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    Heat Check: 'Black Joy Is Radical'

    by Sidney Madden Jun 01, 2020 2 minutes
    Nubya Garcia's latest single "Pace" is all about diving into the many layers of joy.

    If you saw the first Heat Check Live on NPR Music's Instagram this past weekend, you rocked with us for a live DJ set of all your favorite new songs. Afterward, New York-based artist Linda Diaz, whose work has been featured on Heat Check before, reminded us why we create spaces for the playlist to exist: "Community is invaluable. Black joy is radical," she wrote.

    With the recent deaths of, and erupting into protests across the country and the against racism and police brutality, the joy of being Black has felt stolen and replaced with the reality of being Black.

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