[Event] November 12: Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star Live at Kool Haus in Toronto

I might have to go to this. Who’s going?

BUY TICKETS via Ticketmaster HERE

Re-live why this is kind of essential:

[MP3] Keys N Krates – Let It Rain (Lotus Remix)

MP3 Download: LET IT RAIN (LOTUS RMX) by Keys N Krates

New music from Toronto’s live mashup/electronic crew, Keys N Krates off their forthcoming FREE Blackout EP set to be released on 11/7.

[via Girlie Action]

Wannabe Toronto rapper and gangster Mark Garfield Moore charged with four murders!

This is both sickening and embarrassing. Get the story via Toronto Star | National Post

Note: The above is the viral BTS video for Moore’s “Gettin’ This Money” under his rap moniker, Prezidenteeh! “Out here, One Touch, gettin’ this money…” – Smdh!

Today’s Occupy Toronto Protest is a Huge Success!

Read all about it via the National Post HERE.

Occupy Toronto online – facebook | twitter

Listen to Ian Kamau’s new One Day Soon album in FULL

First official album from the Toronto-based spoken word artist/MC/community activist, Ian Kamau. Think the melodic-yet-monotone lilt of Slick Rick mixed with the spoken word cadence of K-os and you’ll get some sense of what this kid sounds like if you’re not already familiar from when I posted about him on the old Kitchen. Or just hit play above….

Learn more about Kamau in my homegirl Anupa‘s feature interview with him from the Toronto Standard, “Ian Kamau is Saving Toronto and Your Soul—One Song at a Time.”

Follow Ian Kamau – facebook | twitter | website