How introspective hip-hop artist Roy Kinsey turned trauma into triumph
When Roy Kinsey lost his grandmother in 2016, he was too paralyzed with grief to speak at her service. Kinsey couldn't exalt her the way he wanted - by recounting stories of staying up late with her, sharing beers, the hard lessons she had passed on or the many memories he had.
So he opted to make her an offering - through music.
"If I could make something to show her that I appreciate her and our time," the 32-year-old thought, "then that's what I was going to do."
The result is "Blackie: A Story
