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Fantastic Negrito

Son of a Somali-Caribbean immigrant who played African music, Xavier Dphrepaulezz aka Fantastic Negrito was born on January 20, 1968 in Great Barrington and grew up in Massachusetts, but moved to California when he was just 12. It was culture shock: in the space of a day, he went from Arabian songs to Funkadelic, perfecting his musical education in one of the country's most influential black communities. By the age of 20, he had taught himself to play most instruments, but his ascent was halted by a close encounter with armed men. Armed with a model, he decides to leave for Los A...