Devonté Hynes is a producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, vocalist, and one of the most influential voices in music today. His most recent albums under the Blood Orange moniker, Freetown Sound and Negro Swan, are lauded as affectingly personal documents of life as a Black man in America. Of his Black Music Month 2019 playlist, Hynes says, ”This is my playlist that gets me through the day, music that I listen to that makes me feel proud to be who I am, and I hope it does the same for you.”