Janelle Monáe on Being “Othered” for Her “Nonbinary Way of Looking at Music” Ahead of I Made Rock ‘N’ Roll Festival

As Black artists’ roots in country music continue to be rediscovered following the release of Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, the founders of the upcoming

— which Janelle Monáe will headline on Saturday — are hoping the event will have a similar effect in the rock genre.

“We’re really on a mission to showcase the authorship of the creatives that helped to build American culture,” says Alan Bacon, who cofounded GANGGANG, the…