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Award-winning Indigenous artist and producer Mattmac has announced his third studio album, Smoke Signals, arriving September 11. The 14-track project finds the Winnipeg-based artist...
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Zed Beats is a music movement that evolved in the late 1980s when young producers started using computers to blend western music with local...
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TLDR: “My Brother’s Keeper Part 2” finds Canadian legend Kardinal Offishall joining forces with NESTA for a new record rooted in Jamaican culture and...
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Mike Mikkelsen, known to many as Kapacity Mikey, has spent more than 25 years helping shape Ottawa’s hip-hop community. As a co-founder of Kapacity Entertainment, he helped...
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TLDR: SUNNA reunites Canadian MCs Sayzee and Tona for a darker follow-up to The Sun Is Out, with production from Slot-A, Tone Mason, Cuzzin...
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The migrant detention centre known as Alligator Alcatraz is closed, but much about it remains unresolved. There are lawsuits over detainees’ treatment, environmental claims...
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TLDR: Grassroots soccer in Canada is creating community far beyond the World Cup spotlight. In Guelph, informal pickup games bring newcomers, students and longtime...
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TLDR: Spider-Man Brand New Day grief takes centre stage as Peter Parker continues to mourn Aunt May while Jean Grey struggles with the loss...
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TLDR: The future of CBC could be strengthened by using the end of Hockey Night in Canada as an opportunity to become a more...
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Atlanta rapper Derez De’Shon returns with his fifth studio album, I’m Not OK But…, a deeply personal project that finds one of the pioneers...
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TLDR: AI in the workplace does not benefit everyone equally, according to a major Québec survey. Researchers found mixed results on productivity, workload and...
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TLDR: UFO religion may be emerging through CE-5 contact rituals, where participants seek communication with alleged non-human intelligence. The article examines whether these practices...
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TLDR: The Kid From Ottawa finds Taz Bentii putting his hometown at the centre of his latest project, released alongside Atlanta mixtape heavyweight DJ...
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Chadwick Boseman’s death from colon cancer in 2020 shocked his fans. The actor and playwright, best known for starring in Marvel’s first “Black Panther”...
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TLDR: Sunna 2 reunites Canadian underground favourites Tona and Sayzee, building on the chemistry of Sun Is Out with two strong singles and a...
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TLR: The new Tory Lanez double album is expected to enter the Billboard 200 as its first two videos continue generating six-figure view counts...
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TLDR: “Miracles” by Burd & Keyz brings TOBi into a soulful meditation on hardship, faith and the possibility of better days. Toronto production team...
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TLDR: The Emblem album marks R.O.Z’s return to DSPs with a 13-song celebration of his sound, label and independent legacy. Almost eight years after...
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TLDR: Patio Season 2 finds Quake Matthews extending his summer-ready series with 38 Spesh, Kayo, PsycThaPrince and Quoia States, backed by a carefully timed...
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TLDR: Budding star Maneesh (“Maneesh On The Beat… Shabang!”) headlines Sky Lounge in Ottawa on Saturday, July 18 [POSTPONED], with DJ Markus, Ray Ray...
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TLDR: Noah23 and Fresh Kils have released the video for “Jazz Man,” the latest preview of their collaborative album Tuff Racket, arriving July 31...
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TLDR: MacEwan University professor Makarand Gulawani examines how Drake’s giant downtown Toronto ice block promotion for Iceman turned an album rollout into a viral...
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TLDR: The Amazing Race Canada fans have a new reason to tune in as Canadian rappers Maestro Fresh Wes and D.O. team up for...
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TLDR: With World Cup excitement building in Toronto, a recent We Love Hip Hop episode digs into the city’s summer energy, the weight of...
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TLDR: What If It All Goes Right sees Toronto legend Boi-1da unite some of Canada’s biggest artists for the nation’s official FIFA World Cup...
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TLDR: “The Man Again” marks Price Da Boss’ return to DSPs alongside Tuggawar and DJ Snoopy with a catchy new street anthem and video....
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TLDR: Down With Webster step forward with new videos “OKAE” and “Ugly Child,” as Camm Hunter’s presence highlights the rapper’s role within the band...
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TLDR: Drake made Billboard history after Iceman, Habibti and Maid of Honour claimed the top three spots on the Billboard 200 while “Janice STFU”...
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TLDR: ap.melodies is emerging as one of the youngest producers in Drake’s orbit after contributing to Habibti and Maid of Honour. Toronto’s latest rap...
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TLDR: University of Toronto PhD candidate Marycarmen Lara Villanueva examines how structural inequality, institutional neglect and systemic racism leave Black youth vulnerable to gang...
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Nigeria is grappling with banditry, kidnapping and insurgency amid renewed debates over community policing and the creation of state police. A Nollywood classic released...
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Ted Lasso – an Apple TV comedy-drama about an American football coach hired to lead a struggling Premier League team – has returned for...
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For the second consecutive year, HipHopCanada was welcomed back to Hot 97 Summer Jam, and once again, New York City’s biggest celebration of hip-hop...
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HipHopCanada was invited to Fanatics Fest NYC 2026, and after spending the weekend inside the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, one thing became clear:...
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As plumes of steam rise and dissipate from the grates of New York in the opening frames of Taxi Driver, we see the unsettled...
