houdini
After a two-year hiatus, Toronto’s NorthSideBenji has finally returned, delivering a new track with DJ Charlie B called “30,000 ft.” The breezy, chilled-out tune sees NorthSideBenji back in top form, delivering the same undeniable hooks and bright melodies that captured the city’s attention a couple years ago. Over an airy, leisurely beat produced by DJ Charlie B and Breeze Inc, […]
Toronto police have arrested three people in connection with a shooting at a memorial service for rapper Houdini last year. A year after the shooting, 21-year-old Traequan Mahoney, 25-year-old Gaddiel Ledinek and 37-year-old Maurice Donegan have been charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and additional charges of discharge of a firearm with intent to wound, failing to […]
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 […]
It’s been a long fight. The music industry has been upended, and our lives along with it. But in the most challenging of years, some voices still managed to stand out, either lifting us out of the darkness or resonating with us during a time of unrest. Good music really hit different in 2020. And in Canada, […]
Again, another generally terrible month of 2020 has passed with a bunch of awesome music releases doing their best to offset the wackness. It’s a shame that Canadian artists, high-profile and otherwise, are delivering at such a consistent rate but all audiences can do about it is stay home and jam. It seems, though, that […]
Dimarjio Antonio Jenkins, better known as Toronto rapper Houdini, was shot and killed on Tuesday afternoon, Global News reports. He was 21. According to CP24 News, the shooting happened in Toronto’s Entertainment District at around 4 p.m. Two other people, a 15-year-old boy and 27-year-old woman, were also shot during the incident. Although they are reportedly both in serious […]
Sure, the world is currently living indoors thanks to COVID-19, but you can miss Houdini with all this social distancing stuff. When I phone the Toronto rapper on Tuesday, he’s out at a diner in BC, sitting down for breakfast, surrounded by friends, pandemic be damned. “Man, one thing about me, I’m not with the hype,” the […]
Let’s just get it out of the way now: this list will piss some of you off. Chances are you’ll let us know about it in the comments section. “Y’all left out [insert name of local rapper with a decent Instagram following here]!! This whole list trash,” you’ll write. Maybe you’ll use an expletive; maybe you’ll add a […]
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