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The quarantine hasn’t slowed Ashley Callingbull’s career. The Indigenous model, pageant queen, and motivational speaker from Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta made waves this year with her biggest campaign yet: she’s the face of Nike’s N7 Collection. Ashley’s role at the forefront of the N7 campaign, as well as her 2015 Mrs. Universe win, acting roles, […]
LB Spiffy is having a hell of a year—and, unlike most of us, it’s not because of the Rona. The 19-year-old rapper, hailing from Toronto’s Jane and Finch area (the stomping ground of scene fixtures Pressa and Friyie) is on a tear of category-defining collaborations and curating a catalog of crazy, fresh music videos. It’s […]
The U.S. presidential debate that went down last night was an absolute clusterfuck. There’s simply no other way to put it. “Shit show” also works, but CNN already used that term. In between the outbursts and interruptions were actual short spurts of comprehensible adult conversation on topics like the upcoming Supreme Court pick, the COVID-19 […]
For the past 20 years, George Stroumboulopoulos has had one of the most instantly recognizable faces (and unspellable names) in Canada. From his early days as a MuchMusic VJ to becoming the face of Hockey Night in Canada to his passion project concert series House of Strombo, the host has been a mainstay on our airwaves. Now, it’s time to share him with the […]
He tried it. He couldn’t fight it. Now, five years after ditching the Toronto music industry to post up in the wilds of Vancouver, k-os wants to get back into the man he used to be. Kind of. Today, the Canadian hip-hop vet drops “Supernovas,” a tailfeather-shaking slab of disco-pop produced by Toronto electronic duo MSTRKRFT. After resurfacing […]
Of the many music tastemakers to lavish praise on meteorically rising Montreal rapper Backxwash in 2020, the shout-out she might be most personally excited about came from Metal Hammer. The venerable UK rock publication, normally known for keeping track of what the titans of rock are up to, called Ashanti Mutinta one of “modern rap’s […]
“When I was 11, I turned 13, because I don’t fuck with 12.” That’s how “Harriet,” the latest video from Pressa, starts—and the sentiment probably doesn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone who’s followed the Toronto rapper’s career to date. The rising MC’s origin story includes his childhood best friend getting killed by […]
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 […]
