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It’s been about 36 years since members of the Black Music Association, Black music professionals, and allies stood outside of the Juno Awards show lobbying for the inclusion of Black music categories. The Black Music Association formed in 1984 and advocated for international recognition for African-Canadian music. Today, the Junos are celebrating Black music to an extent that’s never […]
Toronto’s TOBi has always examined contemporary culture through a woke lens on his songs, never shying away from interspersing the personal with the political. His latest track “Don’t Touch!” features smooth production from Grammy winners Kaytranada and BADBADNOTGOOD, elevating his empowered musings on the hairy side of the Black experience to new heights. Whether it’s […]
London Cyr may only be 22, but the Vancouver-born producer already has a pretty stacked discography. Of the artists he’s worked with, Lil Baby, KILLY, Shy Glizzy, and Travis Scott are only a few of the names in his musical orbit. After going multi-platinum and scoring a Grammy nomination for his work on Scott’s Astroworld […]
It was the American developer and one of the “the fathers of the Internet,” Vint Cerf, who first referred to the world wide web as a mirror. He argued that the great technological invention is merely “a reflection of our society,” and that if we don’t like what we see online, the only real option […]
Juxtaposed next to dance videos and trends fuelled by narcissism that saturate the short-form video platform, thousands of TikTok users came across Linda Dong, better known as @yoleendadong, on their For You page for the first time in August 2020. Commencing her videos with a simple (and now iconic) greeting—“Hello, my friend!”—followed by a facetiously blunt criticism […]
One thing about Manila Grey: they’re all about Vancouver. The Juno-nominated Filipino-Canadian duo know the city like the backs of their Supreme racing glove-covered hands. You can hear it all over their latest album No Saints on Knight Street, a shimmering collection of West Coast hip-hop named after the roadway that connects Van with their hometown of […]
Toronto rapper KILLY dropped a new single and music video, “RICK BOOTS,” today. The track sees the MC continue his hot streak, attempting to exorcise his demons over a glitchy, melodramatic beat by FREAKEY!, OMAR GUETFA, and A.D. He reaches a higher octave in the hook, belting, “I can’t, I can’t/Keep these voices out my head/Just try to see […]
Prime Ministers, they get laptop status anxiety—just like us! A photo of Justin Trudeau using as lowly HP laptop masquerading as a Macbook has been making the rounds on the Internet. The image shows him cheerfully leading a video conference behind a computer with what appears to be a white Apple sticker slapped over a Hewlett […]
“I wanted to be the first artist to do this,” it reads at the opening of Sage Harris’ live video for his seductive love-obsessed single, “Meds,” the second video the 25-year-old Toronto R&B singer-songwriter has released from his forthcoming EP, Prince Hills, out on June 8. In the video, we see Harris standing, calmly, hands […]
Forget Bentleys or even yachts—Skiifall looks fly alongside a snowmobile. Just watch the rising Montreal-based rapper, decked out in dapper Arctic gear, smoothly spit the verses of his new song “Bentayga Dust” in the music video he dropped late last week. As a swooping camera pans over a snowy vista, Skiifall stands iceberg tall and […]
