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Right in the midst of celebrating a not guilty verdict, Toronto’s Road Runner just dropped his highly anticipated mixtape Trapistan. Featuring collabs with Portion, 3MFrench, Yung Tory, and ABG Neal, Trapistan is the most versatile release from the Pakistani-Canadian rapper yet. The beats are more varied, switching between uptempo, soulful, and pensive.  Image via Publicist While […]

Last night, Digga D took to Twitter and Instagram to announce that barely a year on from Made In The Pyrex, he was already geared up to drop a new project, Noughty By Nature, which he’s slated for an April 15 release. Not only that, but he also dropped off its first single, “G Lock”, featuring Memphis […]

After kicking off the year with a historic performance at this year’s BRIT Awards—which included a literally incendiary turn on a guitar he picked up for the first time just four months prior—Dave is back to keep things rolling at full speed with new single “Starlight”. A self-produced number, “Starlight” is a relatively subtle one, […]

Skiifall stands on the back of a pickup truck, surrounded by both his squad and snow flurries, and proudly raps in his motherland’s Caribbean accent.  This is one of many powerful scenes in his new music video for “Bloodclarrt Business.” Skiifall’s nimble mix of both his Saint Vincent island roots and scenes from his adoptive Montreal […]

Drake posted a single emoji in response to Boardroom’s Instagram post about former Forbes journalist Zack O’Malley Greenburg’s list for the highest-paid hip-hop acts of 2021.  According to the report, Drake earned the fourth-most among his peers with $50 million. Jay-Z sits atop the list after making a reported $470 million last year, nearly doubling Kanye West’s earnings of […]

Fresh off the release of his fifth studio album Digital Roses Don’t Die, Big K.R.I.T. took to Reddit this week for an “Ask Me Anything” session. When asked by a fan about his retirement plans, the Mississippi rapper maintained that he has no plans of hanging up the microphone anytime soon.  “It’s definitely ‘Multi Till the Sun […]

The chemistry of a great hip-hop duo is the magic that helps both artists do far more than they’d be able to accomplish as individuals. So on the special date, 2/22/2022, we’re looking back at the greatest tandems in the history of hip-hop, based on the quality of their music and overall impact. In recent […]

COMPLEX: Your song “Santa Monica Blvd” is featured on the NBA 2K22 soundtrack, which is a really great look. How did the connection come about? IDK: I remember: it was, like, 2019, and I made it a goal of mine to be in NBA 2K for the first time, and I got cool with Mike—I forgot […]

Love ain’t blind—it’s all-seeing and all-knowing up here in The Great White North. The songs by Canada’s best rap and R&B artists, new and old, reveal gripping romance, the heartache that is the flipside of harboring well-and-true feelings, and the simple-yet-intoxicating thrill of the chase, in an array of forms. Considering our three greatest musical exports—Drake, […]

With their own solo adventures taking them all around the world, it’s an increasingly rare sight to see Giggs and Tiny Boost back on a track together—but it’s always a welcome one. Taking the time to get back to what counts, the Peckham duo recently got together in the studio for new joint “The Family” […]