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Houdini (rapper)
Dimarjio Antonio Jenkins (July 23, 1998 – May 26, 2020), better known by his stage name Houdini, was a Canadian rapper from Toronto, Ontario. He first gained recognition from his certified gold single "Late Nights" which contained vocal features from Burna Bandz and was released in 2017. This was followed by the singles "Myself" and "Backseat". He was also known for his frequent collaborations with fellow rappers Pressa, Robin Banks and NorthSideBenji, which includes the latter's certified gold single " Levels" which saw a feature from Houdini. He released his debut mixtape ''Hou I Am'' on February 13, 2019. His sophomore mixtape ''Hou Woulda Thought'' followed on August 2, 2019. His debut EP ''underGROUND'' was released on March 18, 2020. This would be his last release during his lifetime as he was shot and killed on May 26, 2020. Music career Jenkins started his career in 2016, taking on the stage name "DaHoudini", and adopted the shorter "Houdini" stage name in 2018. He beg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Toronto
Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the List of North American cities by population, fourth-most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,765,188 people (as of 2021) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area proper had a 2021 population of 6,712,341. As of 2024, the census metropolitan area had an estimated population of 7,106,379. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, sports, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multiculturalism, multicultural and cosmopolitanism, cosmopolitan cities in the world. Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indigenous peoples have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
6ixBuzz
6ixBuzz (pronounced ''six-buzz''), is a controversial online media platform based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 2017 by Abraham Tekabo and Sarman Esagholian, 6ixBuzz is best known for sharing user-generated content, clickbait, and local news in a tabloid format. The company has been criticized for spreading misinformation, disinformation, right-wing bias, racism, homophobia, anti-feminism, and perpetuating racial and religious stereotypes, particularly Anti-Asian, Anti-Sikh sentiment and Anti-Indian sentiment. Background 6ixBuzz began in 2017 as a meme and parody news profile on Instagram with a focus on showcasing Toronto's underground music scene. Its founders, Sarman Esagholian and Abraham Tekabo, attribute the success of their online presence to the "lack of voice" of communities surrounding Canadian hip hop culture. As 6ixBuzz grew to over a million followers on Instagram, its account has become known for its virality, encouragement of erratic stunts, bullying, and ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1998 Births
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the Impeachment of Bill Clinton, House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster (1998), Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 February 1998 Afghanistan earthquake, Afghani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
List Of Murdered Hip Hop Musicians
This is a list of notable rappers and Hip hop music, hip hop musicians murdered since 1987. Two studies in the mid-2010s concluded that murder was the cause of half of hip hop musician deaths. The average age of death is between 25–30 years of age. Hip hop artists have a higher rate of homicide than artists of any other genre of music, ranging from five to 32 times higher. Some reasons cited for the high homicide rate include poor background of many artists, criminal gang activity, drug use, and inadequate pastoral care among artists and record labels. In 2020, ''XXL (magazine), XXL'' wrote that of 77 rapper deaths they examined, more than 40 remain unsolved, including the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, the 1997 murder of the Notorious B.I.G., and the 1999 murder of Big L. List See also * List of murdered musicians * List of deaths in popular music * List of pop musicians who died of drug overdose * 27 Club * Curse of the ninth References {{DEFAULTSORT:Murdered hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
6ixUpsideDown
6ixBuzz (pronounced ''six-buzz''), is a controversial online media platform based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 2017 by Abraham Tekabo and Sarman Esagholian, 6ixBuzz is best known for sharing user-generated content, clickbait, and local news in a tabloid format. The company has been criticized for spreading misinformation, disinformation, right-wing bias, racism, homophobia, anti-feminism, and perpetuating racial and religious stereotypes, particularly Xenophobia and racism related to the COVID-19 pandemic#North America, Anti-Asian, Anti-Sikh sentiment in Canada, Anti-Sikh sentiment and Anti-Indian sentiment. Background 6ixBuzz began in 2017 as a meme and parody news profile on Instagram with a focus on showcasing Toronto's Underground music, underground music scene. Its founders, Sarman Esagholian and Abraham Tekabo, attribute the success of their online presence to the "lack of voice" of communities surrounding Canadian hip hop culture. As 6ixBuzz grew to over a million follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Pickering, Ontario
Pickering (2021 Canadian census, 2021 population 99,186) is a city located in Southern Ontario, Canada, immediately east of Toronto in Durham Region, Ontario, Durham Region. Beginning in the 1770s, the area was settled by primarily British colonists. An increase in population occurred after the American Revolutionary War, when the Crown resettled Loyalists and encouraged new immigration. Many of the smaller rural communities have been preserved and function as provincially significant historic sites and museums. The city also includes the Pickering Casino Resort, a multi-billion-dollar casino complex. History Early period The present-day Pickering was Aboriginal peoples in Canada, Aboriginal territory for thousands of years. The Wyandot people, Wyandot (called the Huron by Europeans), who spoke an Iroquoian language, were the historical people living here in the 15th century. Archeological remains of a large village have been found here, known as the Draper Site. Later, the Wyand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Brampton
Brampton is a city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario, and the regional seat of the Regional Municipality of Peel. It is part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and is a List of municipalities in Ontario#Lower-tier municipalities, lower-tier municipality within the Peel Region. The city has a population of 656,480 as of the 2021 Canadian census, 2021 census, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, ninth most populous municipality in Canada and the third most populous city in the Greater Golden Horseshoe urban area, behind Toronto and Mississauga. The City of Brampton is bordered by Vaughan to the east, Halton Hills to the west, Caledon, Ontario, Caledon to the north, Mississauga to the south, and Etobicoke (Toronto) to the southeast. Named after the town of Brampton, Carlisle, Brampton in Cumberland, England, Brampton was incorporated as a village in 1853 and as a town in 1873, and became a city in 1974. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Meek Mill
Robert Rihmeek Williams (born May 6, 1987), known professionally as Meek Mill, is an American rapper. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he embarked on his career as a battle rapper, and later formed a short-lived rap group the Bloodhoundz. He signed with T.I.'s Grand Hustle Records as a solo act in 2008, but parted ways with the label in 2011 without any releases. He signed with Rick Ross' Maybach Music Group (MMG) later that year, and rose to mainstream recognition following his performances on the label's ''Self Made Vol. 1'' (2011) compilation album; his song "Tupac Back" (featuring Rick Ross) served as the album's lead single, while its follow-up, "Ima Boss" (featuring Rick Ross), became his first entry on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Meek Mill's debut studio album, ''Dreams and Nightmares'' (2012)—released in a joint venture with MMG and Warner Records, Warner Bros. Records—peaked at number two on the Billboard 200, ''Billboard'' 200 and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Toronto’s Entertainment District
The Toronto Entertainment District is an area in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is concentrated around King Street West between University Avenue and Spadina Avenue. It is home to theatres and performing arts centres, the Toronto Blue Jays, and an array of cultural and family attractions. The area was also home to most of the nightclubs in downtown Toronto but have mostly moved to King St west of Spadina Av just beside the Entertainment District. The Toronto Entertainment District is represented by Ward 10 Spadina—Fort York along with the federal and provincial ridings of Spadina—Fort York and the postal codes are M5H, M5V and M5X. It is patrolled by the 52 Division of the Toronto Police Service. History Garment District In the first half of the 20th century, the original name of the neighbourhood was the Garment District and it was almost wholly industrial. The Canadian National Railway controlled a huge amount of land along the Lake Ontario waterfront, and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Downtown Toronto
Downtown Toronto is the main city centre of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located entirely within the district of Old Toronto, it is approximately 16.6 square kilometres in area, bounded by Bloor Street to the northeast and Dupont Street to the northwest, Lake Ontario to the south, the Don Valley River, Don Valley to the east, and Bathurst Street, Toronto, Bathurst Street to the west. It is also the home of the municipal government of Toronto and the Government of Ontario. The area is made up of Canada's largest concentration of skyscrapers and businesses that form Toronto's skyline. Since 2022, downtown Toronto has the second most skyscrapers in North America exceeding in height, behind only Midtown Manhattan, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Neighbourhoods The retail core of the downtown is located along Yonge Street from Queen Street to College Street. There is a large cluster of retail centres and shops in the area, including the Toronto Eaton Centre indoor mall. There are an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
HOU I'M MEANT TO BE
Hou or HOU may refer to: Places * Hou (Odder Municipality), a town in Denmark * Hellenic Open University, in Patras, Greece * Hounslow railway station (National Rail station code: HOU), London, England * A common abbreviation for the U.S. city of Houston, Houston, Texas and its major professional sports teams: ** Houston Astros, the city's Major League Baseball team ** Houston Rockets, the city's National Basketball Association team ** Houston Texans, the city's National Football League team * HOU, IATA code for William P. Hobby Airport Chinese culture *Hou (surname), Chinese surname * Hou (currency) (Chinese: ), a unit of currency in Greater China * Hou (title) (Chinese: ), a title in ancient China * Denglong (mythology) or Hou (Chinese: ), a Chinese legendary creature Other uses *-hou, a place-name element * Hands-On Universe, an educational program * Hero of Ukraine See also * Ho (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
