The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. A half-decade has passed since the last Black Violin album, "Give Thanks," dropped. But the unique ...

Black Violin's Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus met on the first day of orchestra class in 1996 at Dillard High School of the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Classically trained by day, they ...

For nearly 20 years, hip hop duo Black Violin has fused classical strings with modern beats, breaking barriers and building community along the way. Members Kev Marcus and Wil Baptiste first met in ...

The maestro has met the MC… and they make great music together. On April 12th, Flushing Town Hall will host Wil B and Kev Marcus, the members of the revolutionary group Black Violin. These classically ...

This is something you won’t see every day at a concert billed as “classical”: a DJ working the turntables. Or a drummer banging out a solo in classic rock ‘n’ roll fashion, set against the backdrop of ...

In 2018, I interviewed Wilner “Wil B” Baptiste of the classical crossover duo Black Violin. He acknowledged that, in 2004, when he and bandmate/childhood pal Kevin “Kev Marcus” Sylvester founded the ...

In the second grade, Malcolm McNeish picked up the violin at Bethune Elementary School in Hollywood for the chance to go on field trips to Disney World and Busch Gardens. His brother Umoja saw him ...