Dessa – The Beekeeper

Dessa’s first full-length record, A Badly Broken Code, introduced her to a national audience as a rapper, a singer, and a potent, imaginative lyricist. To tour the album, she assembled a small cast of talented instrumentalists to reinterpret the disc for a dynamic live concert. Part rap show and part cabaret, the elegant presentation charmed both audiences and critics—not a negligible feat in hip-hop, a genre with its share of purists. Check out the latest from that project below.