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After capturing the world’s attention in March with his debut single “Stay Alive,” Toronto’s Mustafa (a.k.a. Mustafa The Poet) is back with a music video for his new track “Air Forces.” Check it out above. Built around samples of a Sudanese tribal chant—a nod to Mustafa’s own roots—the serene, nearly pastoral track sees the 23-year-old Muslim poet and […]

After generating a healthy amount of buzz with last year’s The Swagged Out Pedestrian, Swagger Rite hasn’t let his foot off the gas in 2020, continuing to drop new tracks at a breakneck pace. He’s released his latest, “Heart Broke Rockstar Sh*t,” today, along with an aptly lovelorn video. Watch it above. The new track sees Swagger venture […]

It is the elephant in the room, the question that will hover over the Raptors’ off-season until there’s something definitive: Will Masai Ujiri remain in Toronto beyond the 2019-20 season? Over the course of his tenure with the franchise, he has helped raise the Raptors from drudges of their existence as perpetual cellar dwellers to […]

There is a row of cardboard boxes filled with unpurchased, mostly small- and medium-sized items, arranged tidily below the stairs on the bottom floor of Drake’s OVO flagship store in Tokyo.  “We’re shipping these back to the company,” says Yui Hosakawa, the shop’s assistant manager. “We’re waiting for the delivery company.” She speaks confidently in […]

Becoming an NBA champion is a remarkable achievement. Since the league merged with the ABA in 1976, there have been a grand total of 15 different franchises that have claimed the coveted Larry O’Brien trophy. Forever is inescapable, and the Toronto Raptors earned a place in history that no one can ever take away. Ask […]

The Toronto Raptors huffed and puffed but just couldn’t blow down the Boston Celtics’ house. Exhausted, battered, and bruised, tired mistakes were ultimately the undoing of the Raptors’ admirable title defence. Eighteen turnovers that led to 31 transition points for the game and 3-of-17 (17.6 percent) shooting from beyond the arc after the first quarter […]

Last month, Drake posted an Instagram story with a mighty claim: “None of us would be attempting this sound if it wasn’t for @ramriddlz.” “This sound” he’s referring to? Presumably, it’s the free and easy, dancehall- and Afrobeat-tinged vibe that’s permeated pop music for the last five years (see: Drake and Rihanna, “Work”; Justin Bieber, […]

How do you break a curse? After missing an easy open layup toward the end of the first half of last night’s Game 6 between the Toronto Raptors and the Boston Celtics, Marc Gasol clutched the front of his jersey in his huge hands and looked about ready to tear it in half. Furious and steaming, […]

It’s a reward that signifies the times. Win your first-round playoff battle and you’ll get to see your family. Sure, losing means you’re going home to see your family anyway, but the first option gives you the best of both worlds. The Toronto Raptors swept the Brooklyn Nets and after a humbling loss to the […]

Fred VanVleet cut a disconsolate figure. Norman Powell could barely find the words to start but then aired out all his frustrations. Pascal Siakam refuses to watch the video of Jacob Blake getting shot seven times because he’s still traumatized by the murder of George Floyd. After the Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics were the […]