Tag Archives: Canada

Fresh off of a win in 2015’s Toronto Independent Music Awards (“Best Urban” category), Canadian emcee Es delivers an emotionally charged new single/ video entitled “Fact Remains”. Here is what he had to say about it: “This new song speaks to the usually uncomfortable topic of race relations. It was inspired by the events of the past 12 to 18 …

Born of Cameroonian parents, emcee Taigenz has been honing his skills as an artist and performing since he was eleven. Based out of Montreal, Canada, he has opened for artists like Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., Denzel Curry and performed in Paris, Atlanta and a number of Canadian colleges.. He is now promoting his latest Ep titled “Muntree”. Of the project, …

Upcoming Montreal emcee Yo Natan has began building his fan base over the course of the past year and has debuted two strong records while doing so, “Green Clouds” & “Afraid”. Natan also happens to be of Jewish descent and aims to follow along the same footsteps as Asher Roth, Mac Miller & Matisyahu. GYBU took a liking to the …

Fueled by the recent success of his #songsunday releases, Montreal artist Chaz DeFranco is back at it. This time, he presents us a cover of Drake’s “Plastic Bag” from his latest joint mixtape with Future titled “What A Time To Be Alive”. Chaz gives his own twist to Drake’s part, methodically stacking up harmonies over the original beat produced by …

Brooklyn, New York emcee Wooden Souljah teams up with Toronto, Ontario producer Big Bob Patterson to bring forth “Sweat of the Universe”. An eighteen track mixtape consists of raw, uncut Hip Hop with guest features from the likes of Nubis, John Storm, Tha Ill Literate, Jo Dancer, Bee Lee and many more.the Soul Controllers

Oz Jackson comes to us via a small area of Winnipeg, Canada. It’s the type of small town which makes it hard to get his music to the right ears. But with the his mindset and sound, it’s bound to create a domino effect once it does. Oz’ most recent song is titled “Daddy’s Clothes” and was produced by CYHT.

French-Canadian recording artist Chaz DeFranco premieres his latest release in his #songsunday series with the deeply emotional “Me Engañarás” (“You’ll Deceive Me”). The Montreal serenader opens up to speak harsh truths about a past relationship he experienced during his trips to Mexico years back with a woman that didn’t have his best interests at hand. This song follows suit with …

Montréal recording artist Yo Natan is back on the scene with a follow up to his highly praised Hip Hop single “Green Clouds” and in doing so, he takes on a more international approach with “Afraid”. If the song sounds familiar, it may be because Natan found creative inspiration from Lupe Fiasco’s “Superstar” single. However, the Jewish emcee takes the …

With all the success his #songsunday series has been experiencing, Montreal singer Chaz DeFranco decides to do something special for this installment’s release. During a very trying time in 2009, the Canadian underwent a battle with depression which resulted in a prescription pill addiction. Thus, ultimately leading to his departure from music as a whole. In 2013, DeFranco was able …

Looking for a turnt up club banger track? This is that fire you’ve been looking for. Coming out of Vancouver, rapper Tre Nyce comes at you with a new music video for his single, “Take It Outside”. The track was released on iTunes two weeks ago and there is absolutely no doubt that this is going to be blasting through …