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By 2018, Kilgore was ready to make a leap many Broadway performers before him had: writing and recording an album. But the results he has seen since have been decidedly less expected: In November, he was nominated for a best traditional R&B performance Grammy for his debut single, “Let Me Go.”
“He pulled a rabbit out of the hat with this nomination,” says a proud Porter. “If an artist starts on Broadway, the music industry doesn’t see you like that. I got my Grammy from being in a Broadway show [
Singer, songwriter, artist, and activist
Mykal Kilgore has made history as the first openly gay, male artist to earn a nomination in the Grammy’s Best Traditional R&B category.
Kilgore, an award-winning Broadway performer, received the nomination for his single, “Let Me Go”, which is the first release from his debut album, “A Man Born Black.”
“I am overwhelmed with joy to be counting amongst these incredible artists and to represent the male sound of R&B in this category,” said Kilgore in a statement.
“I tried to write songs that helped express the truth of myself the pretty and the ugly. I wanted people to see a whole human being, not a stereotype or a picture-perfect image – something true to myself. I wanted to speak about the world that I actually live in,” he added