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  • Killy demands your attention on his first full-length project Surrender Your Soul

    KILLY at Phoenix Concert Theatre (410 Sherbourne), Thursday (March 8). Doors 8 pm, all ages. $20. ticketmaster.ca.  In a city suddenly bursting with breakout rappers,...
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  • New music series launches in honour of victims of 2017 Rebel nightclub shooting

    On October 1, 2017, tragedy befell the city’s dance community when two men, Tyler McLean, 25, and Amir Jamal, 26, were shot and killed following...
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  • How moving to Toronto helped Cadence Weapon level up

    CADENCE WEAPON opening for TOO MANY ZOOS at the Phoenix (410 Sherbourne), March 30, doors 7 pm, all ages. $20-$30. ticketfly.com. See listing. The first words you...
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  • Toronto musicians to watch in 2018: hip-hop edition

    Layla Hendryx Hendryx typically gets left out of conversations about the city’s up-and-comers, and that’s a shame because she’s one of our brightest voices. She...
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  • Rapsody is hip-hop’s everywoman on Lailas Wisdom

    Rapsody - Laila's WisdomJamia/Roc NationHip-hopOn Rapsodys Kendrick Lamar-featuring Power, the 34-year-old rapper cycles through several of the themes shes made her calling card: the travails...
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  • In memoriam: Lil Peep, 1996-2017

    Lil Peep, a rapper and singer whose genre-blending combination of emo and hip-hop made him the face of a growing new sub-genre, died Wednesday night...
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  • Are these the next big rappers out of Toronto?

    TORY LANEZ, JAZZ CARTIER, KILLY, CMDWN and KILLA KELS as part of 3 DAYS IN TORONTO at the Great Hall (1087 Queen West), Saturday (October 21),...
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  • Azealia Banks finally performed in Toronto and she was worth the wait

    AZEALIA BANKS at the Opera House, Sunday, October 8. Rating: NNNNN When Azealia Banks emerged from the ether with 212 in 2011, she appeared destined...
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  • Clairmont The Second breaks down his new album Lil Mont From The Ave

    Clairmont The Second might be Toronto’s most self-sufficient rapper. Since the start of his career in 2013, the 19-year-old has earned a reputation as a...
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  • Can Spotify make stars out of Canadian artists?

    RAPCAVIAR featuring LIL UZI VERT, PLAYBOI CARTI, DJ DRAMA, BAKA NOT NICE and others at Rebel (11 Polson), Thursday (September 28), doors 7 pm. $60-$100....
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  • >>> Earl Sweatshirt

    While Tyler, the Creator is the obvious nucleus of Odd Future, Earl Sweatshirt has always been its most compelling member due to his mysterious disappearance...
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  • Action Bronson

    Action Bronson's first major-label release comes after two well-received albums, two EPs and three mixtapes that cumulatively have established him as a singular personality, separating...
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  • Freddie Gibbs

    Eight years into a critically lauded career, Freddie Gibbs is well established as a reliable emcee unafraid of extending himself creatively. Pronto, a spare 12-minute...
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  • Album of the week: Kendrick Lamar

    "Remember the first time you came out to the house? / You said you wanted a spot like mine / But remember, anybody can get...
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  • Travis Scott and Metro Boomin at the Danforth Music Hall

    TRAVIS SCOTT and METRO BOOMIN and at Danforth Music Hall, Tuesday, March 10. Rating: NNNN By Tuesday afternoon, word was already snaking around the internet that burgeoning superstar Young Thug...
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