Janelle Monae Channeling James Brown and Other Scenes from the 2012 Afropunk Festival 2012-08-29 On: 08/29/2012 In: Music, New York Janelle Monae capped off the second day of the festival for the concrete half of the park. Her Red Stage grounds included the FreeCycle BMX quarter-pipe, the skate park, and most of the other interesting parts of the festival.