Lil Baby performs during a Juneteenth voter registration rally on June 19, 2020 at Murphy Park Fairgrounds in Atlanta, Ga. One week earlier, he released "The Bigger Picture," a song protesting police brutality. Paras Griffin/Getty Images hide caption
Gregory Porter. Ami Sioux/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
The world is changing in hues of amber and maroon. Do you have the appropriate soundtrack? Mint Images/Getty Images hide caption
Gregory Porter Jonathan Chimene/Courtesy of Jazz At Lincoln Center hide caption
Jazz singer Gregory Porter and NPR's Audie Cornish at a live interview at NPR Headquarters in Washington, D.C. on June 27, 2018. Eslah Attar/NPR hide caption
Gregory Porter's Nat "King" Cole & Me is out Oct. 27. Erik Umphrey/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Tiny Desk Concert with Gregory Porter. Bob Boilen/NPR hide caption
A screenshot from the video "Running (Refugee Song)" featuring Gregory Porter, Common, Keyon Harrold and Andrea Pizziconi. YouTube/Screen shot by NPR hide caption
Nina Revisited, an all-star tribute to Nina Simone, comes out July 10. Ian Showell/Getty Images hide caption
Gregory Porter. Shawn Peters/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Gregory Porter's new album, Liquid Spirit, comes out Sept. 17. Shawn Peters/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Gregory Porter's latest album is entitled Liquid Spirit. Shawn Peters /Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Gregory Porter (center) performs with saxophonist Yohsuke Satoh at the annual Strings of Autumn International Music Festival in Prague. Petra Hajska/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Gregory Porter performs at the 2013 Newport Jazz Festival Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
Gregory Porter. NPR hide caption