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Review: Tory Lanez victorious despite lack of “friends” in Toronto
TORY LANEZ with JESSIE REYEZ at Coca-Cola Coliseum, Sunday, February 23. Rating: NNNN Hours before Tory Lanez took the stage at Coca-Cola Coliseum, he was already getting acclimatized... -
Review: Tory Lanez’s Chixtape 5 suffocates in 2000s nostalgia
Rating: NN Tory Lanez was in high school in the thick of the 2000s, and it’s clear his nostalgia for that time runs deep. On... -
Review: AR Paisley aims for classic hip-hop on Timeless
Rating: NNN Certain artists are timeless. They make trends melt away. If someone in the year 3000 were to play Biggie, Rakim or Jay-Z for... -
Interview: Regent Park rapper Puffy L’z knows his mission is bigger than music
UPDATE: the Puffy L'z show at the Mod Club on Tuesday, July 30 has been cancelled. Refunds available at point-of-purchase. Puffy L’z knows his mission... -
Interview: TOBis search for home
TOBi at Velvet Underground (508 Queen West), Friday (May 3), doors 7 pm. $15. ticketmaster.ca.Im praying TOBi hasnt gotten tired of me as we wait... -
Review: Just John x Dom Dias chart new ground for Toronto hip-hop on Don III
Rating: NNNN Just John and Dom Dias have a sound that expands well past Toronto. While the rapper/producer duo’s 2018 EP Don II toyed with... -
Interview: Vince Staples on tour life, Toronto and how he’s commemorating Mac Miller
VINCE STAPLES with JPEGMAFIA at Rebel (11 Polson), Tuesday (March 5), doors 7 pm, all ages. $35. ticketweb.ca. When I reach Vince Staples on the... -
Review: Anderson .Paak put on a captivating performance at Rebel
ANDERSON .PAAK & THE FREE NATIONALS at Rebel, Tuesday, February 26. Rating: NNN Clad in a red bucket hat and black sunglasses, Anderson .Paak looked ready for the... -
Review: Clairmont The Second stays true to his roots on Do You Drive?
Rating: NNNN Hip-hop artists as unflinchingly independent as Clairmont The Second are hard to come by these days. On his fifth album, the 20-year-old rapper... -
Review: Future shows a new side on Future Hndrxx Presents: The WIZRD
Rating: NNN From Eminem’s Slim Shady to Tupac’s Makaveli, alter egos have been indispensable to hip-hop since long before Future hypnotized the world with his... -
Everything you missed at the Drake Hotel’s three-floor New Year’s Eve party
RYAN HEMSWORTH, SEAN LEON, JIMMY PRIME, CHIPPY NONSTOP, HARD TO KILL, MADDEE and others at the Drake Hotel, Monday, December 31. Rating: NNN The Drake Hotel’s Sky... -
Review: Earl Sweatshirt’s Some Rap Songs demands heavy replay to figure out
Rating: NNN At a time when internet ubiquity has become synonymous with artistic success, Earl Sweatshirt has always been an enigma. Instead of going viral... -
Review: Playboi Carti’s concert was lit, even if Carti wasn’t
PLAYBOI CARTI at Rebel on Monday, December 3. Rating: NN If you were to judge Playboi Carti's concert by the endless mosh pits that broke out, or the Bape... -
Review: Travis Scott turned Scotiabank Arena into an amusement park
TRAVIS SCOTT with GUNNA and SHECK WES at Scotiabank Arena, Wednesday, November 21. Rating: NNNN Travis Scott turned Scotiabank Arena into a full-fledged amusement park. Growing up in Houston,... -
Review: Tory Lanez finds his perfect balance on Love Me Now
Rating: NNNN Tory Lanez was on his way to play Summerjam in Germany in June when his plane suddenly dropped 26,000 feet. Convinced he was...
