Jordan Sowunmi, Author at NOW Magazine

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

The 20-year-old Toronto rapper has gone viral with everything he's released, and for good reason. "Imagine an alien just popped up in your city," he says.

Mar 06, 2018

Jordan Sowunmi

Features

New music series launches in honour of victims of 2017 Rebel nightclub shooting

The Tyler Effect's first annual community and charity event will be thrown by friends of Tyler McLean and Amir Jamal and raise money for victims of gun violence

Feb 26, 2018

Jordan Sowunmi

Music

How moving to Toronto helped Cadence Weapon level up

About to release his most accessible album yet, the Edmonton-born rapper feels like he's finally getting where he's needed to go

Jan 16, 2018

Jordan Sowunmi

Features

Toronto musicians to watch in 2018: hip-hop edition

Toronto’s rap scene has been on a wave for the last four years and it’s not slowing down. Here are six acts poised to have a major year

Jan 03, 2018

Jordan Sowunmi

Features

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 of systemic injustice, radical self-love in a world that seems bent on your self-hate, and the forks in the road that decide whether you end up a statistic when you grow up in an inner-city neighbourhood.

Dec 07, 2017

Jordan Sowunmi