Podcast: Nesby Phips (The Super Facts Show)

Nesby Phips has established himself as an artist whose musicality is of the first order in his burgeoning career. He grew up living in both the New Orleans neighborhood of Hollygrove and the city’s Jane Alley area of the 3rd Ward, across the street from the Orleans Parish Prison. In addition to his dichotomous surroundings, Phips’s family is a musical one. Mahalia Jackson’s grand-nephew attended McMain High School with Lil Wayne, Curren$y, and Mack Maine, all of whom he would later record and produce. A strong songwriter, Nesby’s sound draws from the jazz, rhythm and blues, and the rap traditions of New Orleans. You can also hear the influence of diverse global sounds such as Ethiopian jazz. On his last album Therapy, the renaissance man combines all of his talents to present the jazz and blues-infused opus. We discuss all of that, what he’s been doing since then, and a lot more

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