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Tobi (musician)
Oluwatobi Feyisara Ajibolade, known professionally as Tobi (stylized as TOBi), is a Nigerian born Canadian rapper and singer signed to RCA Records and Same Plate Entertainment. He released his debut studio album ''Still'' in May 2019 and his second album ''Elements Vol. 1'' in 2020. Early life and education Oluwatobi Feyisara Ajibolade was born in 1993 in Lagos, Nigeria and moved to Ottawa, Canada with his father when he was 8 or 9 years old. He first began writing lyrics and poetry around that time. Ajibolade grew up largely in Brampton, Ontario, a suburb of Toronto. As a teenager, he engaged in rap battles, including one with a pre-fame Tory Lanez. He later attended Wilfrid Laurier University where he studied biology and psychology. Career Around 2015, Ajibolade began releasing music using the stage name, "Tobi Aji". In 2016, he began using the moniker, "Tobi" (stylized as TOBi), and independently released an EP titled, ''FYI''. The collection featured the songs, "Indecisions" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagos
Lagos (Nigerian English: ; ) is the largest city in Nigeria and the List of cities in Africa by population, second most populous city in Africa, with a population of 15.4 million as of 2015 within the city proper. Lagos was the national capital of Nigeria until December 1991 following the Government of Nigeria, government's decision to move their capital to Abuja in the center of the country. The Lagos metropolitan area has a total Population and housing censuses by country, population of roughly 23.5 million as of 2018, making it List of urban areas in Africa by population, the largest metropolitan area in Africa. Lagos is a major African financial center and is the economic hub of Lagos State and Nigeria at large. The city has been described as the cultural, financial, and entertainment capital of Africa, and is a significant influence on commerce, entertainment, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, and fashion. Lagos is also among the top ten of the world's fast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insecure (TV Series)
''Insecure'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore, and is partially based on Rae's acclaimed web series ''Awkward Black Girl''. The series is about the awkward experiences of a contemporary African-American woman. The series premiered online on September 23, 2016, via HBO Now and HBO Go, before airing weekly on HBO from October 9, 2016. ''Insecure'' received critical acclaim since its debut in 2016. In 2017, the American Film Institute selected it as one of the top 10 television programs of the year. In 2020, the series received eight Primetime Emmy Award nominations for its fourth season, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. For her performance on the series, Rae received two Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy, in addition to two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (2018, 2020 and 2022). Yvonne Orji recei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exclaim!
''Exclaim!'' is a Canadian music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, which features in-depth coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes 7 issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada. The magazine has an average of 361,200 monthly readers and their website, exclaim.ca, has an average of 675,000 unique visitors a month. History ''Exclaim!'' began as a discussion among campus and community radio programmers at Ryerson's CKLN-FM in 1991. It was started by then-CKLN programmer Ian Danzig, together with other programmers and Toronto musicians. The goal of the publication was to support great Canadian music that was otherwise going unheralded. The group worked through 1991 to produce their first issue in April 1992, with monthly issues being produced since. Ian Danzig has been the publisher of the magazine since its start. James Keast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naya Ali
Naya Ali is an Ethiopian Canadian rapper based in Montreal, Quebec. She released the first half of her debut album, ''Godspeed: Baptism (Prelude),'' in 2020. Early life and career Ali was born in Ethiopia and immigrated to Canada as a preschooler, growing up in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. She originally started writing poetry and rapping as a teenager, however she had stopped by her early 20's. She attended both McGill and Concordia universities, studied public relations and held a job in marketing, before leaving to pursue a music career. She released the single "Ra Ra" in 2017 and her debut EP ''Higher Self'' in 2018. She released her debut album ''Godspeed: Baptism (Prelude)'' in 2020, through Coyote Records. The second half of the album is due in spring 2021. In 2021, she was one of five artists to receive a prize at the Black Canadian Music Awards, presented by the SOCAN Foundation. She was also named one of the 25 Canadian Artists to Watch Out For in 2021, by Complex. In January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dylan Sinclair
Dylan Sinclair is a Canadian rhythm and blues singer and songwriter from Toronto, Ontario, whose full-length debut album ''Proverb'' was a Juno Award nominee for Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2021. Sinclair graduated from Thornlea Secondary School. Sinclair released his first EP, ''Red Like Crimson'', in 2018. In January 2021, he was named one of the winners of SOCAN's inaugural Black Canadian Music Awards alongside Tobi, Naya Ali, RAAHiiM and Hunnah. His 2022 album ''No Longer in the Suburbs'' was longlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize. |
SOCAN
The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects license fees through a music licensing program approved by the Copyright Board of Canada. History SOCAN is a result of a merger that took place in 1990 between the Composers, Authors and Publishers Association of Canada (CAPAC) and the Performing Rights Organization of Canada (PROCAN). In 2013, Front Row Insurance Brokers Inc. initiated an online musical instrument insurance program for members of various Canadian music associations, including SOCAN. In May 2016, SOCAN acquired the Seattle-based company Medianet Digital for an undisclosed amount; the organization planned to leverage the company's software and database of rights metadata to assist in the calculation and distribution of royalties for works on digital music streaming servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prism Prize
The Prism Prize is a national juried award recognizing the artistry of the modern music video in Canada."Prism Prize reveals its shortlist for best Canadian music video" . '''', February 15, 2013. A jury of over 120 Canadian music and film industry professionals, including members of the print and web media, broadcasting, film, radio, and video art communities, nominate the 10 best videos of the year to comprise the Prism Prize shortlist. The winning video receives a cash prize of $15,000. This is the richest cash prize for music videos in North America. Foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno Award For Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording Of The Year
The Juno Award for Contemporary R&B/Soul Recording of the Year is an annual Canadian music award, presented as part of the Juno Awards to honour the year's best Canadian recordings in contemporary rhythm and blues and soul music. The award was presented for the first time at the Juno Awards of 2021 The Juno Awards of 2021, honouring Canadian music achievements, were presented on 6 June 2021, observing the 50th anniversary of these awards. The main ceremonies were televised on CBC. The ceremony was originally scheduled to take place in Ma ..., after the splitting of the former R&B/Soul Recording of the Year into new categories for contemporary and traditional music. Winners and nominees References {{DEFAULTSORT:Juno Award For RandB Soul Recording Of The Year Contemporary RandB Soul Recording Album awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CBC Music
CBC Music (formerly known as CBC FM, CBC Stereo and CBC Radio 2) is a Canadian FM radio network operated by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It used to concentrate on classical and jazz. In 2007 and 2008, the network transitioned towards a new " adult music" format with a variety of genres, with the classical genre generally restricted to midday hours. In 2009, Radio 2 averaged 2.1 million listeners weekly, and it was the second-largest radio network in Canada. History The CBC's FM network was launched in 1946, but was strictly a simulcast of the AM radio network until 1960. In that year, distinct programming on the FM network began. It was briefly discontinued in 1962, but resumed again in 1964. In November 1971, the CBC filed license applications for new FM stations in English in St. John's, Halifax, and Calgary, and in French in Quebec City, Ottawa, and Chicoutimi, telling the CRTC that it intended to start a second "more extended and more leisurely" program servic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juno Award For Rap Recording Of The Year
The Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year was introduced in 1991, and awarded for the best rap album in Canada. It was formerly known as Best Rap Recording from 1993 to 2002. Before 1999, because of the relatively limited commercial visibility of Canadian hip hop, the award was presented the evening before the main Juno Award ceremony, along with the untelevised technical and industry insider awards. In 1998, Rascalz won the award, but claiming racism as a factor in the award's scheduling, refused to accept it."Kinder, gentler rap, eh? Canadians hip-hop onto centre stage" '''', March 7, 1999. The Junos moved the award to the main ceremony the foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kemba (rapper)
Matthew Jefferson, also known as Kemba, formerly known as YC the Cynic, (born on November 21, 1990) is an American hip hop recording artist from Hunts Point, Bronx, New York. He was named one of the "Top 5 Underground Hip-Hop Artists in New York" by ''Deli Magazine'' (2010) and was ordained "DXNext" by the hip hop website HipHopDX (2011). Kemba talks openly about his sense of responsibility to the art form, “It feels like there’s a void in the Bronx, and I don’t necessarily feel like I have to fill it, but I feel like I could." He was also a feature on XXXTENTACION's final posthumous album, Bad Vibes Forever. Musical career You're Welcome (2010) Released on February 9, 2010, ''You're Welcome'' is YC The Cynic's musical debut. Featuring mostly covers of 1990s classics, ''You're Welcome'' was an act of homage to those that paved the way for him. Justin Hunte of BrooklynBodega described ''You're Welcome'' as being “loaded with personality, slick wordplay, pristine beat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haviah Mighty
Haviah Mighty (born December 17, 1992) is a Canadian rapper from Brampton, Ontario. She rose to prominence in 2016 as a member of the hip hop group the Sorority, before releasing several EPs on her own, most notably ''Flower City'', in 2017. Her first album, ''13th Floor'', was released in 2019 and won the Polaris Music Prize. After her debut, '' XXL'' named her one of the "15 Toronto rappers you should know" and CBC Music called her one of the "New Faces of Canadian Hip Hop". In 2021, she released the mixtape ''Stock Exchange'', which later won the 2022 Juno Award for Rap Album/EP of the Year. Early life Mighty was born in Toronto and took music lessons in Scarborough beginning at the age of four, before moving to Brampton. Her fifth record is named ''Flower City'' in homage to the city's nickname. Music career Mighty began producing music at the age of fifteen. At seventeen, she independently released her first mixtape, ''No Studio'', in 2010. She then went on to issue thre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
