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There was, however, a retro movement in the 2000s reverting to go-go's original style of marathon sessions covering popular R&B songs such as [[Northeast Groovers]]. Many of these bands used the term "Grown 'n Sexy" to indicate a focus on appealing to audiences over 25. In 2006 and again in 2007, there was a Grown and Sexy Category at the [[WKYS]] 93.9 Go-Go Awards ceremony held at DAR Constitution Hall, which the Familiar Faces won in 2006, and L!ssen Da Grew^p won in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR2006112900748.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |title=Awards Celebrate Go-Go's Funk |first=Delece |last=Smith-Barrow |date=November 30, 2006 |access-date=May 3, 2010 |archive-date=November 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106083631/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/29/AR2006112900748.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Some go-go artists have been able to transition into other areas of entertainment. [[Anwan Glover|Anwan "Big G" Glover]]—a founding member of the Backyard Band—became an actor, playing [[Slim Charles]] on HBO's ''[[The Wire]].''<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110130156/http://blog.washingtonpost.com/goingoutgurus/ |url-status=dead|title=Blog: Going Out Gurus |archive-date=November 10, 2006|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=February 25, 2021}} {{nonspecific|date=June 2022}}</ref> D.C. band [[Mambo Sauce (band)|Mambo Sauce]] also had hits with "Miracles" and "Welcome Toto D.C." which both cracked the ''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]'' charts. "Welcome to D.C." also became the official intro song for all of the Washington Wizards & Mystics home games and the video for the song was in rotation on VH1 Soul and BETJ and received airplay on MTVJams, MTV2, MTVU and BET.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.crosstownarts.com/wama/bb/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=446&sid=dba42ded6fb01013e5189e4cb9fc0fde |title=WAMADC.com :: View topic - WAMA News Jan 17, 2008<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=July 3, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080129121432/http://www.crosstownarts.com/wama/bb/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=446&sid=dba42ded6fb01013e5189e4cb9fc0fde |archive-date=January 29, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Kevin Kato Hammond]], former lead guitarist for Little Benny & the Masters and former rapper for the band Proper Utensils, started the online magazine ''Take Me Out to the Go-Go'' in 1996. In addition to the magazine being a source of information on go-go shows, it serves as a community forum in which go-go fans routinely submit their own articles on issues unique to the genre. [http://www.tmottgogo.com/ ''Take Me Out to the Go-Go''] has expanded to include a radio show on [https://web.archive.org/web/20061116022241/http://www.gogoradio.com/ GoGoRadio.com], as well as several [[YouTube|YouTube channels]], one of the most notable being [https://www.youtube.com/user/XclusiveGoGo XclusiveGoGo].

Additionally, musicians from other genres of music have incorporated elements of the go-go aesthetic into their compositions and stage acts. Jazz/rock musician [[Mike Dillon (musician)|Mike Dillon]], leads a band called Go-Go Jungle, often playing long, non-stop sets that incorporate go-go beats and raps interspersed with other subgenres of funk, jazz, and rock. Another example is [[Bob Mintzer]]'s composition "Go-Go" from the [[Yellowjackets (band)|Yellowjackets]]' 2003 release, ''Time Squared''. Composer [[Liza Figueroa Kravinsky]] composed the [http://www.gogosymphony.com Go-Go Symphony], an original full orchestra symphony that incorporates the go-go and bounce beats. She founded the identically named Go-Go Symphony ensemble,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gogosymphony.com/|title=Home|website=Gogosymphony.com|access-date=February 25, 2021|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226181417/https://gogosymphony.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> which performs the Go-Go Symphony and other mashups of go-go and classical, sometimes in partnership with other full symphony orchestras. The February 21, 2014, world premiere of the fully orchestrated Go-Go Symphony and similar pieces, performed with the Capital City Symphony, received standing ovations and rave reviews.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/go-go-symphony-at-atlas-performing-arts-center-is-well-worth-a-listen/2014/02/23/b07d847c-9c9a-11e3-8112-52fdf646027b_story.html|title='Go-Go Symphony,' at Atlas Performing Arts Center, is well worth a listen|first=Stephen|last=Brookes|date=February 23, 2014|access-date=February 25, 2021|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|archive-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220222543/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/go-go-symphony-at-atlas-performing-arts-center-is-well-worth-a-listen/2014/02/23/b07d847c-9c9a-11e3-8112-52fdf646027b_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

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===2020s===

In February 2020, go-go was named the "official music" of Washington, D.C., in a unanimous vote by the [[D.C. Council]] following the #DontMuteDC movement.<ref name="Lang">{{cite news |last1=Lang |first1=Marissa J. |title=Go-go is signed into law as the official music of D.C. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/its-official-go-go-music-signed-into-law-as-the-designated-music-of-dc/2020/02/19/42a4ef62-52a1-11ea-b119-4faabac6674f_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=February 20, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220002940/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/its-official-go-go-music-signed-into-law-as-the-designated-music-of-dc/2020/02/19/42a4ef62-52a1-11ea-b119-4faabac6674f_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=April 10, 2020|title=One year later, #DontMuteDC advocates for financial support of go-go music|url=https://wtop.com/dc/2020/04/one-year-later-dontmutedc-advocates-for-financial-support-of-go-go-music/|access-date=November 30, 2020|website=WTOP|language=en|archive-date=August 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814003553/https://wtop.com/dc/2020/04/one-year-later-dontmutedc-advocates-for-financial-support-of-go-go-music/|url-status=live}}</ref> Go-go historians and local activists have advocated for city investment in go-go tourism as a result of financial challenges due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name=":0" /> "In Washington, DC, the Black Lives Matter protests over the summer of 2020 often included go-go bands performing on truck beds as a highly visible and aural political symbol that could only happen in the capital of the United States."<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/jfrr/article/view/35342|title=Kip Lornell - Review of Ross Cole, The Folk: Music, Modernism, and the Political Imagination|first=Kip|last=Lornell|date=September 25, 2022|journal=Journal of Folklore Research Reviews|accessdate=March 11, 2023|via=scholarworks.iu.edu}}</ref> On August 22, 2021, it was announced that the DC Public Library's Go-Go Archive had acquired the photography catalog of 1,956 photographic images shot by photographer Chip Py who spent ten years photographing the DC Go-Go scene and was one of Chuck Brown's photographers for the archival and documented history of go-go. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dcist.com/story/21/08/17/dcpl-go-go-photo-collection-chuck-brown-band-rare-essence/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817190648/https://dcist.com/story/21/08/17/dcpl-go-go-photo-collection-chuck-brown-band-rare-essence/|url-status=live|archive-date=August 17, 2021|title=A New Photo Collection Adds Nearly 2,000 Images To The D.C. Public Library's Go-Go Archive|accessdate=March 11, 2023}}</ref> On February 14, 2022, the book "DC Go-Go: Ten Years Backstage" by photographer Chip Py was published by The History Press. The 208 -page book features 251 of Py's photographs of all the bands, legends and fans shot at the go-go as well as nine chapters about the origins, the culture, the legends, the bands, the culture, #dontmutedc and how Go-Go became the official music of [[Washington, DCD.C.]] <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467150538|title=DC Go-Go: Ten Years Backstage by Chip Py, Foreword by Greg Boyer &#124; The History Press Books|accessdate=March 11, 2023}}</ref>

==See also==