Afropunk Festival
afropunk festival annual art festival feature music film fashion art produced alternative black artist afropunk festival began brooklyn academy music new york afropunk festival also held various major city including atlanta paris france london uk salvador brazil dakar senegal johannesburg south africa festival cofounded james spooner matthew morgan grew documentary titled afropunk studied black punk across america festival targeted towards black alternativeminded punk supported brooklyn academy music festival grew music industry became diverse musical curation shifted towards reaching broader black audience festival also began charging admission fee due festival alteration deviated original afropunk culture former cofounder james spooner ended involvement jocelyn cooper became involved festival afropunk festival grew hundred thousand attendee expanding city atlanta paris london johannesburg south africa salvador brazil miami minneapolis afropunk acquired entrepreneur richelieu dennis essence venture emerged political punk root afropunk festival faced criticism time including backlash booking artist mia ice cube tyler creator attendee also critiqued value afropunks organizer surrounding lgbqt concern treatment employee corporate leaning attendee critique festival appealing white audience including instance attendee removed area festival wearing homemade tshirt critical event august afropunks editorinchief resigned decade work afropunk citing mistreatment corporate agenda labeled performative activism cancelled due hurricane irene amari marshall house juicy couture breezy supreme hue winter wolf jenny hate techno phunky nomad rebelmatic dj moma durand bernarr larissa luz erykah badu