Kevin Anglade

“Across 14 tracks, Anglade builds something closer to a cultural document than a conventional rap album, one that asks its listener to sit with uncomfortable questions rather than offering easy resolutions. What gives THE BLACK BOX its character is the sense that Anglade is working from research and lived observation simultaneously.” - Danielle Holian (Other Side Reviews UK)

Kevin Anglade - THE BLACK BOX (2026) | The Other Side Reviews Using rap’s long tradition of social critique to examine systemic inequality, colonialism, capitalism, and the complexities of living in a marginalised community, Kevin Anglade releases 'THE BLACK BOX'.

“THE BLACK BOX” investigates the idea of solitary confinement within the paradigm of American white supremacy and how it works diligently to disenfranchise Black life. In other words, an album about drugs and mass incarceration and its effect on the Black family.

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According to Frank Bell of Fame Magazine UK: "By connecting music, research and written commentary, "The Black Box" develops beyond a conventional album release. Queens musician and scholar Kevin Anglade transforms research and lived experience into socially conscious hip-hop."

Kevin Anglade Turns Social Research Into Hip-Hop on ‘The Black Box’ – famemagazine.co.uk CoverageKevin Anglade Turns Social Research Into Hip-Hop on ‘The Black Box’ 23 August 2026 Frank Bell Queens musician and scholar Kevin Anglade transforms research and lived experience into socially conscious hip-hop on his forthcoming album, The Black Box. The project examines Black identity, s...

In my latest Substack article, I write about the meaning of being “Branded” by the prison industrial complex. Mass Incarceration is another plantation system designed for the subjugation of Black males on a prison farm. “The yard” becomes another avenue of capitalistic exploitation as prisoners work for cheap while sustaining the regulation of U.S. economy.

BRANDED (FROM THE BLACK BOX) How Recidivism Stifles Black Progress & Upward Mobility