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We had an ice storm Tuesday that shut most of Southern Ontario down. Several school boards, universities, and places of business closed their doors, including Western University. With the campus shut down, and no school for me to teach, I decided to [Keep Reading]

Hip Hop Matters: Politics, Pop Culture, and the Struggle for the Soul of a Movement by S. Craig Watkins Sometimes, I read a hip-hop book and don’t learn anything new. That was not the case with this book. Watkins has some great stories to tell [Keep Reading]

This week’s title track comes from Nieve and SoulChef off their album Sunflower In The Sunlight. It’s a feel-good vibe that matches the tone of live show perfectly. I had a lot of fun spinning this week’s show. I hope you enjoyed [Keep Reading]

Beat Drum Media presents, The BET Freestyle Friday – World champion, Young Stitch live in London, Ontario. It’s Jux Cain’s Birthday Bash party, hosted by IHeart Radio Personalities, Jux ‘N Juke. With opening acts Diztrikt [Keep Reading]

Is Hip-Hop Dead? by Mickey Hess This was an interesting read and I learned a few things including . . . Why rappers have such strange names?  “Hip-hop naming grows out of larger traditions. The choosing of rap names reflects the on-air names [Keep Reading]

Friend of the program, Traffimatics, stopped by to kick some freestyles off the top of the dome, talk about what’s coming up music wise, and just hang out. This is Episode 350 of Word is Bond Rap Radio. Remember that you can hear the show live [Keep Reading]

This is really exciting! The MIX(ed)TAPE 2 is charting across the country. We are currently #8 in the National Hip-Hop Chart. That is huge! The album is in the Number 2 spot in Edmonton for CJSR and in the 9th position in Geulph for CFRU. We sent [Keep Reading]

Mental health should be a concern for us all. For many of us, it is not something we ever have to think about. For others, it affects them every single day in ways that are difficult to cope with. There are big gaps in the mental health [Keep Reading]

I have been a big fan of D-sisive since I first saw him perform in the 1990s. He’s had quite the journey of the years, but I didn’t even know the half of it. He shared this video on his social media accounts and it is quite powerful. [Keep Reading]

My new song, “Gizmo’s Lullaby” is now available wherever you get your music. I wrote it to celebrate the birth of my son. My wife and I didn’t find out the gender during the pregnancy so we didn’t know whether we were [Keep Reading]