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“Brooklyn dancehall label Mixpak Records makes a (small) leap to Queens for a backroom, bouncy affair at the expansive Knockdown Center. “It’s really important for black girls to support each other and to see that tonight,” says 24-year-old Karmenife, pictured immediately below. “I’m a pansexual queer black woman. I love who I love, and who I love loves me.””
– Tim L