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Cure For Paranoia, 2026 Tiny Desk Contest Winner: Tiny Desk Concert
Elle Mannion | May 28, 2026
Cure For Paranoia wants you to believe in yourself. Perseverance, plus a whole lot of talent, is what got the Dallas hip-hop collective to our space after submitting to the Tiny Desk Contest four years in a row.
Here, between laying down clever verses alongside his ten-piece band, frontperson Cameron McCloud introduces the group and their mission. "Ten years ago, I was placed on medication for bipolar depression and paranoid schizophrenia — but it turned out that mu