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Felipe Arriagada-Nunez wants to tell stories. Born and raised in Montreal’s Mile End, the artist—a.k.a Chien Champion—comes fresh off a recent collaboration with Nike, illustrating the Canada-exclusive box art for the limited edition “Montreal Bagel” Dunk Lows. But this isn’t the first time he’s paid tribute to the city and its people. From album covers and […]
New York City is giving bus tickets to migrants who want to leave for Canada, according to the New York Post. The National Guard has been handing migrants tickets at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan. The New York Post added that these tickets were free for the migrants and had been paid for by […]
On Dec. 23, Nicous D’Andre Spring was supposed to be released from a Montreal jail. Instead, the Montreal rapper, who went by Yk Lyrical, remained detained and died the next day, shortly after police placed a spit hood on him and pepper-sprayed him, according to the Canadian Press. In the wake of Spring’s death, many are calling for […]
The friendly competition between former pals Drake and The Weeknd was as hot as ever in 2022. Both had busy years, with three major releases between the two of them. More than a decade into their respective careers they’ve never been bigger, but Canadian music had many more artists to celebrate in 2022. Canadian music […]
Canadian wrestler and World Wrestling Entertainment legend Bret “The Hitman” Hart has taken to Instagram to reflect on the 25th anniversary of the “Montreal Screwjob” where he lost to Shawn Michaels. He called it one of “the biggest – and most notorious – moments of [his] career.” The “Montreal Screwjob” took place during the 1997 WWE Survivor Series […]
Newly released on Crave, Kings of Coke takes a deep dive into Montreal’s deep criminal roots via a film noir-style documentary that covers decades of the Irish Mob’s involvement in the city’s cocaine trade. Once labelled the “bank robbery capital of North America,” Montreal has long been notorious for its large criminal underworld that ripples across […]
Montreal police are facing backlash for detaining a Black man accused of trying to steal his own car, and then losing the keys to the handcuffs. According to a CTV report, Brice Dossa said he was stopped in a commercial parking lot next to his own vehicle by two plainclothes officers who detained him shortly after. Police believed the Honda […]
On Fouki’s latest track, “Zayon,” the Montreal rapper won’t stop running toward his idea of paradise. The song, mostly sung, is a more serious and introspective affair than his previous releases. The track focuses on Fouki’s rise in the Quebec rap scene, he’s arguably the province’s biggest rapper commercially, and his unrelenting ambition to reach […]
Emma Beko isn’t afraid of embracing sadness in her music. In Superficial Stains, her latest EP and second released this year, the Montreal rapper explores her feelings around addiction, belonging, and producing her music. Along with her new project, Beko talked to Complex Canada about the many emotions found in her art, her ambitions, and […]
Bilingual cuts in Montreal don’t happen as often as one would think, although that hasn’t stopped francophone rapper Enima and anglophone Kay Bandz from connecting in the past and on their latest track together “NHN (Never Had None).” With Enima in Europe these days after being deported from Canada in 2020, Kay Bandz made his way […]
