Lex Leosis / Keynes Woods Megaphono, Ottawa ON, February 9

Published Feb 10, 2019

There's always one night in a festival with too many shows, too many similar set times and too much talent — the last night of Megaphono's 2...

Snotty Nose Rez Kids / City Fidelia Megaphono, Ottawa ON, February 8

Published Feb 09, 2019

While indie rock and pop still dominate the majority of programming at Megaphono, another hotbed of talent was peeking out at 27 Club on Fri...

Haviah Mighty / Crook the Kid Megaphono, Ottawa ON, February 7

Published Feb 08, 2019

It may have been drizzling with freezing rain in Ottawa on Thursday night, but inside Triple 7, a venue that felt like someone's garage-turn...

Burna Bandz Compact Burna

Published Jan 31, 2019

Racking up upwards of 4M views on his music videos on YouTube, Northside Jane rapper Burna Bandz is the latest artist from Toronto's UpTop M...

NorthSideBenji Caviar Dreams

Published Jan 31, 2019

Over the past two years, NorthSideBenji has been teasing Toronto with music and building his 33K+ digital following, so when he announced th...

Inside the Atlanta Release Party for 21 Savage's 'I Am > I Was'

Published Jan 07, 2019

Love, money, drugs, fear and success were all on display at Motel 21 this past December, an interactive art exhibit that celebrated the rele...

Deaths of Mac Miller and Lil Peep Contribute to a Dark Year for Rap

Published Dec 12, 2018

For the past two years, the hip-hop world has been in a constant state of mourning. While last year saw the loss of veteran rappers and key...

Producer Jordon Manswell Is Heard Around the World; Toronto Defines His Sound

Published Dec 10, 2018

Hidden in the outskirts of Toronto, you can find a plethora of the country's brightest and most influential hip-hop and R&B producers. For m...

Lil Peep's Mother Raises Awareness of Drug Dependency and Discusses Posthumous Releases

Published Dec 10, 2018

Earlier this fall, in the heart of New York City's East Village, a mural of genre-defying Lil Peep (born Gustav Elijah Åhr) was unveiled. Cr...

DJ Mel Boogie / Various DJ Mel Boogie Presents The L.I.F.E. Project

Published Dec 07, 2018

This year marked DJ Mel Boogie's 25th anniversary in the Canadian music landscape, making her not only a veteran, but also a trailblazer. Fo...

Meek Mill Championships

Published Dec 06, 2018

This year, Meek Mill, who has brought us through his dreams and nightmares on past releases, went through a personal transformation that has...

J.I.D. DiCaprio 2

Published Dec 06, 2018

The career of Leonardo DiCaprio has been filled with roles of bravery, suspense and resilience, but also a menacing perseverance that's been...

Smoke Dawg Struggle Before Glory

Published Dec 03, 2018

This past summer, the Toronto music community suffered a loss when Smoke Dawg was violently killed in the downtown core; that didn't stopped...

The Black Eyed Peas' Journey from Conscious to the Charts

Published Nov 25, 2018

For much of the 2000s, the Black Eyed Peas dominated radio waves, pushing out pop hits rooted in bodacious hip-hop production. But before th...

JustJohn & Dom Dias Don II

Published Nov 21, 2018

In the Toronto bedlam of sounds, JustJohn and Dom Dias are taking a new approach to rap music — one that's hidden with punk and electronic u...

Five Noteworthy Facts You May Not Know About Black Eyed Peas

Published Nov 16, 2018

For almost 30 years, the Black Eyed Peas have been creating and living arts and music culture in a way that appeals to them, even if it does...

Prezident Jeff Brings Gospel, Highlife and Hard Work to Bear on Toronto's Sound

Published Nov 07, 2018

Quiet, humble and hard-working are all words that could describe 28-year-old, Toronto-raised, Brampton-based producer Prezident Jeff, but hu...

"Collision" Featuring Lil Berete, Ebhoni, the Sorority, Pilla B, Yasmine Red Bull Music Festival, Toronto ON, October 25

Published Oct 26, 2018

The Toronto Red Bull Music Festival has kept us on our toes for the past seven days, but for their final night, they brought the newest voic...

Shad A Short Story About a War

Published Oct 26, 2018

Over the years, Canada has come to know Shad as a bubbly MC whose wordplay edges on comedy, with messaging that serves as both a story and a...

Shad Tried to Be Positive but Fear Dominates 'A Short Story About a War'

Published Oct 23, 2018

With a new baby, a new season of hosting duties for Netflix's Hip-Hop Evolution and his new album, A Short Story About a War, set to drop th...