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Peace hockey—basketball may be Canada’s new national sport. First of all: We kinda invented the game. Also, even though we’re already halfway through the 2019/2020 NBA season, we’re still low-key celebrating the country’s only NBA basketball team championship (you know, when the Raps beat Golden State last year). Plus, after that championship, the Toronto Raptors surpassed […]
The night started off with a poem called “Tell Em,” by Alysestal Hamilton Thomas. It was an ode to black culture and a commentary on not only being comfortable in your skin, but also learning to love yourself. The crowd snapped their fingers as words resonated with the diverse crowd from all over the city […]
Long before he was a deoderant pitchman or syndicated talent show host or Greek-yogurt-obsessed lieutenant on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Terry Crews was in Toronto. To be more specific, he was in the 6ix because that’s where Platinum, the first TV series he ever acted in, was shot. He essentially played a hoodlum—and not even a funny one. You […]
Since there’s a very strong case for him being the GROAT (Greatest Raptor of All Time), the day will likely come when Kyle Lowry sees his jersey hung from the rafters at Scotiabank Arena. But until then, we’ll settle for this: KLow was immortalized by his alma matter Wednesday night as his No. 1 jersey was retired […]
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson has earned his spot in the Toronto Raptors’ rotation this season with his relentless grit and knack for chasing down loose balls. So it should come as no surprise that he puts that same amount of hustle into hunting down loose pocketbooks. Early Saturday morning, the day after his 10-point, four-rebound performance in the Raptors’ win over […]
In Quebec, everybody “fouettes.” High school kids fouette. Athletes fouette. Influencers fouette. People get tattoos saying fouette. Few, if any of them, have ever actually done it. In French, fouette means to whip, but thanks to Laval rapper Tizzo and his ubiquitous 2018 single “On Fouette,” the expression has taken on a life of its […]
Time is a flat circle. In the run-up to the release of his fifth studio album, Changes, Justin Bieber returned to YouTube, the platform that propelled him to fame more than a decade ago, as the star and executive producer of the 10-part documentary series Seasons. Some things, like Bieber’s YouTube popularity, never change: The […]
For Canadian NBA fans, there’s no shortage of reasons to get excited about this weekend’s 69th annual All-Star Game in Chicago. For starters, All-Star Saturday Night is a consistently more enjoyable February holiday than Valentine’s Day. (Come @ me, bro.) There’s more, of course—like Pascal Siakam getting picked to run with the big dogs as […]
As a staple of the Canadian streetwear scene, Livestock has been at the forefront of what’s new and next since its beginnings over a decade ago. Today, the brand has locations in Vancouver, Toronto, and Winnipeg (a grand opening for the Winnipeg location takes place February 21), and is known for stocking the latest in sneaker and […]
Junia-T’s solo salvo Studio Monk was a record that almost never came to fruition. Mired in a creative funk in the wake of the release of his 2014 album Eye See You, the Toronto via Mississauga MC was on the brink of quitting music for good. However, linking with Toronto music maven Addy Papa’s Riot […]
