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…
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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…
Concert Review: The LOX at Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Toronto (2023.06.09)
The 2023 edition of the annual Canadian Music Week conference and festival put a spotlight on Hip-Hop to celebrate the culture’s 50th anniversary. The summit included interviews and speaker panels with artists like Chuck D and B-Real, including a screening of part of Chuck’s new documentary series Fight The Power: How Hip Hop Changed The…
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…
The Top 15 Concerts I Attended in 2020-2022
It’s a blessing to even be able to write this kind of article, with this being possible for the first time since 2019. After only having a handful of concerts being able to take place in each of 2020 and 2021, we’ve finally had a meaningful, long-lasting return of live music in 2022 with COVID-19…
Review: Styles P & Friends – “Good Times” 20th Anniversary Show in NYC (2022.08.18)
This may be a Canadian blog focused on Hip-Hop concert reviews in Toronto, but sometimes I’ll be out traveling, and if there’s a piece of Hip-Hop history taking place, I try to make it a point to go see it. While spending some time in New York City, I found that Styles P was putting…
Top 8 Upcoming Hip-Hop Concerts to see in Toronto This Summer (2018)
Summer in The Six is upon us, and as usual, the city is about to become a hot spot for music festivals and concerts! There are plenty of artists coming to the city, some promoting new albums, and others with years of classic material to perform. We’ve narrowed down our top eight picks for Hip-Hop…
Concert Review: The LOX at The Sound Academy in Toronto
Sheek Louch, Jadakiss and Styles P have each been to Toronto many times before, but this was surprisingly their first time performing here as a group. I had previously seen Sheek Louch perform in this same building a little over a year ago when he was on the Wu-Block tour with Ghostface Killah, but it…
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