Durag Fest Co-Founder Dammit Wesley On Juneteenth’s Commodification, Black Beauty, and Plugs for Durags

By Kevin L. Clark ·Updated June 18, 2022

Charlotte artist Dammit Wesley and his co-founding team behind Durag Fest built an epiphany into a cultural phenomenon. At the time, the Marvel film Black Panther had surpassed all conventional thought by critics and moviegoers, destroyed box office numbers, and became a much-needed exploration into Black culture. Juneteenth, which in most Black epicenters across the U.S. had been celebrated for more

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