Today has been a really tough day for Canadian hip-hop.
Our appreciation for Bvlly reached new heights back in October when he performed for the CapCityHipHop Halloween event. Coming in as a special guest for headliner 3MFrench, Bvlly received nothing but love performing tracks off his album, Made In Austria.
Bvlly performs in Ottawa (Photo: Ben Telford Visuals)
Bvlly’s first single was the RellyMade-produced “No Light Bag” which now has over 190K streams on Spotify since its release in 2018. The supporting 2Tab Visuals-directed video has been viewed more than 460K times since Oct. 2018. Other big songs like “God’s House” and “Notice Me” cemented Bvlly’s place as one to watch on the Toronto scene. His connection to French brought us some great collaborations and also gave him a lot more well-deserved exposure. It set Bvlly up nicely for likely an even more successful 2020. Overall, it’s a huge loss for the Toronto and Canadian hip-hop scene.
Sadly, Bvlly wasn’t the only member of the scene that was recently killed. In what appears to be an unrelated event, Toronto rapper Why-S was also killed within the last 24 hours.
In paying tribute to Bvlly, we’ve gathered some our favourite videos that he’s released in a short but notable music career. If you’re just getting familiar with the 24-year-old artist, make sure you check out the Made In Austria album for a true sense of what he was capable of.
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