It turns out Anderson .Paak is an honorary Baydestrian. “What the fuck is poppin’? I’m finally home,” the Oxnard-raised MC told the Sunday night Outside Lands crowd, as mist set over Golden Gate Park . “I never play around in the Bay ‘cause you guys show me so much love.”

Rocking a red plaid kilt and a “Fuck ICE” pin on his beanie, Paak took his perch atop his drum kit, presiding over a funky set that was equal parts laid-back house-party feel and instrumental excellence. He and the Free Nationals were locked in, flowing out of Paak’s drum solos into jazzy keyboard crescendos and sunbursts of brass.

While Hozier headlined the main stage, Paak’s legions of fans at the Twin Peaks stage two-stepped to the provocative “Am I Wrong” (“If she can’t dance / then she can’t — ooh”), puffed the

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