2015 Tiny Desk Contest Winner Fantastic Negrito Just Won A GrammyIn 2015, NPR Music ran our first-ev

2015 Tiny Desk Contest Winner Fantastic Negrito Just Won A Grammy

In 2015, NPR Music ran our first-ever Tiny Desk Contest. That year, a little-known blues musician named @fantasticnegrito submitted an entry. It was a simple video — filmed in one take on an iPad in an elevator shaft. But there was an electric quality to it that transfixed our team. Fantastic Negrito went on to win that year’s Contest.

Today, two years later, his album The Last Days Of Oakland won the Grammy award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.

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We are so proud to have been a part of this journey. Congratulations to Fantastic Negrito. And to all the dreamers: Keep it up.

–Ben