Kevin Olusola is an American musician, beatboxer, multi-instrumentalist (cellist, saxophone, piano), producer, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the beatboxer of the three-time Grammy® Award-winning and multi-Platinum-selling a cappella quintet Pentatonix. The band has sold more than 10 million albums and performed for fans at their sold-out shows across the globe. Their YouTube channel boasts close to 20 million subscribers and yields over 5.6 billion video views.
As a solo artist, Kevin fuses popular and classical styles together to create a sound new to classical instrumentation. Kevin has performed for Quincy Jones at the Montreux Jazz Festival, at Carnegie Hall twice as a soloist on the cello and saxophone, and has appeared on NPR’s From The Top. Kevin’s first solo album, The Renegade EP, debuted #1 on Billboard Traditional Classical and Classical Crossover charts, and most recently released the Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood EP where he re-imagined timeless songs such as “True Colors” & “Don’t Dream It’s Over.” Outside of music, the Yale graduate also enjoys keeping up his fluency in Mandarin Chinese (he majored in East Asian Studies while also being pre-med), investing, mentoring Christian young professionals through his podcast Imagine Faith Talk, and spending time with his wife Leigh and most recent addition to the family — his daughter, Kaia.
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