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List Of Canadian Hip Hop Musicians
This is a list of hip hop musicians from Canada. Rappers 0-9 * The 6th Letter *88Camino A *Abdominal *Chuckie Akenz * Ale Dee * Anodajay *Arabesque * Aspektz * Langdon Auger B *B-Kool * Backxwash * Bad News Brown *Baka Not Nice * Baracuda *Bbno$ *Ishq Bector *Belly * Bender *Big Lean * Birdapres *Boogat *Cory Bowles * Wendy Motion Brathwaite * Baba Brinkman * Merlin Bronques *Buck 65 C *Cadence Weapon * Jazz Cartier * Don Cash * Checkmate *Choclair * Chokeules * Kwajo Cinqo * Clairmont the Second * Classified *Culture D *D-Sisive * D.O. * Dan-e-o *Jesse Dangerously * Dax *Devon * DijahSB * DillanPonders *DL Incognito * Donnie *Drake * Drezus * DY E * Eekwol * Emay * Jonathan Emile *JD Era *Eternia F * Famous * Fateh * FouKi *Frankenstein * Fresh I.E. * Keysha Freshh * Friyie G * Tommy Genesis *Ghettosocks * Goody Grace *Chilly Gonzales *Grandson *Tom Green H * Honey Cocaine *Houdini * Nate Husser *Hyper-T I *Imposs *Infinite J *Jacky Jasper *Deep Jand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The 6th Letter
Kevon André Samuels (born August 13, 1992), better known by his stage name The 6th Letter, is a Canadian hip hop recording artist from Toronto. He is a member of the hip hop collective Bakers Club. Life and career Early life and musical beginnings Kevon was born on August 13, 1992, in Toronto, Ontario. He spent an early portion of his life traveling back and forth between the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York City Brooklyn () is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Kings County is the most populous Administrative divisions of New York (state)#County, county i ... where he would stay with his father (Paul McLawrence) and Downtown Toronto where he would stay with his mother (Claudette Samuels). He attended St. Mary's Catholic Secondary School in Toronto before dropping out in 2010 to pursue a career in music. Kevon adopted the moniker ''The 6th Letter'' from the nickname ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bender (rapper)
Alexander Buchanan (July 19, 1980 – March 1, 2018), better known by his stage name Bender, was a Canadian rapper. He was a member of the group Flight Distance and a former King of the Dot champion. Bender was also a professional visual artist. Bender died on March 1, 2018, aged 37, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. No cause of death has been released, but an article has reported that he may have died from sleep apnea. Discography Albums Bender :* ''The Squidmilker Instrumentals'' (2004) Flight Distance (Bender with Patience & DJ Calkuta) :* ''Run for Your Lives!'' (2005) :* ''Bad Information'' (2011) :* ''High Priests of Low-Life'' (2014) :* ''Harmony Chlorine'' (2018) EPs, singles EPs :* ''The Warning Shot'' (2005) (with Flight Distance) Singles :* "Real Teeth" (2010) (with Flight Distance) :* "Worth" (2013) (with Flight Distance) Guest appearances :* 24/7 – "White Chalk" (2010) :* Noah23 – "Air Guitar" from ''Heart of Rock'' (2010) :* 24/7 – "Pulling Teeth" from ''A. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choclair
Kareem Blake (born March 27, 1975), better known by his stage name Choclair, is a Canadian rapper. He was one of the most successful Canadian rappers in Canada in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Choclair has been nominated for six Juno Awards, winning four. Career Blake, of Jamaican descent, was born in Scarborough, Ontario, in east Toronto. Starting at the age of 11, he followed in his older brother's footsteps, and decided to become a rapper. Blake attended St. John Paul II Catholic Secondary School, which is when he first started performing under the name "Choclair". In 1995, he released his debut single, "Twenty One Years", on his own independent label, Knee Deep Records. In 1997, he released the EP '' What It Takes'', which was accompanied by a music video featuring Jully Black. ''What It Takes'' won the " Best Rap Recording" award at the 1997 Juno Awards. By 1998, Choclair had released eleven records, including the first international releases for Saukrates, Kardinal Offis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Checkmate (rapper)
Checkmate is a Canadian rapper from Vancouver,"Checkmate: Welcome to the Game". ''Saskatoon Star-Phoenix'', December 20, 2001. best known as one of the collaborating artists on Rascalz' influential 1998 single "Northern Touch". He was also a Juno Award nominee for Rap Recording of the Year for his single "R.A.W." at the Juno Awards of 2003. History Checkmate recorded over 200 underground tracks before appearing on "Northern Touch", including the singles "Signs of War", "The Longshot" and "Bait & Switch (Money & Music)". He then compiled some of those songs for the 2001 album ''Welcome to the Game'', which was released on Double Up Records. "R.A.W." was released as a standalone non-album single the following year, and garnered Checkmate his Juno Award nomination in 2003. He has made several solo recordings after "R.A.W.", and was a featured collaborator on other artists' singles. Checkmate produced the compilation "Game Related" and released it through Natural Game Records in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Cash
Don Cash (born April 6, 1978 in Brampton, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian rap artist and record producer. In 2001, after several years working as a teenage pop journalist in Toronto, Cash decided to focus on writing and producing songs at home on his computer, releasing at least ten known full-length CD-R albums in downtown Toronto and New York City. Though distribution was unofficial and limited, news of the works by the young artist spread. By 2004, Cash had been featured in ''The Fader'' magazine and had gained high-profile friends and admirers in the avant-garde pop music scene including James Murphy from LCD Soundsystem and DFA Records. Most of Cash's songs draw on varying elements commonly associated with, hip-hop, rock and electro. In 2004, ''The Fader's'', Knox Robinson, christened Cash's sound "afroclash," a play on the "electroclash" trend sweeping the New York underground. Cash himself claimed in several 2007 interviews that his music was simply rock & roll, though ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz Cartier
Jahmarie Wishart Adams (born March 19, 1993), known professionally as Jazz Cartier, is a Canadian rapper, singer, and songwriter. He is best known for his mixtapes, ''Marauding in Paradise'' and ''Hotel Paranoia''. He has twice been a long listed nominee for the Polaris Music Prize, in 2015 for ''Marauding in Paradise'',"Polaris Music Prize Announces 2015 Long List" '' Exclaim!'', June 16, 2015. and for ''Hotel Paranoia'', [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cadence Weapon
Roland "Rollie" Pemberton, better known by his stage name Cadence Weapon, is a Canadian-American rapper based in Toronto, Ontario. Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Pemberton released his first album, '' Breaking Kayfabe'', in 2005 with positive reviews. He subsequently signed with the American record label ANTI-, releasing the albums ''Afterparty Babies'' in 2008 and ''Hope in Dirt City'' in 2012. In 2009, Cadence Weapon was named Edmonton's Poet Laureate. His first book ''Magnetic Days'' was published by Metatron in 2014. Cadence Weapon released a self-titled album in 2018. His fifth studio album, '' Parallel World'', was released on April 30, 2021, and won the 2021 Polaris Music Prize on September 27, 2021."Cadence Weapon w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buck 65
Richard Terfry (born March 4, 1972), better known by his stage name Buck 65, is a Canadian alternative hip hop artist. Underpinned by an extensive background in abstract hip hop, his more recent music has extensively incorporated blues, country, rock, folk and avant-garde influences. Terfry is also a radio host, hosting the weekday '' Drive'' show on CBC Music since September 2, 2008. In addition, he once hosted a weekday program on CBC Radio 3's web radio station. History Early career and influences Terfry was born in 1972 and raised in Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia, a rural community 40 km north of Halifax. Terfry was initially interested in pursuing a career in professional baseball, and at age 16, was scouted by the New York Yankees; however, his dream was ended following a shoulder injury. He was first exposed to rap music in the mid-1980s while listening to CBC Stereo's late-night show ''Brave New Waves'', and then by listening to Halifax campus community radio sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merlin Bronques
Merlin Bronques is an American musician, artist and photoblogger based in New York. He is best known for the website lastnightsparty.com, of which he is the founder and sole photographer. Early years Bronques was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, and grew up partly in Montreal and Aylmer, Quebec, Canada. Career Music As a musician, he enjoyed popularity during the mid-1990s under the name Merlin. His 1993 self-produced first album ''A Noise Supreme'' was a blend of industrial rock and rap: "acid-dipped/metal/jazz/grunge fusion" according to ''Billboard''. The album received critical praise and generated a fanbase in Canada, partly due to MuchMusic airplay of the video for the single "Pusher." In 1996, Merlin released the album ''Merlin's Arcade'', "a most enjoyable slice of ear candy" according to ''AllMusic''. The single "The Playboy Interview" also received some airplay on MuchMusic. He also founded the pop-rock band Ma, whose album ''Cool Chicks and Other Babe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baba Brinkman
Dirk Murray Brinkman (born October 22, 1978) is a Canadian rapper and playwright best known for recordings and performances that combine hip hop music with literature, theatre, and science. Early life and education Born in the remote community of Riondel, British Columbia, in a log cabin built by his parents, Brinkman is the eldest of three children of Joyce Murray, a Member of the Parliament of Canada, and Dirk Brinkman, Sr., who is notable for having founded the world's only private company responsible for planting more than one billion trees. Dirk Sr gave Brinkman the honorific nickname " Baba" at birth, because of his son's contemplative, Buddha-like expression. Brinkman's childhood was divided between Vancouver and the Kootenay region of British Columbia. Brinkman spent his early summers in remote tree planting camps, and began planting trees himself at the age of 15. He worked for his parents' business, Brinkman & Associates Reforestation, for twelve seasons in British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Motion Brathwaite
Wendy Motion Brathwaite is a Canadian musician, writer and activist from Toronto, Ontario. She is most noted as cowriter with Charles Officer of the screenplay for the 2020 film ''Akilla's Escape'', for which they won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Screenplay at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021. She also wrote the short films ''A Man's Story'' (2016) and ''Theodore'' (2020), and has worked as a writer and story editor on the television series '' Coroner''. In 2022, she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Writing in a Drama Series at the 10th Canadian Screen Awards for the ''Coroner'' episode "Eyes Up", and in 2023 she received a nomination for Best Writing in a Web Program or Series at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards for "The One Who Dies First", an episode of the comedy web series '' Revenge of the Black Best Friend''. She has performed as a hip hop artist and spoken word poet under the stage name Motion, and released the CD ''Motion in Poetry: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cory Bowles
Cory Bowles (born August 27, 1973) is a Canadian actor, director and choreographer. He is best known for his portrayal of Cory in the series ''Trailer Park Boys''. Life and career Bowles was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Truro, Nova Scotia. Best known as Cory in ''Trailer Park Boys'', he also is the principal choreographer of Halifax-based Contemporary Dance Company Verve Mwendo, plays in the rock band Aide-De-Camp and voices the children's series Poko. In the mid-1990s Bowles gained some prominence as MC of hip hop act Hip Club Groove, performing under the name "Chek Love". The group released an EP on No Records and later a full length on Murderecords. The group toured Canada, often opening for other Halifax based bands such as Sloan. Bowles later formed a theatre company in 1997 with bandmate Joseph Wynne called The Good Companions. After closing down the company he went on to further his studies as a dancer and choreographer in Alberta. Bowles received a Gemi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
