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Vocalist Bilal Performing at Glasshaus in Brooklyn, New York. Jarrett Wetherell/Shore Fire Media hide caption

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Grammy award-winning soul singer Mavis Staples Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images hide caption

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Mavis Staples on Prince, MLK and a life onstage

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Brittany Davis on World Cafe

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From left: Robyn, Christine and the Queens, Janelle Monáe, MUNA, Arlo Parks and Perfume Genius From left: Heji Shin, Eloïse Labarbe-Lafon, Mason Rose, Isaac Schneider, Alexis Waespi and Gilles Laurent/Courtesy of the artists hide caption

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Gary Clark Jr. on his latest album, 'JPEG Raw'

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Jordan Mackampa on World Cafe

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Revisiting Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson's 'Winter in America'

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Jamila Woods on World Cafe

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Beyoncé's voice is the real star of Cowboy Carter as she sets out to prove, once and for all, that she can hold it down in any genre she damn well pleases. Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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Besides charting the course of her own pop stardom, Tyla's goals are to spread the pride of her country and keep the people who created amapiano at the forefront of the movement. Jeremy Soma/Epic Records hide caption

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Tyla is the new face of African pop. She's aiming to take over the whole world

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The Culture Corner on World Cafe

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The multi-talented Whack worked with the Philly-based visual artist Alex Da Corte to realize her latest vision inspired by Pierrot, the sad clown. Alex Da Corte/Courtesy of the artist hide caption

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