Demeanor

Demeanor will be appearing at the North Carolina Folk Festival, September 6 - 8, 2024 in Downtown, Greensboro, NC.

Justin Harrington, referred to by his stage name “Demeanor,“ is a rapper, producer, musician, and songwriter from Greensboro, North Carolina most known for his merging of Black American Roots music with Hip-Hop.

In 2021 he was the first rapper to do a full hip-hop set on the mainstage at Newport Folk Festival, as well as curating a hip-hop series on the mainstage of the North Carolina Folk Festival. He has since made his debut on NPR’s Tiny desk with Jake Blount. The first banjo-playing rapper, Harrington bridges the gap between tradition and innovation while celebrating the many facets of the Black American Music Tradition.