Snotty Nose Rez Kids are a

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hip hop duo composed of

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rappers Darren "Young D" Metz and Quinton "Yung Trybez" Nyce. They are originally from

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, and currently based in

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. Their 2017 album '' The Average Savage'' was shortlisted for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize,"Polaris Music Prize Reveals 2018 Short List"
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'', July 17, 2018. and for the

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at the

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. In 2018, the duo received nominations for Best Hip Hop Album at the

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, and for Indigenous Artist of the Year at the

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. Their third album ''TRAPLINE'' was released on May 10, 2019 and was later shortlisted for the

2019 Polaris Music Prize The 2019 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 16, 2019.

Career

Metz and Nyce first connected as writers during high school - Metz wrote poetry and Nyce was a storyteller - realizing they both had a love of hip-hop. The two started recording together under the name Minay Music for a project Metz was assigned during his audio engineering program at Harbourside Institute of Technology. The duo released their self-titled debut album in January 2017, and followed up with '' The Average Savage'' in September. Their single "Skoden" was playlisted on

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'', and was named one of the year's 100 best songs by the network. The song received renewed attention in 2018 when a graffiti artist spraypainted "Skoden" on the water tower in downtown

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. The word "Skoden" is a phrase that means "let's go then", and has been a long standing popular phrase in Indigenous circles. In May 2018, they released the new single "The Warriors", a protest song opposing the

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, and signed to Jarrett Martineau's RPM Records. After a brief stint with RPM, Snotty Nose Rez Kids decided to part ways and release their next album independently. Their third album, ''TRAPLINE,'' was released on May 10, 2019. In June 2019, ''TRAPLINE'' was shortlisted for the

2019 Polaris Music Prize The 2019 edition of the Canadian Polaris Music Prize was presented on September 16, 2019.

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'' named the album the 7th best hip hop album of the year. In 2020, the duo announced that they would releasing the EP ''Born Deadly'' on April 3. The EP was preceded by two singles: "Real Deadly" and "Cops with Guns Are the Worst!!!".

Discography

Albums

* ''Snotty Nose Rez Kids'' (2017) * '' The Average Savage'' (2017) *''TRAPLINE'' (2019) * ''Life After'' (2021) * ''I’M GOOD, HBU?'' (2022)

EPs

* ''Born Deadly'' (2020)

Singles

* "The Warriors" (2018) * "Homeland" ft. Mob Bounce (2018) *"Creator Made an Animal" ft. Boslen (2019) *"I Can't Remember My Name" ft. Shanks Sioux (2019) *"Real Deadly" (2020) *"Cops with Guns Are the Worst!!!"

Compilation albums

* ''Tiny House Warriors'' (2018)

References

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