It’s been another action-packed year for Hip-Hop concerts in Toronto. From younger artists still building up their discography and in the thick of promoting new music, to OGs celebrating 20 and 30-year milestones for classic albums, all aspects of Hip-Hop were well represented in the concerts Toronto got to see in 2025. This blog missed…
Tag: Ice Cube
Concert Review: Ice Cube at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto (2025.10.09)
The year 2025 marks 40 years since Ice Cube entered the music business. First making his mark as the writer behind what would eventually become Eazy-E’s 1987 debut single, “Boyz-n-the-Hood,” Ice Cube went on to push the boundaries of free speech in music and fight the important fights with the group N.W.A., who decades later…
Top 10 Concerts of 2023
It feels great being back to having a full calendar year of reviewing concerts! As we bring the year to a close, we’re taking a look back at some of the best concerts I got to attend this year. As always, I tried to catch as many Hip-Hop concerts to hit Toronto, Canada throughout the…
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…
Top 10 Most Anticipated Hip-Hop Concerts Hitting Toronto This Summer (2023)
With COVID-19 now firmly in the rear view mirror, live concerts are back in full swing, bringing plenty of ways for fans to celebrate Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary. 2023 has already seen a ton of artists bring their concert tours to Toronto, representing the diversity and growth the genre has achieved in its 50-year history, and…
Concert Review: Ice Cube at Elements Nightclub in Kitchener, ON (2023.02.26)
For many Hip-Hop heads in Toronto and the GTA, it’s been well over a decade since we last got to see Ice Cube perform live. While he’s visited Toronto on other business in recent years, whether it had to do with his film career or the professional 3-on-3 basketball league he founded, BIG3, he hasn’t…
30@30: The Top 30 Concerts I’ve Ever Been To (Pt. 3/3)
It’s been an awesome 5+ years running this blog and reviewing as many concerts as I can possibly go to. I’m celebrating my 30th birthday this week, and it’s been over a decade since I went to my first rap concert and fell in love with live Hip-Hop shows, and that feeling of seeing one…
Top 30 Hip-Hop Albums of 2018: #20-11
2018 may go down as the best year of the 2010s for Hip-Hop releases. It’s been a year to be known for the sheer volume of great albums, with so many dropping that it’s been a challenge keeping up. While it’s great to see the culture thriving with so many artists putting out new music,…
Review: Pete Rock at Hip-Hop Karaoke’s 10th Anniversary in Toronto
For the past ten years, Hip-Hop Karaoke (or HHK for short) has been a staple in Toronto’s Hip-Hop scene, throwing a party on the third Friday of every month and letting fans of all generations jam to their favourite Hip-Hop songs from all eras. Having originated in New York City before having chapters spread throughout…
My #8 Favourite Album of 2013: Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge/Apollo Brown – Twelve Reasons To Die/The Brown Tape (tied)
*Click here to go back to the beginning of the countdown* *Click here to go back to #25* *Click here to go back to #20* *Click here to go back to #15* *Click here to go back to #10* The reason I have both of these in the same post is they’re essentially the same…
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