c'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/IpEPNCz98_c'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"color: #ffffff\">p\u003c/span>\u003cbr>\n“But in South Africa, it’s the triumph and struggle that’s still there. Like, my dad had to leave because of the apartheid system and, in the nineties, so much turmoil and turnover in leadership. 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"content": "\u003cp>Not only are there Black folks in the future—they’re fly, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eoydc-fundraiser-the-black-futures-ball-tickets-350040379197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Futures Ball\u003c/a> at the Bridge Yard on Aug. 6, you’ll see a blend of Comic-Con with a traditional gala and Town culture, says Selena Wilson, CEO of the East Oakland Youth Development Center (\u003ca href=\"https://eoydc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EOYDC\u003c/a>), which is hosting the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Folks can expect to see people in straight-up cosplay. They can expect to see people in grills and Jordans. They’ll see folks in heels and cocktail dresses, in gowns, and in beautiful traditional African clothing mixed with futuristic pieces,” Wilson tells me. “There will be something for everybody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both celebration and fundraiser, attendees of the Black Futures Ball are invited to contribute to EOYDC’s annual college fund. A staple for over two decades, the Deep East Oakland-based center’s fund donated $150,000 to Black and brown Bay Area students last year alone. Wilson hopes to keep that momentum: “We’re celebrating the theme of Afrofuturism,” she says. “We’re also legit investing in Black futures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That investment is more important than ever. When Black students take out student loans to attend college, a recent Brookings Institute report concluded, they \u003ca href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/research/student-loans-the-racial-wealth-divide-and-why-we-need-full-student-debt-cancellation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">borrow more on average\u003c/a> than their white classmates. What’s more, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/research/black-white-disparity-in-student-loan-debt-more-than-triples-after-graduation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debt disparity between Black graduates and white graduates more than triples\u003c/a> after graduation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916573\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/College-Tour-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"EOYDC students on a college tour at Rice University.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/College-Tour-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/College-Tour-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/College-Tour-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/College-Tour-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/College-Tour-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">EOYDC students on a college tour at Rice University. \u003ccite>(Via EOYDC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Backed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thetownexperience/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Town Experience\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://instagram.com/marketing_kings?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marketing Kings\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesubversal.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Subversal\u003c/a> group, the event will be filled with visual arts, music and food. Performances include renowned Oakland vocalist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/goapele/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goapele\u003c/a> and emerging lyricist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/official.jwalt/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J-Walt\u003c/a>. Installations of visual art will come from \u003ca href=\"http://www.aerosoulart.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aerosoul\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.blackterminus.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Terminus\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://afrocomiccon.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AfroComicCon\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.runtheworldclothing.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Run The World Clothing\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.darkstaruniverse.com/about.html#/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dark Star Universe\u003c/a>, as well as an Afrofuturism-themed exhibit hosted by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mocha.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland’s Museum of Children’s Art\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music from all throughout the diaspora will be spun by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dcischillin/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DC is Chillin\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mrdaveyd/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Davey D\u003c/a>, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/theturffeinz/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turffeinz\u003c/a> will deliver a dance performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hosted by Oakland’s own multitalented Grammy-nominated artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.msryannicole.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RyanNicole\u003c/a>, there will be a formal segment of the evening where Champion for Youth Awards will be given to entertainer and community advocate Mistah F.A.B., activist and BART Board Director Lateefah Simon, organizer and educator Nehanda Imara, and the South Bay’s André Chapman, founder of Unity Care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This all-star lineup comes together for a good cause in the face of the ever-increasing challenges in our world—a global pandemic, rising gun violence and more, says Wilson. “To solve the problems of today, it’s going to take radical imagination,” Wilson tells me. “And when I think about Afrofuturism, it inspires radical imagination for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Motivated by the idea of the fictional utopia of Wakanda from the movie \u003cem>Black Panther\u003c/em>—and in the wake of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlOB3UALvrQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently dropped trailed for \u003cem>Wakanda Forever\u003c/em>\u003c/a>—this year’s theme is “Oakanda.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson asks rhetorically, “What if we could build the Oakanda of our dreams? What if we did engage in that radical imagination?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson, a firm believer that the key to liberation is joy, adds, “That’s why we wanted to make sure that we have so many different elements of joy in this event, so many things that are celebrating \u003cem>the culture\u003c/em>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Black Futures Ball gets underway on Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Bridge Yard in Oakland. \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eoydc-fundraiser-the-black-futures-ball-tickets-350040379197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Not only are there Black folks in the future—they’re fly, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eoydc-fundraiser-the-black-futures-ball-tickets-350040379197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Futures Ball\u003c/a> at the Bridge Yard on Aug. 6, you’ll see a blend of Comic-Con with a traditional gala and Town culture, says Selena Wilson, CEO of the East Oakland Youth Development Center (\u003ca href=\"https://eoydc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EOYDC\u003c/a>), which is hosting the event.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Folks can expect to see people in straight-up cosplay. They can expect to see people in grills and Jordans. They’ll see folks in heels and cocktail dresses, in gowns, and in beautiful traditional African clothing mixed with futuristic pieces,” Wilson tells me. “There will be something for everybody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both celebration and fundraiser, attendees of the Black Futures Ball are invited to contribute to EOYDC’s annual college fund. A staple for over two decades, the Deep East Oakland-based center’s fund donated $150,000 to Black and brown Bay Area students last year alone. Wilson hopes to keep that momentum: “We’re celebrating the theme of Afrofuturism,” she says. “We’re also legit investing in Black futures.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That investment is more important than ever. When Black students take out student loans to attend college, a recent Brookings Institute report concluded, they \u003ca href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/research/student-loans-the-racial-wealth-divide-and-why-we-need-full-student-debt-cancellation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">borrow more on average\u003c/a> than their white classmates. What’s more, the \u003ca href=\"https://www.brookings.edu/research/black-white-disparity-in-student-loan-debt-more-than-triples-after-graduation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">debt disparity between Black graduates and white graduates more than triples\u003c/a> after graduation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13916573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13916573\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/College-Tour-2-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"EOYDC students on a college tour at Rice University.\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/College-Tour-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/College-Tour-2-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/College-Tour-2-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/College-Tour-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/07/College-Tour-2.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">EOYDC students on a college tour at Rice University. \u003ccite>(Via EOYDC)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Backed by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thetownexperience/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Town Experience\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://instagram.com/marketing_kings?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marketing Kings\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.thesubversal.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Subversal\u003c/a> group, the event will be filled with visual arts, music and food. Performances include renowned Oakland vocalist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/goapele/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goapele\u003c/a> and emerging lyricist \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/official.jwalt/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J-Walt\u003c/a>. Installations of visual art will come from \u003ca href=\"http://www.aerosoulart.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aerosoul\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.blackterminus.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Black Terminus\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://afrocomiccon.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AfroComicCon\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.runtheworldclothing.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Run The World Clothing\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.darkstaruniverse.com/about.html#/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dark Star Universe\u003c/a>, as well as an Afrofuturism-themed exhibit hosted by the \u003ca href=\"https://www.mocha.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oakland’s Museum of Children’s Art\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music from all throughout the diaspora will be spun by \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/dcischillin/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DC is Chillin\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/mrdaveyd/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Davey D\u003c/a>, and the \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/theturffeinz/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Turffeinz\u003c/a> will deliver a dance performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hosted by Oakland’s own multitalented Grammy-nominated artist \u003ca href=\"https://www.msryannicole.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RyanNicole\u003c/a>, there will be a formal segment of the evening where Champion for Youth Awards will be given to entertainer and community advocate Mistah F.A.B., activist and BART Board Director Lateefah Simon, organizer and educator Nehanda Imara, and the South Bay’s André Chapman, founder of Unity Care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This all-star lineup comes together for a good cause in the face of the ever-increasing challenges in our world—a global pandemic, rising gun violence and more, says Wilson. “To solve the problems of today, it’s going to take radical imagination,” Wilson tells me. “And when I think about Afrofuturism, it inspires radical imagination for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Motivated by the idea of the fictional utopia of Wakanda from the movie \u003cem>Black Panther\u003c/em>—and in the wake of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlOB3UALvrQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recently dropped trailed for \u003cem>Wakanda Forever\u003c/em>\u003c/a>—this year’s theme is “Oakanda.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson asks rhetorically, “What if we could build the Oakanda of our dreams? What if we did engage in that radical imagination?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wilson, a firm believer that the key to liberation is joy, adds, “That’s why we wanted to make sure that we have so many different elements of joy in this event, so many things that are celebrating \u003cem>the culture\u003c/em>.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12904247\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"39\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-160x16.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-240x23.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/03/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39-375x37.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>The Black Futures Ball gets underway on Saturday, Aug. 6, at the Bridge Yard in Oakland. \u003ca href=\"https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eoydc-fundraiser-the-black-futures-ball-tickets-350040379197\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Details here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>On May 17, the Oakland-based nonprofit \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/urbanpeace510/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Urban Peace Movement\u003c/a> held a voter registration event at Lake Merritt called \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13913202/town-up-tuesday-brings-bay-area-hitmakers-voter-participation-to-the-lake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Town Up Tuesday\u003c/a>. The four-hour festival had elements of a political rally, a prayer session and a family reunion. But above all, the power of Oakland’s hip-hop culture was on full display.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a few vendors flanked the grassy hillside that sits adjacent to the landmark Fairyland theme park, attendees sat scattered on the grass while even more stood in front of Lake Merritt’s bandstand. People danced and held up their phones, capturing footage of some of the Bay Area’s most beloved musicians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID='arts_13825052']The highly energetic artist from East Oakland, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kamaiyah/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kamaiyah\u003c/a>, had a headline performance that didn’t disappoint. San Francisco’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/stunnaman02/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stunnaman02\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/gunnagoesglobal/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gunna Goes Global\u003c/a> big-stepped off the stage and into the audience. Crowd favorite \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/goapele/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goapele\u003c/a> performed alongside the Grammy-nominated duo \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/losrakas/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Los Rakas\u003c/a>. During \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/therealsymba/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Symba’s\u003c/a> set, guests \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ally_cocaine/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ally Cocaine\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/youngjr/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Young JR\u003c/a> performed. 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"content": "\u003cp>On the tail end of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/01/bay-area-weather-scorching-temperatures-will-produce-hottest-days-in-a-decade/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great Bay Area heatwave of 2017\u003c/a>, a diverse crowd of hip-hop fans spent Labor Day hanging out between artist warehouses and towering Burning Man sculptures at 18th and Poplar Streets in West Oakland. In previous years, Hiero Day was held in the street and felt more like a block party — but for its sixth iteration, Hiero Day provided a full-on festival experience, though with a more grassroots, underground feel than Outside Lands or Treasure Island. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with members of the long-running East Bay hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.amoeba.com/blog/2012/09/jamoeblog/hiero-day-shows-love-for-oakland-by-keeping-it-in-the-town-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">founded Hiero Day in 2012\u003c/a> and headline each year, Bay Area artists like Mistah F.A.B. and IAMSU could be spotted roaming through the audience. Rare out-of-town veterans like Bun B and Yo-Yo were a treat to see onstage. And though the festival ran slightly off-schedule, the mood was upbeat and mellow, with the new spacious festival layout giving fans room to get up close and personal with their favorite artists. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check our recap of the five most outstanding acts at this year’s Hiero Day, and scroll down to see our photo slideshow below. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13807485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Rayana Jay performs at Hiero Day 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13807485\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-1180x790.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-960x643.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-240x161.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-520x348.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rayana Jay performs at Hiero Day 2017. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Rayana Jay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/03/20/rayana-jay-wants-to-talk-about-your-messy-breakup/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rayana Jay’s\u003c/a> rise over the past year has been a fast, wild ride, and the singer herself at times seemed surprised by how enthusiastically her audience sang along to tracks from her breakout mixtape, \u003cem>Sorry About Last Night\u003c/em>. Jay premiered her new track, “Sunkissed,” a smooth, groovy track from her upcoming EP \u003cem>Morning After\u003c/em> that celebrates black beauty. She prefaced the song with acknowledgement of the recent resurgence of white supremacists: “I wrote this song to say ‘If nobody else got y’all, I got y’all,’” said Jay to her fans of color. The ’70-hued track had her guitarist JHawk channeling Santana while Jay’s velvety voice soared. When she performed “Magic,” a funky, disco-inflected love song, Jay’s elementary-school-aged cousin came on stage and showed off her adorable dance moves. Jay closed out her set with two surprises: Guest performances from Mistah F.A.B. (who paid homage to Mac Dre with “Still Feelin’ It”) and Sick Wid It Records’ \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/08/01/talking-with-omb-peezy-the-bay-areas-missing-link-to-southern-rap/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest signee, OMB Peezy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13807405\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Bun B performs at Hiero Day 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13807405\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bun B performs at Hiero Day 2017. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Bun B\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Dirty South legend Bun B was a necessary, grounding presence at Hiero Day. Though most of his set was upbeat, the Houston rapper took the time to hold a moment of silence for victims of Hurricane Harvey and other lost loved ones — including his longtime partner in UGK, Pimp C. Even as \u003ca href=\"http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bun-b-on-hurricane-harvey-its-worse-than-everyone-thought-w500099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his hometown remained underwater\u003c/a>, Bun B’s set offered a semblance of hope amidst continuing reports of the storm’s devastating effects. (Bun B is hosting a \u003ca href=\"http://handinhand2017.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telethon\u003c/a> to benefit hurricane victims on Sept. 12 at 8pm EST.) And on a technical level, he was impressive, rapping in his smooth baritone sans backing-vocal track and absolutely nailing every song. He paid homage to the South’s custom car culture with the candy-paint Cadillac anthem “Draped Up.” The audience rapped along to his defining verse on UGK’s “International Player’s Anthem,” and he also performed his features on Jay Z’s “Big Pimpin” and Three 6 Mafia’s “Sippin’ on Some Syrup.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13807490\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Goapele performs at Hiero Day 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13807490\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs at Hiero Day 2017. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Goapele\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Goapele looked like a vision of summer in her cutoff shorts and billowing kimono, and murmurs of admiration for her voice, hair, and outfit could be heard throughout the crowd. “I’m standing up here as a mom, an artist, as someone who cares about the future. A daughter of immigrants, an activist,” she said before performing “Stand,” the protest song she wrote in response to Oscar Grant’s murder at the hands of police. She mostly played tracks from her recent EP, \u003cem>Dreamseeker\u003c/em>, but the audience rejoiced when they heard the opening chords to “Closer to My Dreams,” a gorgeous, uplifting track about realizing your destiny. Oakland singer Adrian Marcel came out to fill in for BJ the Chicago Kid’s feature on “Stay,” and stuck around to perform one of his own tracks. 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IAMSU and Rexx Life Raj climbed onto the stage, dreads swinging, while Mistah F.A.B., a godfather of hyphy, proudly looked on. Lil B also brought out Koran Streets, Kool John, and other peers in the rap scene, and everyone danced together gleefully, like one big family. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>On the tail end of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/09/01/bay-area-weather-scorching-temperatures-will-produce-hottest-days-in-a-decade/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great Bay Area heatwave of 2017\u003c/a>, a diverse crowd of hip-hop fans spent Labor Day hanging out between artist warehouses and towering Burning Man sculptures at 18th and Poplar Streets in West Oakland. In previous years, Hiero Day was held in the street and felt more like a block party — but for its sixth iteration, Hiero Day provided a full-on festival experience, though with a more grassroots, underground feel than Outside Lands or Treasure Island. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Along with members of the long-running East Bay hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics, who \u003ca href=\"https://www.amoeba.com/blog/2012/09/jamoeblog/hiero-day-shows-love-for-oakland-by-keeping-it-in-the-town-.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">founded Hiero Day in 2012\u003c/a> and headline each year, Bay Area artists like Mistah F.A.B. and IAMSU could be spotted roaming through the audience. Rare out-of-town veterans like Bun B and Yo-Yo were a treat to see onstage. And though the festival ran slightly off-schedule, the mood was upbeat and mellow, with the new spacious festival layout giving fans room to get up close and personal with their favorite artists. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Check our recap of the five most outstanding acts at this year’s Hiero Day, and scroll down to see our photo slideshow below. \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13807485\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-800x535.jpg\" alt=\"Rayana Jay performs at Hiero Day 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13807485\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-800x535.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-768x514.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-1020x683.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-1180x790.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-960x643.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-240x161.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-375x251.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0063-520x348.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rayana Jay performs at Hiero Day 2017. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Rayana Jay\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/03/20/rayana-jay-wants-to-talk-about-your-messy-breakup/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rayana Jay’s\u003c/a> rise over the past year has been a fast, wild ride, and the singer herself at times seemed surprised by how enthusiastically her audience sang along to tracks from her breakout mixtape, \u003cem>Sorry About Last Night\u003c/em>. Jay premiered her new track, “Sunkissed,” a smooth, groovy track from her upcoming EP \u003cem>Morning After\u003c/em> that celebrates black beauty. She prefaced the song with acknowledgement of the recent resurgence of white supremacists: “I wrote this song to say ‘If nobody else got y’all, I got y’all,’” said Jay to her fans of color. The ’70-hued track had her guitarist JHawk channeling Santana while Jay’s velvety voice soared. When she performed “Magic,” a funky, disco-inflected love song, Jay’s elementary-school-aged cousin came on stage and showed off her adorable dance moves. Jay closed out her set with two surprises: Guest performances from Mistah F.A.B. (who paid homage to Mac Dre with “Still Feelin’ It”) and Sick Wid It Records’ \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/08/01/talking-with-omb-peezy-the-bay-areas-missing-link-to-southern-rap/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">latest signee, OMB Peezy\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13807405\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Bun B performs at Hiero Day 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13807405\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/IMG_6441-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bun B performs at Hiero Day 2017. \u003ccite>(Gabe Meline)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Bun B\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Dirty South legend Bun B was a necessary, grounding presence at Hiero Day. Though most of his set was upbeat, the Houston rapper took the time to hold a moment of silence for victims of Hurricane Harvey and other lost loved ones — including his longtime partner in UGK, Pimp C. Even as \u003ca href=\"http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bun-b-on-hurricane-harvey-its-worse-than-everyone-thought-w500099\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his hometown remained underwater\u003c/a>, Bun B’s set offered a semblance of hope amidst continuing reports of the storm’s devastating effects. (Bun B is hosting a \u003ca href=\"http://handinhand2017.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">telethon\u003c/a> to benefit hurricane victims on Sept. 12 at 8pm EST.) And on a technical level, he was impressive, rapping in his smooth baritone sans backing-vocal track and absolutely nailing every song. He paid homage to the South’s custom car culture with the candy-paint Cadillac anthem “Draped Up.” The audience rapped along to his defining verse on UGK’s “International Player’s Anthem,” and he also performed his features on Jay Z’s “Big Pimpin” and Three 6 Mafia’s “Sippin’ on Some Syrup.” \u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13807490\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"Goapele performs at Hiero Day 2017.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13807490\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-960x640.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-240x160.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-375x250.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/09/DSC_0273-520x347.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele performs at Hiero Day 2017. \u003ccite>(Nastia Voynovskaya)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>Goapele\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Goapele looked like a vision of summer in her cutoff shorts and billowing kimono, and murmurs of admiration for her voice, hair, and outfit could be heard throughout the crowd. “I’m standing up here as a mom, an artist, as someone who cares about the future. A daughter of immigrants, an activist,” she said before performing “Stand,” the protest song she wrote in response to Oscar Grant’s murder at the hands of police. She mostly played tracks from her recent EP, \u003cem>Dreamseeker\u003c/em>, but the audience rejoiced when they heard the opening chords to “Closer to My Dreams,” a gorgeous, uplifting track about realizing your destiny. Oakland singer Adrian Marcel came out to fill in for BJ the Chicago Kid’s feature on “Stay,” and stuck around to perform one of his own tracks. 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"content": "\u003cp>Goapele walks into a downtown Oakland coffee shop for our interview looking perfectly poised, in a banana-yellow tracksuit with subtle accents of gold jewelry. As she waits in line to order, other patrons start to notice and look excitedly in in her direction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s like this when we go to certain cities,” her manager explains — like, for example the singer’s native Oakland. As Goapele sits down, a woman comes over and nervously offers her a business card, inviting her to get involved with a nonprofit that advocates for immigrant women. Goapele thanks her warmly — not in the polite way of a celebrity interacting with a fan, but as if she’ll genuinely consider the offer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13250206\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo-Credit-Samuel-Whitworth.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13250206\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo-Credit-Samuel-Whitworth-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"Goapele\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo-Credit-Samuel-Whitworth-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo-Credit-Samuel-Whitworth-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo-Credit-Samuel-Whitworth-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo-Credit-Samuel-Whitworth-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo-Credit-Samuel-Whitworth-1920x2880.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo-Credit-Samuel-Whitworth-1180x1770.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo-Credit-Samuel-Whitworth-960x1440.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo-Credit-Samuel-Whitworth-240x360.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo-Credit-Samuel-Whitworth-375x563.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Photo-Credit-Samuel-Whitworth-520x780.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele. \u003ccite>(Samuel Whitworth)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Though she’s lived in Los Angeles for the past six years, Goapele is still an Oakland legend, celebrated in equal measure for her music and humanitarian work. She first entered the public consciousness in 2001 with her debut album, \u003cem>Closer\u003c/em>, which peaked at No. 24 on Billboard’s independent albums chart. Add in her many collaborations with Zion-I and Hieroglyphics — as well as high-profile Bay Area acts like E-40 — and it’s not hard to see why she’s made a name for herself as one of the most formidable local artists of her generation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This week, she’s in Oakland to give her new EP, \u003cem>Dreamseeker\u003c/em>, out May 19, a proper hometown reception. She’s introducing it to Oakland with eight back-to-back shows — two per night — at Yoshi’s from Thursday, May 18 through Sunday, May 21.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lskwOztBmlg\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The concept [of \u003cem>Dreamseeker\u003c/em>] was just capturing different snapshots of emotions and vibes over the past couple years and putting it into a project that could just be played from start to finish,” she says. “I feel like we don’t always get to show the complexities of ourselves as women.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, when Goapele was first coming up as a singer, she was one of a handful of women in Oakland’s male-dominated underground scene. Now, with local R&B artists like Kehlani, \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2017/03/20/rayana-jay-wants-to-talk-about-your-messy-breakup/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rayana Jay\u003c/a>, and Samaria gaining recognition, it’s clear she helped pave the way for a new generation of female talent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s nice to see a new wave of R&B coming out of here, to see more women making it out of here and having a huge platform,” she says. She downplays her role as a pioneer, but lets out an excited squeal as the conversation turns to the ways the scene is becoming more inclusive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Bay Area is an influential place in terms of swag, but we don’t always get credit for it,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13250512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13250512\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani.jpg\" alt=\"Goapele and Kehlani backstage at the Fox Theater in 2015, after Goapele appeared as a special guest of the singer.\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele and Kehlani backstage at the Fox Theater in 2015, after Goapele appeared as a special guest of the singer. \u003ccite>(Goapele/Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dreamseeker\u003c/em> shows Goapele updating her sound, moving towards a trap-influenced style of R&B –though the project also contains strains of jazz and neo-soul that have been present in her music from the beginning. The EP cruises along at a modest speed, building tension through dusky undertones in Goapele’s usually velvety voice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Goapele herself, \u003cem>Dreamseeker\u003c/em> strikes a balance between edgy and classic. The seductive lead single, “$ecret,” conjures images of a slow wind on the dance floor; airy anthems like “Power” celebrate self-empowerment and liberation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBiEwOz9qeQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Coming from the Bay Area and coming from the family I did, I always felt encouraged to speak my mind,” she says of her evolution. (Goapele is the daughter of a South African anti-apartheid activist Douglas Mohlabane.) But “permission to feel like it’s okay to be sexy and it’s okay to be vulnerable — that’s something that I had to grow into.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dreamseeker \u003c/em>also taps into Goapele’s activist roots. The stripped-down political track “Stand” grapples with the ongoing police brutality crisis. “It was a song I started writing years ago when Oscar Grant was murdered,” she said. “Since then, [police brutality is] happening all the time, all over the U.S.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a moment, she breaks her aura of calm. “We’re still not seeing laws change to protect citizens, really. I feel like with the current administration, women’s rights are being majorly threatened, [as well as] immigrant rights. So I felt like it was time to say something.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fighting for social justice causes comes second nature to the musician. Currently, she and soul singer Raheem DeVaughn have been traveling with the country with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation to educate vulnerable populations — especially women of color — about the disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13250511\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-13250511\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_-1020x1020.jpg\" alt=\"Goapele at an AIDS Healthcare Foundation event in Oakland.\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_-1020x1020.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_-800x800.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_-768x768.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_-960x960.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_-150x150.jpg 150w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.AIDS_.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele at an AIDS Healthcare Foundation event in Oakland. \u003ccite>(Goapele/Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re not even really doing shows,” she says. “It’s more coming together as a community at these events that are free to the public, just to open up the conversation so people can be comfortable … and [hopefully] we can figure out where the disconnect is. If the information is out there, why are the statistics so high? And how can we shift that?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Goapele’s view, being a public figure comes with social responsibility. But as a savvy songwriter, she also knows that she needs to move her audience on an emotional level to get her ideas across. “When it comes down to it, it’s about ‘how can we touch lives?’ Even if I’m singing a song that has some political references, I feel like it has to affect you on a personal level, or else it’s just statistics that we’ve been hearing,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It comes down to, ‘How can we connect with each other?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Goapele performs May 18–21 at Yoshi’s in Oakland; shows at 8pm and 10pm nightly. \u003ca href=\"http://www.yoshis.com/search/?q=GOAPELE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tickets ($29–$24) and more info here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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She downplays her role as a pioneer, but lets out an excited squeal as the conversation turns to the ways the scene is becoming more inclusive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Bay Area is an influential place in terms of swag, but we don’t always get credit for it,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13250512\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13250512\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani.jpg\" alt=\"Goapele and Kehlani backstage at the Fox Theater in 2015, after Goapele appeared as a special guest of the singer.\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani.jpg 640w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-240x240.jpg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-375x375.jpg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-520x520.jpg 520w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-50x50.jpg 50w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/05/Goapele.Kehlani-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goapele and Kehlani backstage at the Fox Theater in 2015, after Goapele appeared as a special guest of the singer. \u003ccite>(Goapele/Instagram)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dreamseeker\u003c/em> shows Goapele updating her sound, moving towards a trap-influenced style of R&B –though the project also contains strains of jazz and neo-soul that have been present in her music from the beginning. The EP cruises along at a modest speed, building tension through dusky undertones in Goapele’s usually velvety voice.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Like Goapele herself, \u003cem>Dreamseeker\u003c/em> strikes a balance between edgy and classic. The seductive lead single, “$ecret,” conjures images of a slow wind on the dance floor; airy anthems like “Power” celebrate self-empowerment and liberation.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/FBiEwOz9qeQ'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/FBiEwOz9qeQ'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>“Coming from the Bay Area and coming from the family I did, I always felt encouraged to speak my mind,” she says of her evolution. (Goapele is the daughter of a South African anti-apartheid activist Douglas Mohlabane.) But “permission to feel like it’s okay to be sexy and it’s okay to be vulnerable — that’s something that I had to grow into.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dreamseeker \u003c/em>also taps into Goapele’s activist roots. The stripped-down political track “Stand” grapples with the ongoing police brutality crisis. “It was a song I started writing years ago when Oscar Grant was murdered,” she said. “Since then, [police brutality is] happening all the time, all over the U.S.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For a moment, she breaks her aura of calm. “We’re still not seeing laws change to protect citizens, really. I feel like with the current administration, women’s rights are being majorly threatened, [as well as] immigrant rights. So I felt like it was time to say something.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fighting for social justice causes comes second nature to the musician. 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If the information is out there, why are the statistics so high? And how can we shift that?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Goapele’s view, being a public figure comes with social responsibility. But as a savvy songwriter, she also knows that she needs to move her audience on an emotional level to get her ideas across. “When it comes down to it, it’s about ‘how can we touch lives?’ Even if I’m singing a song that has some political references, I feel like it has to affect you on a personal level, or else it’s just statistics that we’ve been hearing,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It comes down to, ‘How can we connect with each other?’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12127869\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"78\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-400x39.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/09/Q.Logo_.Break_-768x75.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Goapele performs May 18–21 at Yoshi’s in Oakland; shows at 8pm and 10pm nightly. \u003ca href=\"http://www.yoshis.com/search/?q=GOAPELE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tickets ($29–$24) and more info here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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