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For Pink Siifu, born Livingston Matthews, defying genres is about showing love more than anything else. A lot of artists talk about their admiration for a wide range of styles, but Siifu’s music demonstrates a rare eclecticism, toggling from punk to jazz to hip-hop within a single release while shifting focus from project to project. S...

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