LIVE! A Music Calendar: Black Violin bring hip-hop meets classical sound to Fort Smith

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 faithfully put on their headphones and listened to the hottest rap records each night. Twenty years later, the Grammy-nominated classical-meets-hip-hop duo has come a long way: touring with Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, opening for the Wu-Tang Clan and working with the likes of Alessia Cara, 2 Chainz and Lil Wayne.