Nnenna and Pierce join host Robin Young to discuss their art and Phil Freelon's legacy. Together, they're releasing a new album: ' Ancestars.' The album, focusing on the role of ancestors, family, memory and culture, honors and grieves Phil Freelon.

Nnenna is a singer, composer and actress. Pierce is a hip-hop and soul musician and co-founder of the Beat-Making lab.

Pierce and Nnenna made history last year as the first mother-son pair both nominated for Grammy awards for their music. The cover of 'Ancestars' by Nnenna and Pierce Freelon. To his family, including his wife Nnenna Freelon and son Pierce Freelon, Phil's death marked the end of one phase and a transition to a new one where he's now remembered and honored as an ancestor. and dozens of other projects in North Carolina and around the country. He was the force behind the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington D.C.

In 2019 architectural giant Phil Freelon died of ALS. Nnenna Freelon (left) and Pierce Freelon (right) created the new album 'Ancestars.' (Chris Charles)

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