A Grammy-nominated band will perform a rare nightclub show in D.C. next week to benefit JusticeAid, a D.C.-based nonprofit working to get people more civically engaged.
Tank and the Bangas – nominated for a 2020 Best New Artist Grammy – will headline the benefit Monday at The Hamilton.
“D.C shows us so much love,” Tarriona “Tank” Ball said. “I have family there. Every time I come there, it’s an amazing crowd. I love D.C.”
Ball is the driving force behind the New Orleans-based group performing to raise money for JusticeAid, a non-partisan nonprofit that uses music and the arts to promote social awareness.
“Particularly in marginalized communities and minority, lower income communities, it’s important that everybody get out the vote,” said Kim Duckett Coaxum of JusticeAid. “In Virginia, for example, the entire legislature is up for election. This is a pivotal time.”
This year, JusticeAid chose to partner with Black …