The Austin 100: Princess Nokia

By Stephen Thompson

Published March 1, 2018 at 5:00 AM CST

Hometown: Harlem, New York

Genre: Hip-Hop

Why We're Excited: Under the name Princess Nokia, Destiny Frasqueri represents. She represents Latinx culture and queer culture and skater culture and nerd culture and a dense web of communities, both literal and figurative. She also, with "G.O.A.T.," asserts herself boldly and gloriously in one of last year's most quotable and provocative songs.

SXSW Schedule:

March 15: Clive Bar (609 Davis St.)

Stephen Thompson

Stephen Thompson is a writer, editor and reviewer for NPR Music, where he speaks into any microphone that will have him and appears as a frequent panelist on All Songs Considered. Since 2010, Thompson has been a fixture on the NPR roundtable podcast Pop Culture Happy Hour, which he created and developed with NPR correspondent Linda Holmes. In 2008, he and Bob Boilen created the NPR Music video series Tiny Desk Concerts, in which musicians perform at Boilen's desk. (To be more specific, Thompson had the idea, which took seconds, while Boilen created the series, which took years. Thompson will insist upon equal billing until the day he dies.)

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