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The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. This week they are joined by Christopher Bevans, who was just named creative director at Eddie Bauer. Bevans has a long history in sportswear that includes helping Kanye West make his first pair of Nike sneakers, designing Roger Federer’s logo […]

Content warning: This story contains descriptions of anti-Black racism which may be disturbing to some readers. Ontario’s Minister of Education Stephen Lecce participated in a mock slave auction while he was a frat leader at Western University. The event took place in 2006 at Sigma Chi fraternity’s Epsilon Omicron chapter, where Lecce served as president. Archives from Sigma […]

Almost everything about The Kids in the Hall feels like a miracle. It’s a miracle that a defiantly weird sketch comedy troupe from various small towns across Canada could land a prime-time series under the aegis of HBO and Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels. It’s a miracle that the series in question could smuggle […]

An anonymous Facebook figure is hiding money around a New Brunswick town.  The community of Miramichi have been keeping their eyes peeled for $50 and $100 bills being hidden around their town, following sets of clues given out by a Facebook user who goes by Roman Dungarvan. While no one knows their true identity, Dungarvan posts clues that […]

The Complex Sneakers Podcast is co-hosted by Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty. This week, the three have a long conversation about Marcus Jordan’s infamous Trophy Room x Air Jordan 1 release fiasco, how it affected his reputation in sneakers, and the spicy photos circulating on Twitter. They also break down the “Mambacita” […]

Vancouver rapper Kresnt has dropped his second project of the year, visual EP CALMER. Each of the five tracks have their own visualizer, which were all shot, edited, and co-produced by Kresnt himself, with a little help from Vancouver beatmakers Audiodrugz, Ryan Lore, Bowen Sanderson (aka Nxsty), and DJ Big Smoke. Calmer calls on late ’90s R&B, simple keys and recognizable […]

After a month-long violent “crime spree” involving carjacking in the Greater Toronto Area, police say two suspects have been charged. Toronto Police worked with York Regional Police and Peel Regional Police after stolen vehicles were reported in those areas. The investigation, dubbed “Project Tyga,” began in March, according to Toronto Police.  “It’s an estimated total […]

For a certain segment of Gen Z, it feels like we grew up alongside Kehlani. As a solo artist, their ascent happened while life online was entering a new era and R&B was being reimagined by a new generation. To be a teenager at this time was complicated. When I first heard their Chance the […]

Seemingly out of nowhere, Brampton-based Punjabi singer and rapper Sidhu Moose Wala has released a new EP, No Name. The artist announced the project on Instagram Sunday night, and took to his stories Monday morning saying the EP is “A ‘Thank-You’ Gift for supporting me through everything.” The five-track project boasts Moose Wala’s signature synthesis of bilingual bhangra […]

When Kyle Lowry inevitably gets his statue in front of Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena, it will likely depict him taking a charge. Over the course of his career with the Raptors and current stint with the Miami Heat, the point guard has proven himself to be a master of drawing offensive fouls. If you ask Denzel Washington, however, […]