After releasing their self-titled album in 2019, Black Pumas earned their first nomination for best new artist at last year’s Grammy Awards, but they lost when Billie Eilish swept the awards show. They are back again with three nominations for album of the year, record of the year and best American roots performance. Before Black Pumas, Quesada produced an album in 2019 of Chicano-Texas soul music that brought new light on the contributions of Latino artists and music. “It’s like this perfect intersection of Black, brown, white, all kinds of different people,” he said of soul music. “One thing we have in common is we also didn’t want to be just a soul band,” said Quesada, who said they both are heavily influenced by hip-hop rhythms as well.

Source: ABC News February 18, 2021 14:14 UTC