With over a decade of bringing Hip-Hop heads together to celebrate the art of DJing, Skratch Bastid is back with his Bastid’s BBQ festival in full effect. Having expanded to multiple cities, each with their own unique festival lineup, the 2025 hometown edition in Toronto would return to The Bentway for the third year in…
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Concert Review: Elzhi & Phat Kat at The Rivoli in Toronto (2024.03.31)
For at least the second year in a row, JD Era is back bringing a special Hip-Hop showcase to The Rivoli on Easter Sunday. Last Easter he brought us the Brooklyn duo Smif-N-Wessun celebrating their 30th anniversary in the music industry, and now for 2024 he’d be presenting a night of Detroit Hip-Hop excellence, with…
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: 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…
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…
Concert Review: GZA at The 2015 Unity Festival in Toronto, ON
Following Naughty By Nature’s performance at The Festival of Beer the previous night, the Unity Festival would be Day 2 of my birthday weekend festivities. While I missed out on last year’s festival, I did attend their 2013 free concert in Dundas Square, when they had Talib Kweli headline. The Unity Festival is put together…
Concert Review: Classified & Maestro Fresh Wes at The Sound of Music Festival in Burlington, ON
The Sound of Music Festival has been one of the biggest music fests in my area for decades, and surprisingly this was only my first time attending as an adult. Many Canadian artists get to perform across ten stages by the lakeshore in Burlington over the course of a week; the free event I chose to…
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