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Michie Mee
Michelle Ann Camille McCullock (born November 1, 1970), better known by her stage name Michie Mee, is a Canadian rapper and actress. Canada's first notable female Master of Ceremonies, MC, she is considered a national hip hop music, hip-hop pioneer. Early life and career McCullock was born in Kingston, Jamaica, later moving to Toronto, Ontario at a young age, and was raised in the city's Jane Street (Toronto), Jane Street area, as well as the Jane and Finch neighbourhood. She began performing professionally at age 14.[ Biography > Michie Mee] ''Allmusic''. Accessed on April 25, 2010. In 1985, during a concert in Toronto, Boogie Down Productions introduced her to the audience and she performed on stage. Michie Mee later teamed up with DJ L.A. Luv (Phillip Gayle) and formed the duo Michie Mee and L.A. Luv. ''Jam!'' Accessed on April 25, 2010. The duo was featured on the 1987 Canadian hip hop compilation ''Break'n Out'', which was produced by KRS-One and Scott La Rock of Boogie Down P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kingston, Jamaica
Kingston is the Capital (political), capital and largest city of Jamaica, located on the southeastern coast of the island. It faces a natural harbour protected by the Palisadoes, a long spit (landform), sand spit which connects the town of Port Royal and Norman Manley International Airport to the rest of the island. Kingston is the largest English-speaking city south of the United States in the Western Hemisphere. The local government bodies of the parishes of Kingston Parish, Kingston and Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, Saint Andrew were amalgamated by the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation Act of 1923, to form the Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation (KSAC). Greater Kingston, or the "Corporate Area" refers to those areas under the KSAC; however, it does not solely refer to Kingston Parish, which only consists of the old downtown and Port Royal. Kingston Parish had a population of 89,057, and St. Andrew Parish had a population of 573,369 in 2011 Kingston is only bordered by Sain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jane Street (Toronto)
Jane Street is a major north-south thoroughfare in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 5th concession west of Yonge Street, the road begins at Bloor Street and continues north into York Region, before ending in the Holland Marsh in King Township. The street passes through several neighbourhoods and landmarks; such as Bloor West Village, Jane and Finch, Vaughan Mills, and Canada's Wonderland. Jane Street is one of the most congested roads in the Greater Toronto Area, with the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) bus routes serving the street being among the system's busiest. The most infamous place on Jane Street would be the Jane and Finch area, known for its high crime rate and being one of the poorest neighbourhoods in Toronto. The title character of the Barenaked Ladies song " Jane" is Jane St. Clair, and is named after the intersection of Jane and St. Clair Avenue. Steven Page recalls that co-writer Stephen Duffy saw the intersection on a map and remarked that it sounded like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Messenjah
Messenjah is a Canadian-based reggae group that flourished to become one of the most successful and popular reggae groups in the history of Canadian music. History Messenjah was formed in 1980 in Kitchener, Ontario and released their first album ''Rock You High'' independently in 1982. They were the first Canadian reggae band to be picked up by a major label; Warner Music Canada (also known as WEA). After 1985, the band began working out of Toronto. In 1988, the band was featured in the U.S. feature film ''Cocktail'' as well as on the film's soundtrack. They were also featured on the soundtrack of the Canadian produced movie ''Milk and Honey'' (1989). Messenjah had toured all over North America as well as in Jamaica for over sixteen years and in 1989 won the Juno Award for Best Reggae Recording. In 1990, they collaborated on the one-off single "Can't Repress the Cause", a plea for greater inclusion of hip hop music in the Canadian music scene, with Dance Appeal, a supergroup o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jacky Jasper
Sean Merrick, professionally known as Jacky Jasper, Hollywood Street King, H-Bomb and simply, H, is a Canadian-American rap pioneer, funk musician, social media influencer, Hollywood producer and the first Black celebrity blogger to introduce a "word from the street" perspective to pop culture news coverage. Regarded for his distinct G-funk hip hop sound, H is a renowned musical protege of Ike Turner, with an iconic catalogue of musical works highlighted by historical collaborations with artists including Rick James, Roger Troutman, Bootsy Collins, Ohio Players and The Brides of Funkenstien. Music career In 1991, as the artist formerly known as Toronto rapper HDV, the "Pimp of the Microphone" emcee made a historical contribution to the revolutionary Can't Repress The Cause Movement. In 1993—three years before the 1996 release of Tupac's Jesus-inspired Makaveli album cover captioned, ''"In no way is this portrait an expression of disrespect for Jesus Christ'',"—Jacky Jas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Eria Fachin
Eria Fachin (April 20, 1960 – May 9, 1996) was a Canadian dance pop singer, best known for her 1988 single "Savin' Myself". at the Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia. Originally from Hamilton, Ontario, Fachin began performing in the Toronto area at the age of 15 in a variety of capacities, including nightclub performances, roles in musical theatre, recording commercial jingles for local advertisers and performing on television variety shows."Trio does blues and rock 'n' roll". ''Toronto Star'', May 13, 1986. p. N21. She also recorded a number of singles during this era, including "I'm Not Your Puppet", and married her musical collaborator Lou Bartolomucci in 1986. Fachin released her debut album, ''My Name Is Eria Fachin'', on Critique Records in 1988, and toured across Canada to support the album as an opening act for Candi and the Backbeat. Three singles were released from the album, "Savin' Myself", "Your Love Just Came Too Late" and a cover of The Supremes' " I Hear a Sympho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lillian Allen
Lillian Allen (born 5 April 1951) is a Canadians, Canadian dub poetry, dub poet, writer and Juno Award winner. Biography Born in Spanish Town, Jamaica, Spanish Town, Jamaica, she left that country in 1969, first moving to New York City, where she studied English at the City University of New York.Dawes, Kwame (2000), ''Talk Yuh Talk: Interviews with Anglophone Caribbean Poets'', University of Virginia Press, , pp. 148–160. She lived for a time in Kitchener, Ontario, Kitchener, Ontario, before settling in Toronto, where she continued her education at York University, gaining a B.A. degree.Henry, Krista (2007"Lillian Allen fights back with words" ''Jamaica Gleaner'', 3 June 2007. . Retrieved 31 October 2010. After meeting Oku Onuora in Cuba in 1978, she began working in dub poetry. She released her first recording, ''Dub Poet: The Poetry of Lillian Allen'', in 1983. Allen won the Juno Award for Best Reggae/Calypso Album for ''Revolutionary Tea Party'' in 1986 and ''Conditions C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dream Warriors (band)
Dream Warriors are a multi-award-winning Canadian hip-hop group recognized as a pioneering musical force of the jazz rap movement and the hip-hop scene in both Canada and the UK. The group is composed of original founding members ''Louis "King Lou" Robinson'' and ''Frank "Capital Q" Allert,'' the dynamic duo is described as ''"a pair of deft, intelligent rappers"'' by John Bush of AllMusic. Their 1991 debut album, ''And Now the Legacy Begins'', was cited by Bush as one of the finest alternative hip hop records of the golden era. Before the release of their second album '' Subliminal Simulation'' in 1994, the duo became a group with the addition of rapper Spek and DJ Luv. In 1996, they released a third album, '' The Master Plan'', before the two new members left the group a year later. Though their subsequent releases did not garner similar commercial success as their debut, the duo released a well-received greatest hits album in 1999. Overview">Anthology: A Decade of Hits 1988 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Devon (rapper)
Devon Martin (June 6, 1963 – July 23, 2024), better known mononymously as Devon, was an English-born Canadian rapper who rose to prominence in 1990 for his song titled "Mr. Metro", a controversial single about police racism. "Mr. Metro" subsequently became an alias of the artist. Early life Devon was born in England, but raised in the Mississauga suburb of Malton, Ontario. He formed his first band, Shock Waves, at the age of 14, releasing an independent single in 1977. Later he was a member of the reggae band 20th Century Rebels, and served as a backing musician for Bong Conga Nistas, Messenjah, Judy Mowatt and Lillian Allen. Career during 1990s "Mr. Metro" video Although the title of his single "Mr. Metro" referred to the Toronto Police Service, the song was in fact inspired by incidents of police racism across North America, including his own detention by police in Redondo Beach, California, rather than in Toronto alone. Despite this, the Toronto Police Service threat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Supergroup (music)
A supergroup is a musical group formed of members who are already successful as solo artists or as members of other successful groups. The term became popular in the late 1960s when members of already successful rock groups Collaborative_album, recorded albums together, after which they normally disbanded. Charity supergroups, in which prominent musicians perform or record together in support of a particular cause, have been common since the 1980s. The term is most common in the context of Rock music, rock and pop music, but it has occasionally been applied to other musical genres. For example, opera stars the Three Tenors (José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti) and Hip-hop, hip hop duos Kids See Ghosts (Kanye West and Kid Cudi) and Bad Meets Evil (Eminem and Royce da 5′9″, Royce da 5'9") all have been called supergroups. A supergroup sometimes forms as a side project for a single recording project or other ''ad hoc'' purposes, with no intention that the grou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
