Mumu Fresh Feat. Black Thought DJ Dummy: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert
July 11, 2018, Abby O Neill Mumu Fresh sings that the teacher arrives when the student is ready. During a recent trip to the Tiny Desk, she came bearing life lessons from the depths of her soul. A regal combination of black power and Native American pride, Mumu Fresh also known by her birth name Maimouna Youssef is an abundantly gifted singer and emcee who prances between genres and styles. The Baltimore native fuses her rich multioctave range and ferocious rap delivery with spirituallyinclined lyrics so potent and mindful they precipitated a wellspring of emotion throughout the room. Mumu is not new to NPR Music. During her guest appearance at February s August Greene Tiny Desk, she stirred emotions with her verse on Practice, which spoke cathartically about the realities of being a black woman. Mumu began her own Tiny Desk in her native Lakota tongue with Ink Pata, signaling a call to prayer in a sacred ritual. Looped tribal chants of her own harmonies set the mood as delivered a stirring sp
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