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Montreal rapper Nate Husser has tapped Chicago’s Mick Jenkins for his first new track of 2021. It’s called “Teriyaki” and it’s an experience. The joint starts out with a simple flute loop and Husser spitting breakneck bars about his rapid ascent: “I’m on a mission, they can’t stop me/Saucin’ on them, teriyaki.” The Dominique Sanders-helmed beat then kicks in, […]
America may have Method Man, Redman, and (…ahem) Afroman. But Canada is no slouch when it comes to MCs waxing poetic about puffing lye. Our famous B.C. bud has helped fuel some underground, criminally underrated rappers who add poignancy and nuance to their smoke odes. On the other end of the spectrum (a few time […]
Six people in Vaughan, Ontario were mistakenly injected with saline instead of a COVID-19 vaccine, say health officials. The incident occured on March 28 at the Mackenzie Health COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic, which is located at Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, according to a statement issued Monday by Mackenzie Health. “Saline is used to dilute the COVID-19 vaccine prior […]
Besides having an awesome title, Mark Flaa, eBay’s Director of Sneakers, is tasked with growing the sneaker category for the e-commerce giant. Recently, a main focus of that has been working on the company’s Authenticity Guarantee, which was first rolled out for the U.S. market last October, and is now coming soon to Canada. And with it, the […]
Last year, Dimarjio Antonio Jenkins, best known as Toronto rapper Houdini, was shot dead at just 21. Today, his legacy lives on in a brand new music video for his song “Part of Me.” Co-directed by Houdini himself before his untimely death, along with Michael Vincent, the visual features trippy, fast-cut clips of the emcee performing the song in a […]
Ontario has the largest stockpile of COVID-19 vaccines in Canada, with 1.4 million doses currently unused. The numbers come from Canada’s Minister of Health Patty Hajdu, who tweeted stats on how many doses have been delivered and how many have been used as of April 5. Many Ontarians have expressed disappointment in this in conjunction with the province’s seemingly […]
Adria Kain has just shared her latest track, “Alone in Kenzo.” The Toronto-based soul musician has also dropped the accompanying music video, showing her and someone named “Z” dancing in the middle of a living room. With “Kenzo” referring to the Kensington Market neighbourhood, Kain says the song emulates a late night in Toronto. With […]
The snow’s gone, our parkas are back in storage and ‘warming up the car’ isn’t a thing anymore. Just by looking around, it’s easy to peg when winter melts into spring, but there are sonic signs too. It’s almost as if there’s a binary between what a winter track and a spring release are. Case in point? […]
The hottest song in Manila right now was written in Vancouver. “Backhouse Ballin’,” the latest single off Manila Grey’s new album No Saints on Knight Street, has been tearing up the radio charts of the Philippine capital the last couple weeks, even overtaking behemoths like “Peaches” by Justin Bieber and “Selfish” by DJ Snake and […]
In honour of Women’s History Month, Complex Canada partnered with Makeway, Canada’s only standalone “for women, by women” sneaker and streetwear boutique, to highlight some of the country’s lesser-known female sneaker lovers. Since Makeway’s opening last November, the women’s sneaker community has and will always be at the heart of the shop’s “why.” And while we’re beginning […]
