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Raekwon starts 12-date cross-Canada tour on Feb. 20 in Whistler, B.C. [News]

HipHopCanada — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:51:28 +0000

Toronto, ON – Raekwon has announced the dates for his club tour kicking off this February in Whistler, B.C. The 42-year-old Wu-Tang Clan rapper will be touring the country with a 12-date run that will bring him to 6 provinces – wrapping things up March 4 inside Quebec City’s Dagobert nightclub. The tour will likely also feature Toronto artists JD Era and Gangis Khan aka Camoflauge, the first 2 artists signed to Rae’s Ice H2O label. We also expect to see HipHopCanada supporter and collaborate DJ Symphony, who is Raekwon’s official tour DJ. Here are the dates:

Tour Dates

Feb. 20 – Whistler – Garfinkle’s
Feb. 21 – Victoria – Club 9one9
Feb. 22 – Vancouver – Fortune Sound Club
Feb. 23 – Castlegar – Element
Feb. 24 – Calgary – Desperados
Feb. 25 – Edmonton – Chrome Lounge
Feb. 26 – Regina – Distrikt
Feb. 27 – Winnipeg – Marquee
Feb. 28 – Thunder Bay – Crocks
Mar. 01 – Ottawa – Ritual
Mar. 02 – Oshawa – Status Lounge
Mar. 04 – Quebec City – Dagobert

Rochelle Jordan and Shi Wisdom headline Tika Simone’s next Known UNKnown event at Harbourfront Centre [News]

HipHopCanada — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:35:45 +0000

Toronto, ON – Tika Simone recently announced that her acclaimed The Known UNKnown event series has partnered with the Harbourfront Centre. This means, every 3 months, The Known UNKnown will be held in the venue’s Brigantine Room. The first show in the new venue, Saturday, February 4th, features the immensely talented Rochelle Jordan, the beautiful songstress Shi Wisdom with 88 Days of Fortune (KJ, Spek Won, Abstract Random) as opening acts.

There will also be performances by Savannah Re, J.R. Richy and a very special performance by the Jane and Finch Female Cypher. Tika Simone will be your host for the evening. Click the jump link for the official event flyer. P.S. This event is free!

The Known UNKnown

The Known (Un)Known is one of Toronto’s most buzz-worthy, all-ages independent artist events showcasing the urban music stars of tomorrow. Co-produced and hosted by Tika Simone (MTV’s The Hills Aftershow, hip pop singer-songwriter.) Although people recognize Tika from The Hills Aftershow, few know that she started out as a gifted singer and classically trained violinist.

Noticing that there wasn’t a consistent outlet in the city of Toronto for gifted up-and-coming artists, she took charge. The Known UNKnown is now an event that will be held at the Harbourfront Centre in the prestigious Brigantine Room.

Rochelle Jordan

Rochelle Jordan, who Vibe Magazine has dubbed the “female version of Drake,” is blowing up on the blogospshere thanks to her remix of Drake’s “Marvin’s Room” (being lyrically name-checked by Drizzy hasn’t hurt her either). Check out her debut mixtape, ROJO, which samples a diverse number of artists including Kelis and Radiohead’s Thom Yorke.

Shi Wisdom

Shi’s first official release, Love Speak, and accompanying video created a huge buzz for this budding artist. She recently won a 2011Stylus Award.

88 Days of Fortune

This Toronto-based music and multimedia collective, once described as being an urban Broken Social Scene, is comprised of talented soloists and groups that run the gamut from hip hop and electronic to punk.

Here’s the official listing from the Harbourfront Centre’s website:
http://www.harbourfrontcentre.com/blog/?p=3686

9th Illy: The 9_4 Kronicles (Week 5)

HipHopCanada — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:07:07 +0000

Enter Chapter 2: A Rapper Named Kuma Sutra. In Week 5 of 9th Illy: The 9_4 Kronicles, $inCity recording artist Kama Sutra is having a very interesting conversation with her boyfriend Blake. Click the jump link to find out what they’re talking about and for more exclusive Kama Sutra content.

Chapter 2: Week 5

If you missed Chapter’s Week 1, click here or Week 2, click here, Week 3, click here or Week 4, click here – to catch up!

Don’t forget to follow @9thIlly and @IDArtisan on Twitter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATQkswaIWDA

#SOTD | SonReal – Bedtime ft. Saigon [Audio]

HipHopCanada — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:43:45 +0000

Vancouver, B.C. – Our Song of the Day is a brand new banger from rising West coast star SonReal (@TheRealSonReal). “Bedtime” features none other than rapper/actor Saigon and it was produced by Superville. “Bedtime” is the first official release from SonReal’s upcoming project Good News.

Download MP3 (PC Users: Right-click and select “Save Target/Link As…”)

Twitter: @TheRealSonReal | @TheRealSaigon

MidNite – Throw It & Blow It (Official RMX) ft. SwiftKid, Genius, & Boy6lue [Video]

HipHopCanada — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:32:38 +0000

Montreal, QC – Check out the video for the “Throw It & Blow It (Official Remix)” by MidNite (@Midniteakamr420) featuring SwiftKid (@SwiftKid), Genius (@Clasikgenius) and Boy6lue (@boy6lue). Video was directed by Justin Agustin (@JustinAgustin).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9AlR8YFxHw

Tonight: Juicy J of Three 6 Mafia performs live in Toronto inside Opera House [News]

HipHopCanada — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:49:29 +0000

Toronto, ON – Juicy J of the Academy Award-winning group Three 6 Mafia is performing tonight (Friday, February 3rd) inside Toronto’s Opera House located at 735 Queen Street East. The event will aslso feature performances by Luu Breeze, The 6th Letter, Dante Leon, C-Flowz and Hardbody. Music brought to you by DJ OhSo (coming in from Miami), DJ Future Fresh and Diamond Cut Soundcrew (Royalty Radio). Hosting duties go to Kamakacci Juice and WORM. Check out the flyer after the jump link.

Buy tickets online at http://www.ticketweb.ca.

Mitt Romney uses “Wavin’ Flag” on campaign trail; K’naan isn’t feeling it [News]

HipHopCanada — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:01:24 +0000

The Toronto Star discusses K’naan’s displeasure with potential Republican presidental candidate Mitt Romney using his hit single “Wavin’ Flag” as a campaign theme song. Click the jump link to read it.

Toronto, ON – Celebrated Canadian artist K’naan has told Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney to stop waving his flag.

Flush from a crushing victory over Newt Gingrich in Tuesday night’s Florida primary, the Romney campaign unveiled a “new victory song: Wavin’ Flag” by K’naan,” Huffington Post senior political writer Jon Ward tweeted around 9:30 p.m.

A couple of hours later, K’naan sent out his own tweet: “Yo @mittromney I am K’naan Warsame and I do not endorse this message.”

The Canadian singer-songwriter’s “Wavin’ Flag” caught the attention of people around the world when it was made the official song of the World Cup in 2010.

His negative reaction to Romney’s use of the song continues a growing tradition of musicians who are less than pleased having their songs co-opted for conservative political campaigns. This week, Romney’s chief rival found himself the target of a lawsuit by Frank Sullivan, the co-writer of a song being played at recent Gingrich rallies: “Eye of the Tiger.”

Source: The Toronto Star

JG, Sam.G, Money Marlo & Half – Extraordinary (Freestyle) [Video]

HipHopCanada — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:35:01 +0000

Toronto, ON – This new Face Films-directed video was released just a couple of days ago but the footage is from back in November (2011). JG, Sam.G (@SamGHS), Money Marlo (@MoneyMarlo) and Half go in on the “Extraordinary” instrumental from Gudda Gudda. This is the first video released off the upcoming Riot Squad Canada mixtape Mob or Starve Volume 1 coming soon. JG’s Calm Before Tha Storm coming soon as well. Stay tuned for more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5r2xgvnx0eg

Killah – Da Crook In Da Castle [Mixtape]

HipHopCanada — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:29:24 +0000

Toronto, ON – Toronto is a hotbed for talented young artists. This one in particular goes by the name Killah. After a string of street videos and guest appearances, the East end rapper has released his new mixtape Da Crook In The Castle. The 13-track mixtape, brought to you by Str8Cash and Young Staff, features guest appearances from Smizzy, Dot Bone, Roney, C Dolla, JayyStackz, MF-YF, Hardbody and the Young Staff Squad. You can download it for free after the jump link.

DOWNLOAD
http://www.sendspace.com/file/pd5qtw

TRACK LISTING
01 – Killah – Crook in the Castle
02 – Killah – All We Know ft. Smizzy
03 – Killah – Just 4 Show
04 – Killah – Arthritis ft. Dot Bone
05 – Killah – 4 You ft. Roney
06 – Killah – From A Place ft. C Dolla
07 – Killah – Rules ft. JayyStackz
08 – Killah – Remember The Dayz ft. JayyStackz (Throw Back)
09 – Killah – ChalkLines ft. MF-YF
10 – Killah – I’m Addicted ft. JayyStackz
11 – Killah – 2 G’z
12 – Killah – None Of Ya’ll Better Ft. JayyStackz (Throwback)
13 – Bonus Track – Young Staff ft. HardBody & C Dolla

Twitter: @KillahYS

#Exclusive | JD Era, Luu Breeze & Peter Jackson Rap on George Strombolopolous Tonight [Video]

Jonathon "Bizz" Brown — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:08:54 +0000

Toronto, ON – Shouts to George Strombolopolous Tonight for putting on some Canadian hip-hop last night. With a vast amount of talent to pick from, the show selected 3 of their favourite GTA based artists to appear on the show. JD Era, Luu Breeze and Peter Jackson were invited to drop a few a capella verses to find out who the best rapper in Toronto is, other than Drake. The topic was brought up by a tweet from Amir Johnson.

Special thanks to HipHopCanada contributor and fam Alex “The Can Con Don” Narvaez (@TheCanConDon) for not only producing the segment but also allowing us the exclusive footage. Let’s see more Canadian hip-hop in the mix George! Watch George Strombolopolous Tonight at 11 p.m. on CBC Monday-Friday. Follow George on Twitter @Strombo.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RYAiry9h58