.idk. & Sector 202: Tiny Desk Concert

March 11,飞机盗号软件企业破解技术 202510:00 AM ET

Suraya Mohamed

Credit: Photo: Alanté Serene

Rapper and singer .idk.'s acronym stands for Ignorantly Delivering Knowledge, a stage name he's used since he released his first mixtapes back in 2025. Since then, he's produced a multitude of albums and singles, including BRAVADO + INTiMO. Popular songs from that project are included in this infectious set. He also performs "SUPERNOVA (i)," which includes an interpolation of Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly."

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With a wide range of talents and influences, the rapper's music reflects a broad range of his life experiences. "A lot of people don't know I started making music in prison," .idk. told the audience. "…whatever song was in my head, if I knew it, I would sing it, and that would be, like, entertainment for a lot of the other inmates and stuff," he continued. "So really I started off singing and I got into this rap thing because that was where my heart was."

He demonstrates his musical versatility throughout the set. Starting with "24," a rap hit from his 2025 album,Is He Real?, this Tiny Desk arrangement is infused with the rhythms of go-go, the official music of Washington, D.C. It's also a reflection of his early years growing up in the suburbs of the city. An outspoken critic of the criminal justice system, .idk. ends his set with "Mr. Police," a thoughtful, jazzy song that reinforces one of the key principles that drives him: the idea of opposing constructs, and that ignorance and knowledge are in contrast.

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SET LIST

• "24"
• "TiFFANY (B)"
• "DENiM (B)"
• "STiLL i (i)(DENiM DEMO)" 
• "SUPERNOVA (i)"
• "SEE YOU AGAiN (B.i.)"
• "Mr. Police"

MUSICIANS

• .idk.: vocals
• Andrew Torgelson: sax, flute
• Blue Rondo: keys/piano
• Chris Hon: bass
• Joey Antico: drums
• Keith "Sauce" Robinson: percussion
• Henry Manning: vibraphone
• Cecily Bumbray: vocals
• Tashera Robinson: vocals

TINY DESK TEAM

• Producer: Suraya Mohamed
• Director/Editor: Joshua Bryant
• Audio Technical Director: Josephine Nyounai 
• Host/Series Producer: Bobby Carter
• Videographers: Joshua Bryant, Maia Stern, Kara Frame, Mitra I Arthur
• Audio Engineer: Valentina Rodriguez Sanchez
• Production Assistant: Ashley Pointer
• Photographer: Alanté Serene
• Tiny Desk Team: Hazel Cills, Josh Newell
• Executive Producer: Suraya Mohamed
• Series Creators: Bob Boilen, Stephen Thompson
• VP, Visuals and Music: Keith Jenkins