'If you can love what you do, and, at the same time ,inspire the next generation, it's a beautiful thing,' Wil Baptiste said.
Looking for things to do in Chicago? Black Violin is performing a blend of hip-hop and classical music at the House of Blues in River North.Wil started with strings, and branched out to other instruments and vocals.
Black Violin is what they've done with their talent and enterprise! They're classically trained, but hip-hop is in their DNA. "Absolutely, we were hip-hop before we were classical," Wil said. "Hip-hop is like that rebel, the defiant kid on the corner. We were just regular kids, after second period listening to Tupac, Biggie. We just happen to have these classes in high school playing Mozart, Beethoven.
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