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It was a scene hardly anyone could’ve dreamed up until it happened. Tucked away in one half of a closed-off high school gym in Scarborough, Ontario, with Drake’s biggest hits blaring in the background, one of the greatest rappers of his generation, J. Cole, was suited up in Scarborough Shooting Stars gear in preparation for […]
In “Sportin’ Waves,” the second episode of Atlanta’s second season, Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles’ profile as a rapper is growing in Atlanta and beyond. Despite that, Alfred (Brian Tyree Henry) still finds himself being a discontented drug dealer sitting in the back seat of a Chevy Impala engaging in small talk with his plug who abruptly, […]
Mustafa’s delicate, haunting 2021 debut When Smoke Rises is a meditation on the grief he experienced after losing several friends to gun violence. It’s an emotion that’s unfortunately much too common in underserved communities around Toronto—communities like the singer-songwriter’s own Regent Park, which in many ways—socially, politically, economically—feels isolated from the rest of the city and the country. […]
It all started with some pickles in 2020 at Hester Street Fair in Manhattan. Nolita Dirtbag, who would like to remain anonymous, would make bootleg stickers mimicking logos from popular New York-based establishments and pass them out along with jars of homemade pickles. One was a riff on Aimé Leon Dore’s logo with an “Imma […]
If the pandemic left you pacing at home, more cabin feverish than a caged beast, then here’s a fitting post-lockdown anthem. Aiko Tomi’s “Animal’s Awake” lives up to its title with both prowling synths and percussion that taps like honed talons. The propulsive Toronto alt-pop up-and-comer’s new single follows her recent TD Music Connected Series performance. At […]
Almost everything about The Kids in the Hall feels like a miracle. It’s a miracle that a defiantly weird sketch comedy troupe from various small towns across Canada could land a prime-time series under the aegis of HBO and Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels. It’s a miracle that the series in question could smuggle […]
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness delivered impressive opening-weekend numbers, grossing $185 million domestically and $450 million globally. Benedict Cumberbatch leads Marvel’s latest blockbuster as Dr. Stephen Strange but the sequel wouldn’t be what it is without his supporting cast, including Benedict Wong and Xochitl Gomez. The actor plays Wong, the Sorcerer Supreme of […]
Immersive and intricate in his artistry, North-West Londoner Knucks has been traversing the realms of hip-hop for over a decade now, aptly rendering himself as one of the most consistent new-age lyricists in the British rap canon. Since his 2014-released debut mixtape, Killmatic—his well-done hat-tip to Nas’ epic Illmatic—Knucks has infused his rap sensibilities with the sounds of jazz and […]
ATL Jacob is having a great 2022 so far. We’re not even halfway through the year yet, and the 21-year-old Atlanta producer already has credits on Kanye West’s Donda 2, Lil Baby’s new single “Right On,” and over half of the tracks on Future’s new album, I Never Liked You, which dropped on April 29, […]
For a certain segment of Gen Z, it feels like we grew up alongside Kehlani. As a solo artist, their ascent happened while life online was entering a new era and R&B was being reimagined by a new generation. To be a teenager at this time was complicated. When I first heard their Chance the […]
