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 ahead of two new interviews with HipHopCanada.
Down With Webster’s latest releases aren’t a pivot into hip-hop, and they’re not trying to be. But they do put a sharp focus on one of the group’s most consistent rap voices: Camm Hunter.
Across the visuals for “OKAE” and “Ugly Child”, the Toronto-bred band leans into what they’ve always done best, blending genres while giving Hunter more space to do what he’s always done on the mic.
On “OKAE,” released March 28, Hunter opens the track with the first verse, cutting through the band’s layered production with a delivery that’s direct and controlled. It’s not a departure from Down With Webster’s sound, but it does put a bit of a spotlight on the rap foundation that’s always been part of their formula.
“Ugly Child,” released April 8, builds on that presence. With two short verses, Hunter moves more freely across the track, weaving his cadence into the band’s high-energy mix without changing its identity.
Camm Hunter & DWW
Down With Webster has always done its own thing, but Hunter’s roots are firmly in rap. Raised between New York City and Toronto, he’s been writing and performing since his early teens, long before the band’s major-label run and platinum records.
That range goes beyond his work with Down With Webster. Hunter released his second solo album Late but Won’t Run in 2021 and has continued to build behind the scenes as a songwriter and video director, with credits alongside artists like Civic TV, Hodgy and Tyler Shaw. Earlier, he and several DWW members formed Honors, a project that leaned into alternative R&B and electronic hip-hop, with ties to producers connected to OVO’s orbit. More recently, he’s teamed up with Mike Gonek for The Yard, a space that continues to explore those genre lines from a more hip-hop-focused angle.
Outside of the group, he’s stayed connected to that side through solo releases, features and work across rap and alternative R&B.
With two new interviews featuring Hunter set to roll out in June, one focused on Down With Webster and the other on The Yard, this feels like a good moment to take a closer look at what he brings to both.
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