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Smiley dropped his latest single “Nicky Nine Door” today. The doorbell-ringing-and-running referencing track was produced by Flarryse and Yxngtee, and mixed by Devin Nakao. The OVO Sound rapper released an accompanying video which sees him partying in multiple locations like a rundown kitchen, a gas station, and a train cart. The video was directed by […]
Montreal’s Festival Metro Metro has announced its 2023 lineup featuring Lil Wayne, Jack Harlow, and Lil Baby as the headliners. The festival will take place from May 19 to 21 at the Parc Olympique Esplanade. Joining the headliners are a number of rappers, such as Cordae, Coi Leray, Lil Tjay, Yeat, and The Kid Laroi among others, coming […]
At just 15—an age when most of us were preoccupied with raiding our parents’ liquor cabinets—Hallie Tut was shooting professional portaits of rappers like Danny Brown, Lil Yachty, and Post Malone. And the Vancouver-born, Toronto-born photographer and filmmaker has been putting in work ever since. After making a name for herself early on for her vibrant, colour-saturated […]
“I’m a completely different person than I was 3 years ago,” KILLY recently tweeted. Which is fair. A few years ago, Khalil Tatem was a 19-year-old kid from Scarborough who, thanks to the freak overnight success of his entrancing first single, “Killamonjaro,” found himself swept into the trap star-industrial complex. Dude uploaded a track on […]
London Cyr may only be 22, but the Vancouver-born producer already has a pretty stacked discography. Of the artists he’s worked with, Lil Baby, KILLY, Shy Glizzy, and Travis Scott are only a few of the names in his musical orbit. After going multi-platinum and scoring a Grammy nomination for his work on Scott’s Astroworld […]
Toronto rapper KILLY dropped a new single and music video, “RICK BOOTS,” today. The track sees the MC continue his hot streak, attempting to exorcise his demons over a glitchy, melodramatic beat by FREAKEY!, OMAR GUETFA, and A.D. He reaches a higher octave in the hook, belting, “I can’t, I can’t/Keep these voices out my head/Just try to see […]
America may have Method Man, Redman, and (…ahem) Afroman. But Canada is no slouch when it comes to MCs waxing poetic about puffing lye. Our famous B.C. bud has helped fuel some underground, criminally underrated rappers who add poignancy and nuance to their smoke odes. On the other end of the spectrum (a few time […]
Toronto rapper KILLY has just released a non-fungible token (NFT) that unlocks the title and cover art of his new track. Called “HYPER RARE DEMON FACE,” the NFT is currently accepting bids via Rareable. Only 25 copies will be released to buyers. An NFT is a unique unit of cryptocurrency that gives artists, creators, and buyers outright […]
The music industry is definitely in a bit of a lull at the moment with the absence of touring and large-scale events, but KILLY isn’t letting 2020 slow him down. This year he’s already released tracks like “Sailor Moon” and “VV’s;” bagged his fourth JUNO nomination for his project, Light Path 8; and today is […]
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 […]
