“Human beings are weird. Man, if reincarnation is real I wanna come back as a beaver or something.”
Speaking over Zoom from his home in West Oakland, California, Fantastic Negrito is resplendent in a green jacket, golf trousers and gold African neck rings. A burst of black hair sprouts from the top of his shaven head, completing a look that’s part junk-shop maverick, part avant-garde wizard. His words crackle with the energy, charm and eccentricity that fuel his new album Have You Lost Your Mind Yet?, the follow-up to 2018 Grammy winner Please Don’t Be Dead.
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