Boston's new mixtape is a way to bolster local talent

Boston's new mixtape dropped this month. It features six local DJs and 17 musicians across different genres. "Dear Summer Vol. 2," which follows last year's "Dear Summer Vol. 1" is a project funded by the city.

Artists featured in the mixtape will perform ay "Homemade," a public family concert at City Hall Plaza on Saturday Sept. 7.

WBUR's Radio Boston spoke to people behind the project: John Borders IV, Boston's director of tourism, sports and entertainment, and Chimel Idiotikas, aka DJ Real P. Also joining the conversation was Abdourahmane Doumbouya, a.k.a. Caliph, a Grammy-award winning artist featured in the mixtape.