Minnesota Public Radio - 89.3 The Current. On May 13, 2016, Miranda posted a picture on Twitter with Dessa and Daveed Diggs (the original cast’s Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, as well as one third of experimental rap group clipping. Immigrants (We Get The Job Done) – K’naan, Snow Tha Product, Riz MC, Residente 12.

Go deeper into fascinating topics with original video series from TED. Donate today. As a writer, she’s been published by The New York Times and National Geographic Traveler , broadcast by Minnesota Public Radio, and published a memoir-in-essays ( My Own Devices , 2018) in addition to two literary collections. Learn more about the On the strength of that collection, a New York literary agent telephoned; within a few years, Dutton Books (Penguin Random House) published her first book-length collection of essays, My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music, Science, and Senseless Love, named one of the best books of 2018 by both NPR and Amazon.

Congratulations Lyrics: Alexander / Congratulations / You have invented a new kind of stupid: / A 'damage you can never undo' kind of stupid / An … She told Billboard that she had to move the song down a few octaves to get into her vocal range. Open Translation Project.

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Individual donations are behind the clarity in coverage from our reporters across the state, stories that connect us, and conversations that provide perspectives. Listen Live, Acoustic, Americana and Roots Minneapolis rapper Dessa performs a song that was cut from the stage production. At WNYC's The Greene Space, she served as Artist in Residence, designing a series called HEARTBREAKERS that investigated research on love, sex and determinism with both scientists and musicians.

Dessa is an internationally touring rapper, singer and writer who built a career by defying genre conventions and audience expectations. Congratulations – Dessa 17. You’ll Be Back – Jimmy Fallon & The Roots 13. On May 13, 2016, Miranda posted a picture on Twitter with Dessa and Daveed Diggs (the original cast’s Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson, as well as one third of experimental rap group clipping. A gift of $17 makes a difference. In its runaway success, the show has sparked political discussion, schoolkid joy, and ticket scalping controversies, and it might have saved Hamilton from getting wiped off the $10 bill.

On stage and on the page, Dessa's work is driven by an interest in finding unexpected connections -- between heartache and neuroscience, aerodynamics and grief, or simply between two people who live far away and in disparate circumstances.

Burn – Andra Day 18. Dessa started out in Minneapolis, Minnesota as a member of the Doomtree hip-hop crew, a tight-knit group known for their explosive live shows, innovative sound and fiercely independent business model. Browse the library of TED talks and speakers, 100+ collections of TED Talks, for curious minds. No John Trumbull (Intro) – The Roots 2. In recent years, Dessa partnered with the Grammy-winning Minnesota Orchestra to stage six sold-out performances at Minneapolis's Orchestra Hall (all arranged by composer/musician Andy Thompson and conducted by Sarah Hicks).

Now, along with legends and other incredible talents, she’s helping tell Hamilton’s story. Listen Live. Minneapolis rapper Dessa performs a song that was cut from the stage production. All rights reserved. Alone or with Doomtree, she's performed at Lollapalooza, Glastonbury, SXSW, velvet-lined theaters in LA and New York, punk venues in Central Europe, black box rooms from Tijuana to Beijing and once while standing on a wooden chair in South Africa. © 2020 Minnesota Public Radio. TED.com translations are made possible by volunteer For years, the seven-member crew shared stages, hotel rooms and head colds building an international following one sweaty show at a time. Valley Forge (Demo) – Lin-Manuel Miranda 9. Ja Rule) – Ashanti 14. History Has Its Eyes On You – John Legend 22. Who Tells Your Story (feat.

The same year, she contributed to The Hamilton …

Since her teenage years, however, Dessa wanted to become a published writer. Wrote My Way Out – Nas, Dave East, Lin-Manuel Miranda & Aloe Blacc 4. “Dixon’s Girl,” from Dessa’s 2010 album A Badly Broken Code, influenced Miranda as he wrote Hamilton, and he included it on his HAMthology playlist in August 2015. She covered "Congratulations" for The Hamilton Mixtape. Common & Ingrid Michaelson) – The Roots 23.

In it, Alexander Hamilton's sister-in-law is mocking Hamilton for publicly admitting that he was blackmailed over an affair. You make MPR News possible. Listen Live, Exploring the musical legacy of Prince and beyond Today's Morning Edition music is from the highly-anticipated "Hamilton Mixtape" featuring a variety of artists re-interpreting songs written for the hit musical. Writer/rapper/internet hero Lin-Manuel Miranda introduced Hamilton as a “concept album” when he first performed part of it in 2009. Later, the vision became a mixtape, then a musical, and the groundbreaking rap/R&B show — which centers around Alexander Hamilton and key figures in his life — opened at New York City’s Public Theater in 2015 before moving uptown to the Richard Rodgers on Broadway. This morning, Hypable reported on an Amazon U.K. leak that revealed the mixtape’s whole track list, and Miranda corroborated their account on Twitter.
Dear Theodosia (Reprise) – Chance The Rapper & Francis and The Lights. Stay Alive (Interlude) – J.PERIOD & Stro Elliot 19.

She also became a frequent radio contributor: on behalf of Minnesota Public Radio, she's interviewed best-selling authors in front of live audiences (most recently talking with Michael Pollan about his exploration into psychedelic drugs). Wait For It – Usher 5.

Hamilton published the admission in response to accusations that he was embezzling money from the government.

According to the LA Times, Dessa "sounds like no one else" and was called "a national treasure" by NPR's All Songs Considered. Now: the track list of the actual mixtape (which contains “Remixes & Covers & Inspired bys,” as Lin put it on Twitter) has leaked, and Dessa has a song.