While we’ve spent most of 2023 celebrating Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary and the legacies of some of its most impactful artists over the decades, it’s about time we get back to an artist who’s still in the middle of their recording prime today, Conway The Machine. This most recent decade in Hip-Hop has seen Conway along…
MIXED BREEDS: Blood Moon Recap (2023.10.13)
MIXED BREEDS is a monthly competitive concert series put on by Raw Dog Entertainment and Raw Dog Apparel that features local Toronto/GTA-based artists performing songs in head-to-head matchups. Similar to a Verzuz matchup, the artists take turns performing their songs live in front of a crowd at Toronto’s premier 420-friendly vape lounge, Planet Paradise, and a panel…
Concert Review: Styles P at The Opera House in Toronto (2023.10.12)
The LOX have been showing a lot of love to Toronto in 2023, making multiple trips to perform live in the city this year. The trio consisting of Sheek Louch, Jadakiss and Styles P kicked off the summer with a headlining show at Canadian Music Week back in June, and individually returned to perform at…
Concert Review: The Pharcyde at The Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto (2023.10.05)
As we continue to celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary throughout 2023, the next major act to bring their tour through Toronto would be a group of west-coast legends, The Pharcyde. The Los Angeles-based group originally consisting of emcees Slimkid3, Fat Lip, Imani and Bootie Brown has undergone several changes over the years, with different members leaving…
Concert Review: Wu-Tang Clan & Nas at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto (2023.10.01)
The Wu-Tang Clan & Nas had one of the most hyped Hip-Hop concert tours of the year in 2022 with their N.Y. State of Mind Tour, and they’ve decided to run it back bigger and better to celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary in 2023. In an epic team-up between arguably the greatest Hip-Hop group of all-time…
Concert Review: 50 Cent at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Detroit, MI (2023.09.17)
Embarking on one of the biggest concert tours of 2023, maybe even the biggest tour of his career, 50 Cent’s Final Lap Tour has seen him perform all across the USA and Canada this summer, celebrating the 20th anniversary of one of the highest selling rap albums of all-time, Get Rich Or Die Tryin’. The…
Concert Review: LL Cool J & The Roots at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto (2023.08.19)
For Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary, LL Cool J and The Roots have played a major role in the celebrations going on throughout the year. It started with their curating of the the 2023 Grammy Awards’ Hip-Hop 50 segment, where they somehow gathered dozens of artists to represent each decade of Hip-Hop from the 1970s all the…
MIXED BREEDS: Addicted To Hip-Hop Recap (2023.08.11)
MIXED BREEDS is a monthly competitive concert series put on by Raw Dog Entertainment and Raw Dog Apparel that features local Toronto/GTA-based artists performing songs in head-to-head matchups. Similar to a Verzuz matchup, the artists take turns performing their songs live in front of a crowd at Toronto’s premier 420-friendly vape lounge, Planet Paradise, and a panel…
Concert Review: 50 Cent at Budweiser Stage in Toronto (2023.07.31)
It’s been 20 years since 50 Cent released one of the highest selling rap albums of all-time, Get Rich Or Die Tryin’, and while he’s been relatively quiet on the music front in recent years, you know he had to get back to rocking stages around the globe to celebrate the occasion. Seeming to almost…
Concert Review: Pharoahe Monch at Bastid’s BBQ in Toronto (2023.07.29)
Never mind doing concert tours, legendary Canadian DJ Skratch Bastid has been bringing his Bastid’s BBQ music festival on tour all year, curating different festival lineups for each city that he’s rocked. So far in 2023 he’s brought his festival to Austin, Las Vegas, Chicago, Calgary and Winnipeg, and would be doing it big for…
Concert Review: Ice Cube at Toronto’s Festival of Beer (2023.07.28)
Beer enthusiasts and music lovers unite once again for Toronto’s Festival of Beer (TFOB)! The weekend-long festival has become a staple in Toronto’s summer festival season, always pairing a well-curated set of artists to perform on the Bandshell Stage with the hundreds of breweries from around the world pouring beer samples throughout Bandshell Park. It’s…
Concert Review: Saukrates & Friends at WAF Unity Fest in Toronto (2023.07.27)
Not to be confused with Unity Charity’s annual Hip-Hop Unity Festival, the World Action Foundation (WAF) has put together their own music and arts festival for a good cause, and have also called it the Unity Festival. The free event would take place over two days at Yonge-Dundas Square, with the first day dedicated to…
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