Toronto, ON – Several members of the Canadian urban scene were recently awarded at the 2012 SOCAN Awards. There was an award show on November 19th inside Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall and another 2 days later in Montreal at the Hyatt Regency Montreal Hotel. The SOCAN awards were presented to authors, composers and music publishers for their 2011 accomplishments in the pop, concert, instrumental, film and television music genres.

In Toronto, JRDN was awarded for “Like Magic” in the urban music category and K’naan was awarded for his contributions to Burno Mars’ “The Lazy Song” in the pop/rock category. Also in the pop/rock music category, P. Reign was recognized for his contributions to Alyssa Reid’s “Alone Again” hit along with severl other writers. Meanwhile in Montreal, English/French rapper K-Maro and Louis Côté’s “Je Sais” won the International Song Award and Karl Wolf won the Anglophone Song Award for his song “Hurting” (via Red Riding Hood Publishing).

JRDN (centre) with co-winners Bobby & Sammy Gerongco

About SOCAN

SOCAN represents the Canadian performing rights of millions of Canadian and international music creators and publishers. Through licences, SOCAN gives businesses that use music the freedom to use any music they want, legally and ethically.

SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) is a not-for-profit organization that represents the Canadian performing rights of millions of Canadian and international music creators and publishers. SOCAN is proud to play a leading role in supporting the long-term success of its more than 100,000 Canadian members, as well as the Canadian music industry.

Through licences, SOCAN gives businesses that use music the freedom to use any music they want, legally and ethically. SOCAN collects licence fees from over 42,000 businesses coast to coast and distributes royalties to its members and peer organizations around the world. SOCAN also distributes royalties to its members for the use of Canadian music around the world in collaboration with its peer societies.

In addition, SOCAN plays a leadership role in mentoring emerging creators on various aspects of the craft and business of music. We also advocate on behalf of our members to ensure that copyright is respected and that creators are appropriately remunerated for the use of their work.

Don’t forget to check out SOCAN.ca and follow @SOCANMusic on Twitter.

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