August 25, 2012-Brooklyn, NY: (L-R) Recording Artist Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def and Recording Artist Erykah Badu 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)