Artists: Submit Your Application Now to Perform at NXNE 2012!

I am actually screening all the hip-hop submissions for NXNE 2012 so for those of you who see the value in performing at Canada’s equivalent to SXSW, a citywide music festival attended by over 300,000 people, get crackin’ now. Artists of all genres are, of course, welcome to submit applications but note: I’ll only be f-ckin’ with the applications tagged as being hip-hop genre submissions for NXNE.

CLICK HERE to learn how to submit.

[Event] TONIGHT in Toronto: aFRaKaRen at Love Jones Sundays Hosted by Ian Kamau

LOVE JONES SUNDAYS… Where Poetry Meets Soul

Hosted by Ian Kamau

Featuring Spoken Word performances by:

Tommy Hagos, Elmnt, Ms. Faith, Najla Edwards, AfraKaren, & Shoolie

Musical performances by…
Mario “The Voyce” & Angelique

MUSIC by DJ Soul Child

At Cayo Coco
304 Richmond St West (across from the Scotiabank Theater)
7:00 pm -12:00 am
Cost: $10

This is the very close friend of a very close friend and her music/poetry is tremendous. If you’re in the T.Dot WuDot and are into things more on the black bohemian, spoken word, urban progressive side of things creatively, you might could wanna go check this out tonight.

See flyer and details above or CLICK HERE for more information on the Facebook page for the weekly Love Jones Sunday event series.

Connect with aFRaKaRen online: Twitter | Facebook | Blog

Need additional convincing? Check out Ren‘s (what we know AFRaKaRen by) music (the excellent 11:11 EP produced by very slept-on local producer, Gigz ‘The Unknown Producer’) below:

[Event] In Toronto Dec. 10: 88 Days Of Fortune Presents Last Jam of the Year feat. DJ Sebastian

Event featuring a lot of local, T.dot favorites here at The Kitchen. Plus turns out new friends of mine are deeply involved in this 88 Days movement so I’m most likely gonna be up in there next week. Will you though??!

LAST JAM OF THE YEAR!!
SATURDAY DEC. 10, 2011
@ THE CRAWFORD {718 COLLEGE ST}
19+ EVENT
10PM-2AM
… $5

PERFORMANCES BY:
Bahia Watson
Abstract Random
Brendan Philip
Yasmine
Spek Won
WolF J
KJ

FEATURING
Dey:


Kyauna Clarke:

DJ Sebastian {BKLYN BOIHOOD}
New Orleans Bounce, South African House, Dub Step,
Vogue, Go-go, Reggae, Dancehall, Hip-Hop, R&B

Hosted By: Ayo Leilani!

http://88days.ca/
http://bklynboihood.com/
http://crawfordbar.com/

CLICK HERE for more details at the Facebook Event Page.

And here’s an 88 Days of Fortune mixtape from earlier this year for those of you who might’ve missed it (like me!)

[Music Video] Jus Randy – This is War from the InfoBahn Album

Spotted via DJ Mel Boogie. Video by T.dot (Scarborough, jheah!) MC, Jus Randy from his InfoBahn mixtape album dropping tomorrow. Release event at Rockwood TONIGHT. CLICK HERE for details.

Jus Randy online – website | facebook | twitter

[Music Video] The Weeknd – The Knowing

MP3 Download: The Weeknd – The Knowing

I have no words after watching this except to say, you can’t accuse Abel of lacking in ambition for his career as The Weeknd!