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On May 21st 2005 Black Violin, two classically trained musicians took home the title ‘2005 Apollo Legends’ which catapulted them to international fame. These two gentlemen, Kev Marcus and Wil B along with their DJ TK have created the ultimate synergy between classical and Hip-Hop music, and with it an incredible opportunity to reach young children. Since their triumph at the Apollo, Black Violin has toured with Linkin Park’s lead singer Mike Shinoda throughout the country and abroad, performed at the NFL Kick off party with ‘Diddy’, performed at the Billboard Awards with Alicia Keys, been featured on Paris Hilton, Jessica Simpson, Lil Kim, and Brooke Hogan’s albums, and has been giving an Award by the Brooklyn Center for Performing Arts for their Outstanding Contributions to Middle & High School Performing Arts Students. Kev Marcus, and Wil b, both graduates of Dillard Performing Arts High School, used their musical talents to earn full scholarships to college. Now Black Violin wants to make sure that America’s young people get the same exposure to the arts, and therefore the same opportunity that they did.

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Wil-B ‘Simply Sick’ age 26, attended Dillard High School of Performing Arts, and attempted to join the school band in efforts to play the saxophone. At the age of 13 he was mistakenly put into the string program instead of the band; but as luck would have it he mastered the viola and grew to love it.

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ChadFromCanada wrote:
Tuesday evening

"Chance" is amazing

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lyndonkey wrote:
October 2009

fucken groovy stuff. however, "an incredible opportunity to reach young children"... yawhaa?

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SyntaxE wrote:
October 2009

Really like this... But I'd really like to hear a female's voice on one of their records (I don't know all of their songs so they might already have a song like that, in that case I never said anything). I love violins, and they sound great in hiphop songs.

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S-Kayos wrote:
October 2009

Artful.

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Mr_Naxay wrote:
September 2009

nice

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Crazy_Zoo wrote:
September 2009

good music ))

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XeN-PhARisaICal wrote:
August 2009

Complete Greatness

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maryann2version wrote:
August 2009

Fuckin' fresh =D

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4erepawko wrote:
August 2009

they're sooo talented. I'd like to see them live

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ShinobiNoRyuu wrote:
July 2009

pretty damn cool

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ShinobiNoRyuu wrote:
July 2009

gotta check this out

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snpnx wrote:
July 2009

Awesome music!

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Triliader wrote:
July 2009

Their performance Saturday at Frauenfeld was absolutely amazing.

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highaltitude wrote:
July 2009

good music

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JMG2JMG wrote:
June 2009

wow that's totally unique and talented!

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dflawless wrote:
June 2009

Omg. This is fuckin' insane. I've always wished for something like this.... And because I never heard anything this dope, I've considered producing it myself! Yes!

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odd-e-o-file wrote:
June 2009

refreshing...!

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mophader wrote:
June 2009

I love "My Story"!! looking forward to seeing them at the Openair Frauenfeld!

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xbonio wrote:
June 2009

Huh, they're sooooo tight !

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ChizhSuperChel wrote:
May 2009

good music ж)

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