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Kevin Hart brought back his Chocolate Droppa alter ego for an NPR Tiny Desk performance Fools'. "Ya'll not ready," the actor ...

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NPR Music and New York's globalFEST are excited to announce the return of the fifth edition of NPR Music's Tiny Desk x globalFEST, taking place Monday, March 31st, Wednesday, April 2nd, and Friday, ...

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We had to get an early start to figure out how to ergonomically squeeze all of Sandbox Percussion's instruments behind the Tiny Desk. The band deploys a surprisingly wide arsenal. The ...

In 2014, Carter produced his first Tiny Desk concert. Since then ... a modest Tiny Desk celebration of Black History Month in 2021 into a cross-cultural event combining music, film ...

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