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FROM THE ARCHIVES: A Conversation with Ishmael Butler

The Shabazz Palaces impresario/genius on "afrofuturism," rap music as art, Seattle, and much more.

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Martin Douglas
Aug 16, 2025
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While I’m getting together some fresh material for this newsletter—what I imagine will be my forum to write about all aspects of Black culture as I see fit—I thought …

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