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Fantastic Negrito promises fantastic show at Felton

Fantastic Negrito — real name Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz — has had quite the arc, going from growing up in a strict household to selling drugs to becoming a multiple Grammy winner who has shared stages with a multitude of artists. He will be bringing his crowd-pleasing blend of blues, soul and folk to Felton Music Hall Sunday.

Dphrepaulezz grew up in an orthodox Muslim household and moved with his family to Oakland when he was 12. He taught himself how to play music by listening to Prince’s “Dirty Mind” and sneaking into classrooms at UC Berkeley without ever enrolling as a student. He released his debut album, “The X Factor,” under the name Xavier in 1996 and was in a near-fatal car crash three years later that preceded him being

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