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Hip-hop gets a classical makeover from The Illharmonic at Shubert Theatre

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Classical instruments and orchestrations aren’t unknown in hip-hop music, but nobody mingles those sounds like the Illharmonic ...
Chicago Sun-Times

Jeezy bridges hip-hop and classical music worlds in black-tie event at Chicago Theatre

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KQED

How Kev Choice Made Room for Hip-Hop in Classical Music

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Fox2Now St. Louis

Can hip-hop and classical music mix? Find out at Symphonic Hip Hop Orchestra

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ST. LOUIS – Symphonic Hip Hop Orchestra ...
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Hip-Hop and Classical Orchestras: Cypress Hill, Chuck D, And How ‘The Simpsons’ Inspired the Latest Genre Mash-Up

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The latest trend in hip-hop has the genre going highbrow. More than a half-century since it started, the most popular genre in the ...
Rolling Out

RZA’s journey from hip-hop to classical music: A creative evolution

RZA, the legendary founding member of Wu-Tang Clan, is embarking on a remarkable journey of artistic evolution. He has recently produced a symphonic ballet score titled “A Ballet Through Mud,” which ...
Union-Bulletin

Hip-hop, classical music meet in Walla Walla with Symphonic Cypher

Walla Walla Community College students, along with musical group Comon Pholk and the Walla Walla Symphony, are working together to bring hip-hop symphonic fusion to Walla Walla.
Rolling Out

Black Violin’s Wil Baptiste blends hip-hop and classical

In the sprawling landscape of contemporary music, where genre boundaries increasingly blur into irrelevance, Black Violin emerges as something genuinely exceptional—a classical-meets-hip-hop ...
WUNC

Classical music and hip-hop to meet in a Charlotte concert 'One can only dream of'

Jeffrey McNeill, otherwise known as Thee Phantom (right), performs with his partner Andrea Coln McNeill at Carnegie Hall in New York. The duo behind the Illharmonic Orchestra is set to perform in ...
Berkshire Eagle

Black Violin bringing hip-hop energy with classical strings to Mahaiwe

GREAT BARRINGTON — For Wil Baptiste and Kev Marcus, merging the sounds of classical music and hip-hop just came naturally. The viola player/vocalist and violinist, respectively, behind the ...
The Gazette

Hip-hop duo Black Violin returns to Iowa at Capitol Theater

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 ...