PAGE herstory CAT: pioneers There are many, many stories about the history of hip hop in this country. Herstory attempts to capture oral histories from artists, djs, promoters, bboys and bgirls, managers, VJ and all the people that supported the growth of hip hop in Canada.
Meet Canada’s Hip Hop Hope
big shouts to Rodrigo!
Ghetto Concept @ the Hip Hop Summit, Toronto
GHETTO CONCEPT Members Kwajo, Infinite & Dolo took the hood to Hollywood when they became the first non-commercial hip hop artists to win Juno Awards in 1995 & 1996 for their singles ‘Certified’ and ‘E-Z On Tha Motion’. As residents of two of the Tdot’s most notorious neighbourhoods, Rexdale and Lawrence Heights (Jungle), GC took [...]
CBC Hip Hop Summit exclusive behind the scenes photos
Cold Front Album release Party 1991, Toronto
A historic moment for hip hop in Toronto with the release of an all Canadian Hip Hop Compliation. This video features, Base Poet, Maestro Nu Black Nation, Kish and nuff others. Big shouts to Jon Bronski for executive producing this album and making history on this one!
Flashback: Smugglaztv’s Toronto Hip Hop Documentary
Big Shouts to the Smugglaz check out their youtube page, they diggin in the crates helping to promote Toronto hip hop history.
Flashback: The Get Loose Crew
The Get Loose Crew hailing from Flemo in Toronto released this nationally distributed record back in 1987. Check out some of this original boom-bap flavour
DJ A-TRAK, Scratching His Way Through Grade 10
A Trak: Scratchin’ his way through Grade 10 Article by: Plan B 1997 Let me tell you about my man Alain Maklovich, because the guy has some serious problems that I’d like to bring to your attention. First of all, there’s his phone; it will not stop ringing. Despite specific instructions of “no calls after [...]
Ricardo ‘Rickey D’ Daley
Ricardo Daley, aka Rickey D, aka the Mayor of Burgundy, has been a fixture in Montreal’s club and party promotion scene since the early ’80s, making sure Montreal had hip hop and R&B shows to go to for years.
Butcher T
Butcher T brought New York style hip hop DJing to Montreal, and provided musical accompaniment on Canada’s first urban music radio show alongside Michael Williams on CKGM’s Club 980 in Montreal.
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