Afropunk 2014: Onstage and Behind the Scenes in Brooklyn
Exclusive photos from the only festival in world suitable for everyone from Bill de Blasio to Body Count

Jessica Lehrman
This weekend, everyone from Ice-T's "Cop Killer" metal band Body Count to Bill de Blasio, the cop-appointing mayor of New York City, crammed into Brooklyn's Commodore Berry Punk for the annual two-day Afropunk Festival. Now in its ninth year – the first was a product of the 2003 Afro-Punk film – the 2014 fest mixed established favorites like Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Body Count, Bad Brains and D'Angelo with young newcomers like DJ Sliink, SZA and Cakes da Killer. Here are our best photos.