Daddy J of DOPEfm went to the premiere of Drop the Needle in Toronto and interviewed the director of the film. It’s a documentary about the iconic record store, Play De Record. I haven’t had the chance to see the…
Mastermind Street Jam was a great Golden Era hip-hop mixshow on Energy 108 (107.9 fm CINJ) that people from Hamilton to Toronto enjoyed back in the day. I taped it religiously and I still have most of them. Today, I…
Deshkan Ziibiing (Chippewas of the Thames First Nation), in collaboration with Music Tourism and the Western Fair District, is proud to welcome over 45 exhibitors including craft and artist vendors, food vendors and organizations to the first Gawii Wiikaa Ga-Nendimisii…
Hip Hop mourns once again. Just a few days ago, we lost Tame One of the legendary Artifacts. They made two classic albums in the 1990s and then worked on solo projects before reuniting and dropping a new album a…
Yasad One and NuriYAH One are a husband and wife team who craft some incredible music. Their latest project is named for their son who is “getting victory over Autism.” I start of this show with some great new music…
The title track from this episode comes from local emcee and artist TempoMental. He drops a project every year for his birthday and this year he brought us a second volume is his Jacked Off YouTube series. Near the end…
Charles Cornell has an amazing YouTube channel where he breaks down the musical elements of different songs. He often plays along on the piano as he listens to a song and tries to figure out what makes it work. His…
I had a chance to run the Pinery Fall Classic for the first time this year. In fact, it was the first competitive run I’ve done in quite a long time. As they were starting to queue up the runners…
This week’s show features an interview with Femme Deadly Venoms. I only just discovered them this year, but they’ve been making music together for 10 years now. They use live instrumentation on the new album, cover some pretty heavy topics,…
It feels as though I have been Hip Hop Since Day 1. I can’t remember it ever not being a major part of my life. I was born around the time it was as well. Maybe that is one of…
