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Suraya Mohamed | March 11, 2025

Rapper and singer .idk.'s acronym stands for Ignorantly Delivering Knowledge, a stage name he's used since he released his first mixtapes back in 2014. Since then, he's produced a multitude of albums and singles, including his newest album, "BRAVADO + INTiMO." Popular songs from that project are included in this infectious set. He also performs "SUPERNOVA (i)," which includes an interpolation of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly."

With a wide range of talents and influences, the rapper's music reflects a broad range of his life experiences. "A lot of people don't know I started making music in prison," IDK told the audience. "… whatever song was in my head, if I knew it, I would sing it, and that would be, like, entertainment for a lot of the other inmates and stuff," he continued. "So really, I started off singing and I got into this rap thing because that was where my heart was."

He demonstrates his musical versatility throughout the set. Starting with "24," a rap hit from his 2019 album, "Is He Real?," this Tiny Desk arrangement is infused with the rhythms of go-go, the official music of Washington, D.C. It's also a reflection of his early years growing up in the suburbs of the city. An outspoken critic of the criminal justice system, .idk. ends his set with "Mr. Police," a thoughtful, jazzy song that reinforces one of the key principles that drives him: the idea of opposing constructs, and that ignorance and knowledge are in contrast.

SET LIST

"24"

"TiFFANY (B)"

"DENiM (B)"

"STiLL i (i)(DENiM DEMO)"

"SUPERNOVA (i)"

"SEE YOU AGAiN (B.i.)"

"Mr. Police"

MUSICIANS

.idk.: vocals

Andrew Torgelson: saxophone, flute

Blue Rondo: keys, piano