Hip-Hop

Wavelength Summer Thing Gets Daniel Romano's Outfit, NYSSA, SlowPitchSound for 2024

PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2024

Toronto's Wavelength has announced its Summer Thing lineup, taking place on August 10 for the SummerSeries in Trillium Park at Ontario...

An Official Lilith Fair Documentary Is Coming from Director Ally Pankiw

PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2024

Exclaim! deemed Ally Pankiw Canada's next filmmaker to watch in 2023, and it's been revealed that she'll helm a forthcoming official...

Killer Mike Was a Tough Sell at Ottawa Bluesfest

RBC Stage, July 6

PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2024

Since their first-ever performance as a duo on these same festival grounds, Run the Jewels have become a staple at Bluesfest. With each ...

50 Cent Proved His Staying Power at Festival d’été de Quebec

Bell Stage, July 6

PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2024

It's been 20 years since 50 Cent muscled his way into mainstream rap consciousness with Get Rich or Die Tryin', and 10 years since his most...

Kendrick Lamar Dances on Drake's Grave in "Not Like Us" Video

PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2024

The Drake/Kendrick feud still isn't over! After the back-and-forth of diss tracks ended with Drake's self-own, Kendrick Lamar has continued...

Missy Elliott's First-Ever Headlining Tour Sent Vancouver into Hyperspace

Rogers Arena, July 4

PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2024

It's hard to believe it's taken almost 30 years for hip-hop legend Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott to headline her first tour. Why now? ...

Rick Ross Shares His Account of the Vancouver Concert Brawl

PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2024

Rick Ross got into a dust-up last weekend in Vancouver, when his concert ended with a group brawl as Kendrick Lamar's "Not Like Us" played...

Kendrick Lamar Smashes an Owl Piñata to Tease His "Not Like Us" Video

PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2024

Grouse about streams all you like: Kendrick Lamar handily bested Drake in their flurry of diss tracks this past spring, and kicked off...