Winnipeg producer DJ KUTDOWN and Toronto lyricists UNKNOWN MIZERY and ALI THE SON OF ABDUL have completed a full length album titled ‘YOUR FACE IS GONE’. The album which is going to be released under Foultone Records later this year includes some of the rawest hip-hop to come out of North America. The three artists [...]
Born in Winnipeg in 1986, Mikel Rondeau (aka Echonawmik) has already had many accomplishments early on in his life. As a national boxing champion from 2003 to 2005, for fighters aged 19 and under, he has traveled the globe competing at world class levels since he was sixteen years old. However, in 2005, upon returning home from his last boxing championship bout in South Korea, he decided to put the gloves down, and focus on his first love, music.
In 2000, Michael moved from his hometown of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and relocated to his current homestead, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Soon after his arrival in Winnipeg, he was recruited to take over production, recording and engineering duties for the legendary Frek Sho crew. During his time with the seminal hip-hop group, Michael played major roles in [...]
Almost a decade after joining forces as members of Canada’s legendary FREK SHO crew, Thunder Bay-born Michael Arnone (aka DJ KUTDOWN) and Winnipeg native ISMAILA ALFA are set to release their sophmore effort as MAGNUM K.I. In 1998, Ismaila, along with Frek Sho, got their first taste of national success, after they released the first [...]
For his unique brand of socially-frustrated hip-hop, Pip Skid has been described as “the ugly truth” (marathonofdope.com). For over 15 years now, the veteran wordsmith has fearlessly forged his own path through the barren and harsh Canadian prairies. From the seminal Manitoban hip-hop group Farm Fresh, to Western Canada’s most prominent indie-rap label, Peanuts & [...]
Rob Crooks (fka Grubbs) first gained notoriety in the Winnipeg hip-hop scene as a teenager, when he began independently producing, recording and distributing the music that he and his friends made. Thanks to local promoters taking notice of him, his success in rap battles, and his hunger to get on any microphone available, Crooks’ reputation [...]
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