August 25, 2012-Brooklyn, NY: Recording Artist Alice Smith backstage at the Afropunk Festival 2012 held in Brooklyn, NY on August 25, 2012. The Afropunk Festival has become a Brooklyn intuition, the focal point for the burgeoning Afro-punk movement. Over the past seven years, the festival has presented new artists before they hit it big, such as Grammy-nominated Santigold, The Noisettes and Janelle Monae. Afro-punk mainstays like Saul Williams, The Dirtbombs, and Dallas Austin have also graced Afro-punk’s stages. (Terrence Jennings/TerrenceJennings.com)