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Jaguar: “I fit into a lot of boxes, and also none of them”

The DJ on the importance of mixed friendships and why she accepts 100% of her DNA

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Isabella Silvers
Nov 30, 2020
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Hi, welcome back to Mixed Messages! In a change to the schedule, this week I speak to Radio 1 DJ Jaguar, who is of Ghanaian and English heritage. As a DJ, Jaguar’s appearance leads to assumptions about the kind of music she plays, but as she explained to me, electronic music shouldn’t be considered an unusual genre for a mixed-Black woman when it came f…

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