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Released in 2018, Blackie: A Story by Roy Kinsey is a landmark project in autobiographical hip-hop—a fearless excavation of lineage, grief, identity, and survival.
Written in the wake of his grandmother’s passing, Blackie is both elegy and origin story. Roy Kinsey invites listeners into the personal and political: growing up Black and queer on Chicago’s West Side, navigating family, church, community, and the inherited weight of generational trauma.
Through sharp storytelling and haunting production, Blackie transcends music—it reads like a memoir in verse, a sonic reckoning, a literary time capsule.
Widely praised for its vulnerability and vision, Blackie established Kinsey as a vital voice in the tradition of Baldwin, Morrison, and Nas.
This project includes:
10 tracks of lyrical fire and emotional depth
Personal archival audio woven into the storytelling
An exploration of Black identity, masculinity, and queerness in America
A pivotal chapter in Kinsey’s discography and artistic evolution
For those who know that stories save lives.
Released in 2018, Blackie: A Story by Roy Kinsey is a landmark project in autobiographical hip-hop—a fearless excavation of lineage, grief, identity, and survival.
Written in the wake of his grandmother’s passing, Blackie is both elegy and origin story. Roy Kinsey invites listeners into the personal and political: growing up Black and queer on Chicago’s West Side, navigating family, church, community, and the inherited weight of generational trauma.
Through sharp storytelling and haunting production, Blackie transcends music—it reads like a memoir in verse, a sonic reckoning, a literary time capsule.
Widely praised for its vulnerability and vision, Blackie established Kinsey as a vital voice in the tradition of Baldwin, Morrison, and Nas.
This project includes:
10 tracks of lyrical fire and emotional depth
Personal archival audio woven into the storytelling
An exploration of Black identity, masculinity, and queerness in America
A pivotal chapter in Kinsey’s discography and artistic evolution
For those who know that stories save lives.