Jordan Sowunmi
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Toronto, ON, Canada
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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. → Read More
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 → Read More
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 → Read More
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 → Read More
8 once-in-a-lifetime Toronto concerts from 2017
From the sweaty end of the Silver Dollar to an unprecedented gathering of Indigenous folk legends, these were the bucket list shows of the year → Read More
Rapsody is hip-hop's everywoman on Laila’s Wisdom
The rapper explores the travails of systemic injustice and radical self-love in a world that seems bent on self-hate → Read More
In memoriam: Lil Peep, 1996-2017
The rising 21-year-old "emo trap" musician represented hip-hop’s malleability as a template for creative exploration → Read More
Are these the next big rappers out of Toronto?
Playing with Tory Lanez and Jazz Cartier, viral rappers CMDWN and Killy are positioning themselves to break out → Read More
Azealia Banks finally performed in Toronto and she was worth the wait
The New York rapper's sold-out Opera House show was so electrifying, it was like the last six years of controversy and stalled release dates didn’t happen at all → Read More
Clairmont The Second breaks down his new album Lil Mont From The Ave
Toronto's most self-sufficient rapper is independent again and he's looking to rule the game → Read More
Can Spotify make stars out of Canadian artists?
Spotify's RapCaviar tour is bringing Lil Uzi Vert and Playboi Carti to Toronto, but how much power does the service hold over local hip-hop? → Read More
The Chef Elevating Weed Edibles to a Culinary Art
Cannabis chef Melissa Parks wants to make weed food "dignified and accessible." → Read More
The Harper Government Has Trashed and Destroyed Environmental Books and Documents
In the first few days of 2014, scientists, journalists, and environmentalists were horrified to discover that the Harper government had begun a process to close seven of the 11 of Canada's world-renow… → Read More
We Interviewed the Filmmaker Behind 'The Whiteness Project'
"White people don’t have a lot of experience talking about their race, so they’re going to say a lot of dumb shit." → Read More
What Happens When an International Mining Company Comes to Town?
We interviewed director Mark Grieco about his film MARMATO, which examines how mining companies descended on a town in Colombia. → Read More
'Thug Kitchen' Is the Latest Iteration of Digital Blackface
After the duo behind popular food blog Thug Kitchen were revealed to be two twenty-something WASPs, the internet exploded. → Read More
How One of New York City's Most Storied Police Officers Became Public Enemy No. 1
A close look at how retired NYPD Deputy Inspector and community advocate Corey Pegues became New York's most maligned cop this week. → Read More
A Tense Conversation with 'Chappelle's Show' Co-Creator Neal Brennan
We talked to Chappelle's Show co-creator Neal Brennan about saying the N-Word in front of black people, his new show, and hanging out at Eddie Murphy's house with Dave Chappelle. → Read More
Meet the Married Comedians Who Share Their Private Life in a Podcast
Married comedians Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky talked to us about sharing their innermost details on a twice-weekly podcast, how bodily functions are an integral part of their branding, and how → Read More
Chatting with the Porn Star Who Wants to Be Toronto's Next Mayor
The 2014 Toronto mayoral election has attracted enough oddball candidates that it’s making the 2003 California gubernatorial recall look like the pinnacle of democratic integrity. Toronto’s crowded fi… → Read More