3x GRAMMY® Award-winner Fantastic Negrito released his highly anticipated new album, Son

of a Broken Man, on October 18, 2024 via his own Storefront Records. The new album sees

Fantastic Negrito encapsulating his inimitable style, from hard-hitting guitar riffs to expressive

ballads, with the unexpected twists that have become his trademark. It stands as one of his

most personal works to date, exploring family, deception, and the human desire to hide the true

self as he dives deep into the struggle between father and son.

Born Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, Fantastic Negrito's story is a testament to resilience and the

transformative power of music. By now much has been made of Negrito’s unique story –

growing up in an orthodox Muslim household, a doomed major label deal, the near-fatal car

crash that permanently damaged his guitar playing hand—as well as the remarkable redemption

arc that began in 2015, when he won the first-ever NPR Tiny Desk Contest. He has since

earned three GRAMMY® Awards for “Best Contemporary Blues Album," and shared stages with

everyone from Sturgill Simpson to Chris Cornell to Bruce Springsteen. He's collaborated in the

studio with the likes of Sting, E-40, and Tank and The Bangas, performed on countless headline

world tours and at festivals such as Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, Newport Folk, and WOMAD, and

founded the Revolution Plantation, an urban farm aimed at youth education and empowerment.

2025 is the 10 year anniversary of Fantastic Negrito winning the inaugural NPR Tiny Desk

Contest.

Jools Holland

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