CULTURE

Lion Babe’s Jillian Hervey and Lucas Goodman, Afropunk Veterans, Take On the Atlanta Festival

by Katherine Cusumano

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When curly-maned Lion Babe singer Jillian Hervey and her bandmate Lucas Goodman took the stage at Afropunk Atlanta over the weekend, it was before an eager audience that also included Hervey’s mother, actress and one-time Miss America Vanessa Williams. The duo are Afropunk veterans — they played the Brooklyn edition the previous summer alongside fellow alums like SZA and Kelela — and this time, they documented the whole thing on disposable camera. Go inside the festival with Hervey and Goodman, here.

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Jillian Hervey of Lion Babe takes a pause in her kitchen before preparing for her Afropunk Atlanta set.

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Hervey arrives in full regalia, striking a pose backstage before going on stage at Afropunk Atlanta.

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Lucas Goodman and Hervey kick back behind the scenes of Afropunk Atlanta.

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Jillian Hervey and Lucas Goodman take the stage on the final Sunday of the Afropunk Atlanta music festival.

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Even Hervey’s mother Vanessa Williams dropped in on Atlanta for her daughter’s Afropunk set.

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Goodman and Hervey perform on the final night of the Afropunk Atlanta music festival.