Local hip hop artist Dessa combines the dry wit of Dorothy Parker with the beat of Mos Def. Dessa speaks and sings of her family ties and the pressures of modern life. (MPR Video/Anna Weggel and Rob Byers)
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Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/13/2009, 10:06 a.m.
Local hip hop artist Dessa combines the dry wit of Dorothy Parker with the beat of Mos Def. Dessa speaks and sings of her family ties and the pressures of modern life.
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