Black Violin
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Black Violin is an American hip hop duo from Fort Lauderdale, Florida comprising two classically trained string instrumentalists, Kevin Sylvester and Wilner Baptiste, who go by the stage names Kev Marcus and Wil B. Kev Marcus plays the violin, and Wil B. plays the viola. They developed an act covering hip-hop songs on their violins, which became popular in local clubs. Two years after sending in a tape to Showtime at the Apollo, they were invited to appear on the showâwhich they won and kept winning. They were approached by the manager of Alicia Keys, who asked them to perform with the singer on the Billboard Awards. Other offers followedâthey toured with Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, opened for the Wu-Tang Clan, composed the music for the Fox series Pitch. Individually and together, Wil and Kev have worked with Alessia Cara, 2 Chainz, and Lil Wayne. All the while, Black Violin continued touring, playing as many as 200 shows a year, and released two independent, self-financed albums before releasing the acclaimed Stereotypes in 2015.
The duo currently performs with DJ SPS and drummer Nat Stokes.
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Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Showoff
- One Step
- Losing Control
- Runnin'
- End Of The World
- Stay Clear featuring Robert Glasper
- Addiction
- Rhapsody
- Shaker
- Day 2
- Tres Palabras by Black Violin
- Walk On By
- Rock Anthem
- Opus
- Overture
- Invisible by Pharoahe Monch
- A-Flat
- The Mission
- Drama
- Virtuoso
- Magic
- Iterlude
- We Wish You
- Sugar Plum Fairy
