In what may go down as the last Hip-Hop concert of 2025 for a lot of Toronto heads, Supreme Genes Entertainment put together one final showcase to cap off the year, headlined by none other than New York’s own CL Smooth. An emcee who’s had his hand in timeless classics, most notably the 1992 single…
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Top 10 Wu-Tang Clan Concerts: The Evolution of Their Live Performance
Often considered arguably the greatest Hip-Hop group of all-time, seeing the Wu-Tang Clan in concert has to be a bucket list item for any Hip-Hop head, and yet it’s been a rarity to see the entire group united on the same stage over their 30+ year career. With the nine living members of the group…
Concert Review: Doechii at Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto (2025.10.17)
Doechii is an artist currently experiencing the breakout year of her career. After first gaining some recognition with a few songs released on TikTok and her independently-released debut mixtape, 2019’s Coven Music Session, Vol. 1, she went on to sign with one of the hottest record labels in the music business, Top Dawg Entertainment. In…
Concert Review: Wu-Tang Clan at Scotiabank Arena (2025.07.14)
The Wu-Tang Clan are an iconic group whose legacy may never get replicated again. They first dominated the music industry with the execution of a five-year plan, first striking as a group with their 1993 debut Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), followed by half of the group’s members releasing solo albums over the following years,…
Concert Review: Kendrick Lamar & SZA at Rogers Centre in Toronto (June 12 & 13, 2025)
It’s finally here! After a record-breaking Superbowl halftime performance, Kendrick Lamar & SZA have embarked on one of the biggest concert tours of the year, doing stadium-sized shows across North America and Europe. The tour has taken them through most of the USA so far, and the sole stop in Canada would be these two…
Concert Review: Cypress Hill at Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto (2025.05.22)
On a rainy Thursday in Toronto, Hip-Hop heads gathered at Coca-Cola Coliseum for an epic celebration of classic ’90s Hip-Hop. Dubbed the O’Canadabis Tour, Cypress Hill joined forces with De La Soul and The Pharcyde to bring a party only they could pull off across Canada, with endless party records, weed anthems, and nostalgic hits….
The Top 10 Concerts I Attended in 2024
It’s been another incredible year for live Hip-Hop concerts in Toronto! As we bring the year to a close, we’re taking a look back at some of the best shows I got to attend and review this year. While I admittedly missed out on more shows that I would’ve liked, particularly skipping over a lot…
Top 8 Most Anticipated Hip-Hop Concerts Hitting Toronto This Summer (2022)
With the impacts of COVID-19 dying down, it looks like live concerts are making a consistent return to Toronto this summer! We’ve gotten through the spring with most shows going ahead as planned, and it’s looking like there won’t be a need for rescheduling and refunds going forward (fingers crossed). Here is a look at…
Concert Review: Skratch Bastid, Shad & More at CityView Drive-In Toronto
DJ Skratch Bastid & friends celebrate Toronto Hip-Hop excellence in a return to live music for the first time since COVID.
Top 20 Hip-Hop Albums of 2020
2020 was a rough year on many fronts, but one positive that came out of the chaos was all the incredible music that was released. From old school vets releasing big comeback albums, to newer artists establishing themselves in the history books, the new decade got kicked off with a bang. Keeping up with all…
Top 30 Hip-Hop Artists of the Decade: #20-11
As we now enter the 2020s, a lot of Hip-Hop fanatics are of course discussing who the best rappers of the 2010s were. It’s a tough task to narrow down a list to a Top 30, but here’s one of many attempts to do it. The 2010s was a challenging decade, as many artists who…
The Top 10 Concerts I Attended in 2018
2018 was another epic year in concert-going. It marks the most concert reviews written on this blog in any year so far, with over 30 shows attended and reviewed. We also got to expand beyond Toronto and cover shows in other cities, travelling out for some fun times in Kitchener, Guelph, and Buffalo. Between the…
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