Every year , thousands of independent musicians submit videos to NPR ’ s Tiny Desk Contest in the hopes of being discovered . As we have for the past two years , the ARTery convened a panel to choose its favorite from among the 212 Massachusetts entries . This year , it ' s " Slick Talk " by Kweeng Doll . Kweeng Doll ' s video stood out for its wit , poise and bouncy , irresistible beat . All five of our panelists — myself , journalists Karen Muller and Candace McDuffie and musicians Anjimile and Tim Gearan — agreed that nothing matched the originality of Kweeng Doll ' s agile rapping and genderbending look . Last week , I met up with the musician in the Fenway neighborhood of Boston 22