Kevin Olusola (of Pentatonix)

<p>He’s here! Kevin Olusola of Pentatonix is in the kitchen! From beatboxing in a dorm shower to winning three GRAMMYs with Pentatonix, Kevin shares his incredible journey of combining cello and beatboxing into a genre-bending career. He opens up about immigrant expectations, viral YouTube beginnings, how Yo-Yo Ma changed his life, and presenting Ed Sheeran with his Grammy-Award alongside Stevie Wonder. Plus, Kevin gives an exclusive peek into his upcoming solo album Dawn of a Misfit and competes in Anthony and Jonathan’s ultimate beatboxing challenge. </p><p><br /></p><p>Episode Breakdown:</p><p>    •    00:00 – Episode Trailer</p><p>    •    01:00 – Listener shoutouts! The hosts read glowing reviews from fans and reveal their Uber rating drama.</p><p>    •    05:00 – Welcome Kevin Olusola! The best intro ever (with a “crash out” pun), and Kevin returns the love.</p><p>    •    07:00 – Wikipedia connections. Kevin and Jonathan realize their paths crossed years ago at Quincy Jones’s office, and Jacob Collier’s wiki page gets a name-drop.</p><p>    •    09:00 – Musical beginnings. Piano at 4, cello at 6, saxophone at 10—and Carnegie Hall by college.</p><p>    •    11:00 – Discovering perfect pitch. Kevin plays “House of the Rising Sun” by ear at age 3, and his dad takes notice.</p><p>    •    13:00 – The birth of cello boxing. It all started with a Mandarin-speaking professor in Beijing.</p><p>    •    15:30 – The beatboxing origin story. From annoying his dad to an acapella discovery in a shared dorm shower.</p><p>    •    17:00 – The immigrant dilemma. Kevin explains how cultural expectations almost kept him from a music career.</p><p>    •    18:00 – Grammy joke of the year. After performing with Stevie Wonder, Kevin’s dad hits him with a savage comment.</p><p>    •    19:30 – YouTube beginnings. Kevin starts posting videos after getting support from Yo-Yo Ma and KRS-One.</p><p>    •    24:00 – Going viral with “Julie-O.” A year of perfecting one video leads to his Pentatonix discovery moment.</p><p><br /></p><p>    •    25:30 – The Pentatonix call. Kevin gets a mysterious audition request... from Ben Bram and Scott Hoying.</p><p>    •    27:00 – The first rehearsal. Kevin meets the group, hits Roscoe’s, and sings “Telephone” for the first time.</p><p>    •    30:00 – Sing-Off champions, then dropped. The band wins big—only to be dropped by their label days later.</p><p>    •    31:00 – The YouTube strategy. Their manager pushes them to go all-in on YouT