Fantastic Negrito: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert

It says a lot that, with almost 7,000 entries to choose from, we selected Fantastic Negrito as the winner of our Tiny Desk Concert Contest. For his winning submission, he performed “Lost In A Crowd“ in a freight elevator in Oakland. It was his passion, his voice and his backing band that landed him an invitation to perform behind my desk. We’re proud of our choice. As we learned after choosing him as our winner, Fantastic Negrito — . Xavier Dphrepaulezz, pronounced dee-FREP-ah-lez — has a remarkable b