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Saul Williams

5 p.m. Citi stage
Taking the stage in black and blue feathers, vocal powerhouse Saul Williams unleashed genre-bending songs from his newest release, "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust!". Short poems and some serious words—to the tune of race and politics--peppered his raw, energetic set. The crowd listened intently but showed more enthusiasm toward rocking out to “List of Demands (Reparations)" and his cover of U2's "Sunday Bloody Sunday” than changing the world right there and then.
--Rebecca Palmore