It’s a Canada Thing
[Video] Janelle Monae and Shad CMW (Canadian Music Week) Afterparty Freestyle
“This past week was CMW (Canadian Music Week) in Toronto. The afterparty was at Revival and we caught a quick freestyle from Janelle Monae and Shad who were a couple of the featured acts.”
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[News] Toronto Rapper P. Reign Pleads Not Guilty to Gun Charges
“A Toronto rapper who has toured with global hip hop phenom Drake is hoping a judge will soon clear him of gun possession charges that have prevented him from travelling outside Canada.
Wearing a suit and tie — minus his signature large pendant — Raynford Humphrey, a.k.a. P. Reign, pleaded not guilty Monday to nine firearms-related offences in Ontario Superior Court.
His lawyer, Edward Greenspan, is asking the judge hearing the case without a jury to stay the charges on the grounds police committed numerous Charter violations after they stopped Humphrey driving his Cadillac CTS three years ago.
Humphrey’s brother Jason, who was in the back seat, and Raymond Powell, a passenger in the front, have pleaded guilty to possessing three semi-automatic pistols.
The location of the guns will be the “sole issue” at trial, Crown attorney Ryan Wilson told Justice Michael Code who is first hearing evidence on the Charter application.
Toronto police Const. Oliver Ho testified Monday that early March 8, 2008, he noticed a Cadillac stopped at a red light had an expired January 2008 validation sticker. Ho said he pulled it over as a “routine traffic stop” under the Highway Traffic Act.”
CLICK HERE for the full article.
Sounds like more of that usual Police DWB f-ckery. In my hood, indeed!
[Music Video] JayKin – Japan Love
Know nothing about this Vancouver MC but apparently he learned his seemingly fluent Japanese from regular visits there (hence this song, d’uh!). Someone who’s done something more productive than just buying sneakers, rare vinyl and unreleased-in-N. America electronics while visiting the Land of the Rising Sun (do people still even use that phrase to describe Japan??!) although this track is from his forthcoming new Sneakers and Video Games mixtape which may belie my prior assumptions!
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MP3: JayKin – Japan Love [mediafire download link]
JayKin – website | blog | twitter
[via HHC]
[Video] Make Some Noise: A 1994 Canadian Hip Hop Documentary (FULL movie)
While we’re in a T.dot nostalgia state of mind, this is a documentary directed by Andrew Munger on the Toronto underground hip-hop scene featuring appearances by Ghetto Concept, Thrust, a youthful Mos Def, Dan-E-O, Wio-K, Jelleestone, Maestro Fresh Wes manager (and ‘Canadian Idol’ judge!), Farley Flex and others. I gotta carve out an hour to really get into this properly.
Related:
– Read an interview with director, Munger at USGMag HERE
[via TRF yet again!]
[MP3] Mixtape Massacre 2.12.11 (The Real Frequency Show x The Powermove Show Back To The Future Edition)
I told y’all about this last week. As Ty & Rez put it, “Simply put: a great moment in Toronto hip-hop history.”
Here’s the recap blurb from the TRF blog for those who slept:
“Feb 12th, 2011 was a historic day at CKLN 88.1FM. As the station continues it battle to retain their broadcast license, some 30 years of hip hop history gathered to celebrate the 1-4PM time slot which is Toronto’s staple for hip hop. ‘Mixtape Massacre,’ who currently holds the time slot, reached out the ‘The Real Frequency’ to to come and do a final show, which we didn’t do at FLOW. We decided to reach out to DJ X of the ‘Powermove’ (our predecessors) to come through as well. To top it all off the Godfather of Toronto hip hop Ron Nelson, who started the Fantastic Voyage in 1983 in this very time slot, put in an appearance to make it all complete.”
You miss it? Listen here:
MP3: Mixtape Massacre (The Real Frequency Show x The Powermove Show Back To The Future Edition) [direct download – right click and save as]
Previously on The Kitchen:
[TRF via CityonmyBack.com]