“Blues purists may hate what I do sometimes because it's a little dirtier.”

American singer-songwriter, active in blues and R&B

Fantastic Negrito is the stage name of Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz, an American singer-songwriter whose work draws on blues, R&B, and roots music. He has won multiple Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Blues Album. His 2016 album The Last Days of Oakland won that category at the 59th Grammy Awards. He won it again for Please Don’t Be Dead in 2019, and for Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? in 2020, giving him three consecutive wins. His most recent album, Son of a Broken Man, was released in 2024.