SPECIAL REPORT--BLOODSHED IN TORONTO: WHO'S KILLING TORONTO RAPPERS AND WHAT MAKES YOU A RAPPER IN CANADA?

Snapshot of Canada's national paper The National Post (Toronto Edition) on the arrest of Rapper Preszidenteeh

When you have a story like alleged serial killer Mark Garfield Moore flashing cash and walking around a very expensive house shouting out his pals including Rapper/Producer Mayhem Morearty (Kevin Williams), one of Toronto's finest that even worked with Drake and Kardinal Offishall in their aspiring days, it amazes you that Williams is now an alleged armed robber per the police. In this piece, I am writing about a little known tragedy that keeps getting worse in the largest city in Canada and the music hub of the north. It's the MURDERS of aspiring rappers in Toronto. Ask any news Assignment Editor and the next black male gunned down was an aspiring rapper. Behind that title are young black dudes, homies, fathers, brothers, sons and grandsons. That bullet often goes very far. It hits the whole community. We are all torn apart!

Rapper deaths in Toronto:

-Tony Trapz, also known as Anthony Spencer, January 21, 2012 shot
-Wizzle, also known as Jamahl Franklin, January 2, 2012 shot
-KD, also known as Andrew Stewart, June 16, 2011 shot
-DJ Platnum, also known as Shane Williams, March 2, 2011 shot
-Kartel, also known as Donald Richard Grant, November 7, 2010 shot
-Philly Blunts, also known as Andrew Dowden, July 30, 2010 shot
-Splitz or Codeine, also known as Chris Tshilombo, July 23, 2010 shot
-Yung Mecca, also known as Ludlow Gillespie, stabbed in a domestic dispute. May 29, 2010.
-Meyend Tricks, also known as Michael George, July 29, 2007 shot
-Blits, also known as Kareme Parks, October 9, 2006 shot

There has been a lot of anger in the hip-hop community of Toronto, Canada lately but I'm not hearing the voices of our mainstream rappers go after this EVIL. MURDERS! When Drake's album came out in 2011, I read the Los Angeles Times quoting Canada as not having any good MC's anyway, basically dissing Canadian rappers. "First off, he’s from Canada, just like Justin Bieber, and the country is hardly known for producing great MCs."

I have lived here for almost 5 years and America 29. One thing I can tell you is that it is not really lack of talent but mostly plenty of hating. It is particularly bad within Toronto rappers. This "hating" behaviour stems deep from the street rappers also known as "aspiring" rappers. They tend to make and sell more mixtapes, record mostly "gangsta" type rap music glorifying guns, gangs, drugs and anti-police sentiments.

With the freedom of speech act, anyone can really sing what they want but most of these rappers don't seem to notice that to be like Drake or any other mainstream rapper out there getting TV airplay, reality shows and endorsements, they have to mainstream their music and take out the "parental advisory" content. Advertisers and even several music networks are not interested in marketing these concepts of rapping about your life history on the streets anymore.

I however separate Canadian rappers as they all have their different personalities. The "902" rappers are mostly white, they don't kill each other and produce a lot of award winners. 902 is the area code for Halifax, Nova Scotia. Yes they have lots of ghettos in Scotia but with Rappers and DJ's Classified, Ghetto Child, Kayo, DJ Scratch Bastid and even R&B singer JRDN (who btw grew up in a tough section of Toronto called Jane and Finch before moving to Halifax as a child) all keep the good name of Halifax. Toronto rappers are more consumed in jealousy that one prominent mainstream rapper/singer Ferreira, a Portuguese Canadian rapper/singer labeled the word "Hater" H.A.T.E.R.S=Having Anger Towards Everyone Reaching Success!

Toronto Rappers Accused of Murder/ Gun crimes

Capitol P-Pierre Oliver Ellis (Accused of killing 16y/o Keyon Campbell)
Prezidenteeh- Mark Garfield Moore (Accused of 4 murders)
Heartless G-Chael Mills (Accused of killing 17 y/o Mitchell Celise)
Mayhem Morearty- Kevin Williams (Alleged armed robbery accomplice with accused serial killer rapper Mark G Moore. Worked with Drake and Kardinal Offishall in their aspiring days and several other big rapper careers. Excellent talented Producer.
Murkz-(Talented True Family Records rapper) Gun charges (in prison 5 years, now year #3)
P.Reign-Raynford Humphrey (Drake's Best Friend) Gun Charges (Acquitted) A music award winning excellent role model! KJ's pal Turned his life around away from that negative stuff. Always there for the kids and learned a lesson. Twitter @PReign
Strizzy Kastro-Gun Charges (Acquitted) Strizzy is very hardworking and humble. Twitter
@StrizzyKastro
Rene Velez Lau- "Bake the 38" (Sentenced to 5 years for rapping about his guns-Historical ruling some say kills free speech)
(New) Ammo aka Lamar Skeete-A wannabe rapper sentenced to life for killing anti-gang activist Kenneth Mark.

The younger artists end up wanting to mimick what the aspiring gangsta rappers spit. Have we not learned any lessons from ATL Rapper Ludacris' performance in Ethiopia when opening for Beyonce about 5 years ago? They booed Luda off stage as they don't like hearing rappers sing about their life histories and all that "ghetto" life in that African country.

Look at the seizure above as I sit on the floor at a recent news conference. Full coverage in my HOMICIDE FACEBOOK PAGE. I have seen Toronto rappers as young as 14 rapping about violence and even with the latest police gang sweep netting 67 mostly young people, there were 10 young offenders in that sweep (not listed) as anyone under 18 is not named in Canada. Can u imagine your kid's name released to the media and public like this. Try getting a job when some employer has seen your name on the list of doom!! 27 guns, $110,000 in cash and a lot of drugs. The youngest gang member was 14 and the oldest 94, a great grandma who said she had no knowledge of her great grandson stashing weapons in the house. Many were released on bail while police is desperately trying to reconnect with many young people in the community.

Yes, rap music is fueling gun violence in Toronto, Canada, but explaining it further: Are the activities of rappers causing the motives? Not necessarily. I had an unplanned twitter session with Grammy winning Producer to Drake and several other artists Boi1da real name Matthew Samuels. He is a very humble person and to see his displeasure at Toronto's CP24 breaking news channel caught my attention. Responding to the tweet above to Boi1da, I told him that these kids are technically "rappers." They have YouTube videos netting 8000-12,000 hits full of gangsta rap.

Eventually our twitter back and forth conversation ended up with the tweet below which it's retweets has since increased. One of those RT's was from a familiar source, Toronto Crime Stoppers who follows me @HipHossip after KJ's hit Crime Stopper's hip-hop song and the PSA's I help organize with police with some aspiring rappers hooking them with Toronto's leading Urban Top 40 radio stations Flow 93.5FM and Z103.5FM.


Another familiar person was Officer Scott Mills who is the Social Media officer for Toronto Police. He saw my tweet to Boi1da and saw the link to the Global News interview I did last week on why rappers in Toronto never talk after a murder leaving homicide officers stuck and a killer walking free. That tweet from Samuels was VERY powerful and sent a big message from a powerful global figure in the music business.

Below is the video of the press conference that Det/Sgt Gary Giroux had detailing the crime and appeal from Susan Spencer the rapper's sister. Her appeal to the so called friends who took him to the hospital really baffles me. They see him killed and just "dropped him" off at the ER! It took surveillance outside that hospital to actually get those "friends" to come forward but the detective says they were all lying to him and "far from truthful." When the shooting happened, cops did not know the crime scene till later and it took a couple of more days to secure a warrant. Evidence could have been damaged already and now all Dungeon Studio's videos on YouTube are marked "private."

MY TWITTER TRANSCRIPTS LIVE FROM TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE AT TORONTO POLICE HEADQUARTERS 1/31/12 10.30AM:

THIS IS HIGHLY DISTURBING ON THE LEVEL OF VIOLENCE GOING ON IN TORONTO RIGHT NOW! A RAPPER'S MURDER LINKED TO THE 3 DRIVE BY SHOOTINGS THIS PAST WEEKEND JAN 27-29TH 2012. SO MUCH GANG BANGING, NOW A PHOTO OF SUSPECTS AND PERSONS OF INTEREST RELEASED. PLS CALL THIS YOUNG WOMAN IF YOU KNOW HER!!! SHE NEEDS TO SECURE A LAWYER. THIS IS TOO SCARY. DID U HEAR THAT GRANDMA'S VOICE IN THE WEEKEND DRIVE BYS? PARENTS PLEASE TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN. KNOW WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND WHO THEY ARE WITH.

Start with the bottom tweet first.

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To see my complete tweets on the UPDATE of the murder of Rapper @TonyTrapz Anthony Spencer, pls go to my Crime Reporting page @Snitchlady.
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Rapper murder "Attractive" woman in murder tape asked to get legal counsel as police say she knows info about the murder-left with suspects
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2nd call woman makes is to a cab company while you can hear fatal gunshot in the background. Calls her name Ashley and leaves with suspects.
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CONCLUSION: 2 men and a woman entered the studio. She makes 2 calls. She made the calls as reception is bad in the basement recording studio
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Now the BARBER SHOP HOMICIDE: Det Mary Vruna is taking media questions. They have some theories but not been confirmed. Targeted murder.15 minutes ago

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The individuals that have info to the lyrics motive are not cooperating on Spencer's murder.
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The witness participation are directed towards friends in the studio that took Spencer to the hospital. The dudes in custody are dangerous
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Det/Sgt Giroux says the young lady may not even be aware of the gunshot as if she ignored it or something.
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Det/Sgt Gary Giroux says he heard the name "Ashley" in the cab call. She may not have known of the shooting or KNOWN!
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One very loud shot was heard on the #Toronto Police audio of the execution of Anthony Spencer. Here's a young lady who was with assassins
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"She has a difficult decision to make. She is a witness to the offence or a party to the offence." Sgt Gary Giroux to the young lady on vid
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Police are now playing her cab call voice. You can hear a big gunshot blast at the start of the cab call. She sounds very nervous.
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"We've done our part and you do your part" Sgt Gary Giroux urging the female to come forward. Her face is CLEAR! She should be arrested 2day
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The female with the offenders is asked to come forward. Two persons of interest have been arrested for other offences by Guns and Gangs.
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The phone call to the cab company was made at 4.32am in the morning. She is a black female bi-racial 5ft 100 Ibs attractive, dark hair.
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The female comes out again at 2.35am to make a call and also looks around like a lookout? She calls for a cab and you can hear the gunshots.
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Two Males and females exit a cab and walked into the Dungeon studios. The female is leaving the recording studio to use her cell.
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Supt Martin of 42 Division in Malvern. "I urge you to help us STOP this cycle of violence."
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The 3 drive by shootings in Malvern has one house shot at TWICE and another house shot at once. This looks like the Supt of 42 Div
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The detective on the podium is NOW saying the 3 drivebys in Malvern and the murder of Spencer were LINKED and will not discuss the links.
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The police is updating us about all the connections on the Malvern shootings. The barber, the 3 drive bys and Spencer murder. NO LINKS!
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Standby, my TWEETS are going LIVE on this murder case. Anthony Spencer "@Tony Trapz" Rapper killed in recording studio.
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Homicide will be releasing an audio of what may have been the MURDER in progress and also a video of what could be the killers leaving.
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Spencer's lyrics were direct, coarse and he wore RED gang colors in many of his vids. Survived by a 3 y/o daughter and family members.
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Lead Det/Sgt Gary Giroux is citing some of his LYRICS as the motive saying he may have allegedly "dissed" some GANG MEMBERS
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Anthony Spencer rapped under the name "Tony Trapz" and most of his music was the genre of "gangsta rap" Police will be updating us in 5 mins
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Anthony Spencer, 23 was recording in the Dungeon Studios at 799 Brimley rd when some dudes burst in and shot him point blank killing him
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An update from Toronto Police today 1/31/12 confirms that the three drive by shootings last weekend in Malvern is directly related to the murder of Rapper Tony Trapz, Anthony Spencer. They also released an audio call from a female subject calling for a cab and a video of 2 males and that female who called herself "Ashley" to the cab company she ordered from.

To me personally, those two males who are now in custody on an unrelated Toronto Police Guns and Gangs unit charge are "presumed" to be the alleged killers of Rapper Anthony Spencer but cops need the young lady to come forward as a witness. “She’s got a difficult choice to make,” he said. “She’s either a witness” or part of the murder, Det/Sgt Giroux said.



I'm thinking these homies did those drive bys but police are NOT commenting on that since it will compromise their investigation. One reporter even asked at the news conference. Sadly I can't show you any of Spencer's videos. They are now marked "private" on YouTube on Dungeon Studio's page where most of them were promoted. Why hide free speech?
KJ met one of his rap Idols "L'il Jon" backstage at a concert last Summer and they did dinner together. They should be seeing good things their mentors are doing. The first thing he asked the ATL rapper was about the $$$ Apprentice episodes..lol. Violence is not the way. Is this what we want the younger rappers of the future to keep seeing? It's giving rap music a bad name! Remember Nov 2010, when KJ spoke to the Toronto media about rappers taking guns off their music? All these youngsters want to rap be it a hobby or a career. You have to lead by example.Can we all learn from KJ's diss video dedication to me?? Pls watch "My Mom's a Snitch" At 9, my son wrote and rapped his own song about Crime Stoppers after he learned that my name was @Snitchlady on Twitter.This video was featured and tweeted on Toronto Police's 3 Facebook pages including the TAVIS page above. KJ is gonna be 12 and he will be auditioning for the "X -Factor" when we go down to his country (USA) this summer. He will be "rapping" like Astro did. You can lift up your talent in this genre without violent lyrics. KJ was also featured in the BIG upcoming video of the #3 rapper in Canada in a major role. He rapped 2 verses. Stay tuned for that on MuchMusic and MTV Canada. This rapper is always on those channels and you know him.



My advice to all young rappers is to STOP this culture of rapping about GUNS, GANGS and DRUGS! Pls SHARE this story on all your social networks. --Written by MsKemi Jan 31st 2012. Follow me @Snitchlady @HipHossip @MyYoungToronto

The new album Keyz of Life: A tribute to Anthony "Durty Keyz" Jones.

Burd & Keyz

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The Keyz of Life album came out last Tuesday (in memory of Anthony "Durty Keyz" James). Had to make sure you at least got the link (free download)! Album features Kardinal Offishall, Shi Wisdom, Divine Brown, Rich Kidd, A-Game and a lot more! Hopefully you'll find a few minutes to check it out. Ben Kaplan did a great review of the project in a nice write up below.

Ben Kaplan, National Post · Dec. 20, 2011 | Last Updated: Dec. 20, 2011 3:07 AM ET

The new album Keyz of Life is a tribute to Anthony "Durty Keyz" Jones, the 23-year-old Toronto producer who passed away just six months before his dream project could be completed. A hip-hop record that celebrates life, the album is uplifting, emotional and vibrant, and was a labour of love for the 30 or so artists involved.

"I couldn't get the words out, I just hit the ground and started crying," says Andrew "Burd" Liburd, 25, Jones's production partner who had spoken with his best friend a day before he succumbed to streptococcus, a rare bacteria infection that killed the budding musician in a matter of days. "There was no way to get my head around it - it didn't make any sense - but it gave me the energy to finally finish the album. There was an outpouring of love, and everybody wanted to get involved."

Some of the top-tier talent involved with the record, available for free at BurdandKeyz. com, include Rich Kidd, one of Drake's production partners; Shi Wisdom, one of Toronto's most up-and-coming new singers; and Kardinal Offishall, the godfather of the urban Canadian music scene.

"I met Burd a few days after Keyz passed, and he was so passionate that I'd do anything I could to keep his spirit up and carry on Keyz's legacy," says Offishall, whose three-minute verse on the album closer The Other Side is one of his strongest rhymes in a storied 15-year rap career. "It was strictly vibes and love - that's what the project was about for me."

This past Friday, a handful of artists involved with the project met at the Lakeview Lunch diner in Toronto to reminisce about Jones. In attendance were Reza Dahya, the popular former FLOW 93.5 DJ who executive produced the album, Wisdom and Redway, a promising 22-year-old MC from Mississauga who raps on the song Say a Prayer.

"I never met Keyz, but through my relationship with Burd I had a mutual love for the guy," says Redway, who then performs his verse from the album in the crowded west-end restaurant, drawing applause. "I'm more of a cool kid, I've never really gone that deep before, but when I heard the hook and, given the subject matter, I decided to try something more emotional and raw."

The album's first single is Love Speak, featuring a beat from Jones and Wisdom, and it's quickly become a hit on urban radio stations across the country despite only being released this past week online. For all of the artists involved, though, the album's success seems to almost be beside the point - the record was simply made to honour a friend.

"You'resupposedtocelebrate a man's life when he passes, and so right from the start Keyz of Life is on the celebration tip," says Dahya, who also produced a video tribute of Jones that played at his funeral. "On the record, there's super highs, lows and really emotional moments: It's a testament to what it's like when you lose a friend."

One of the highlights of the album, along with Offishall's verse and the discovery of Toronto's budding new postDrake talent pool, are the audio snippets of Jones himself. Recorded this past May in Liburd's basement, Jones comes across as funny, humble and dedicated to his twin passions of playing piano and making beats.

"We always talked about someday making that Keyz of Life record, an album that would celebrate the city, make interesting collaborations and be something different, something exciting and something that's dope," Liburd says. "The album ended up being a real tribute to Anthony. It's not fair that we lost him, but it feels good that his legacy, through his music, will live on."

- Keyz of Life is available as a free download at BurdandKeyz.com.

I loved the sound! Everyone should hit up this download. Keep Anthony and his family in your prayers. We will miss him.

BREAKING NEWS: TRAGEDY AS TORONTO RAPPER DON KARTEL IS GUNNED DOWN IN AIRPORT HOTEL LAST NITE!

Aspiring Rapper Don Kartel real name "Donald R. Grant" was MURDERED last night in a Toronto airport hotel. Police were called to the Holiday Inn Express near Pearson Hotel last night for reports of a man shot to death. He had no vital signs. It is NOT a good day today in the Toronto music world. Many artists here are striving so hard to make it while others are merely a joke attacking others music. Don was talented, had his game together and worked hard. Several media outlets called me today. However it goes, this is the 4th rapper murdered in Toronto this year and I knew three out of the four. It is a senseless murder and makes NO sense! It cannot continue. Toronto listen!!!!!!!! Leave the guns alone, let us work it out!! AND WE CAN DO IT WITHOUT A GUN!

One of his last tweets read "I have no respect for pistols." He never supported guns!

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Kartel is a Trinidad and Tobago based, Canadian born rapper. No stranger to the game, his affiliations span worldwide from the Caribbean to North America. He has been featured on a series of mixtapes and DVD's- Canadian, American and Trinidadian. Currently a member of Pro Records ( a Trinidadian based label), he is still deemed as an underground artist. Proclaimed the King Of 868, 2009 seems to be the most major year yet for The Don. In addition, he's also a law student with a Trinidadian Institution, hoping to graduate in 2011. Law he says, has also been something of interest to him, and studying such would do no harm to moulding him as an individual.

It's an area African Americans should be more aware of, because often enough our rights are infringed on a daily basis by those in positions of power. He was seen featured on Caught Magazine ( an Atlanta Based magazine) on the Dec' 08 issue, complete with interviews, photographs etc. For the short time spent in Trinidad thus far, he has already graced the stage on virtually every local club, and receives steady rotation on local airwaves.

The most recent release "Kartelevision- Stay Tuned" is Kartel's fourth mixtape thus far. It has received good responses from www.datpiff.com (online d/load site) and on the streets of Port Of Spain, Trinidad and Toronto, Canada. It features production from industry icons such as St. Kittz, Flipo, Neo Tempus amongst others. In terms of collaborations, it features a combination of Trinidad and Toronto's talents with artists including Kash Diggity, Mason Payne, Simplex, Bigg Lexx and upcoming local vocalist Kelly.

Pro Records was recently awarded Best Hip Hop Group for the year 2008 and Best Video for the year 2008 ( Simplex- 30 MILL- which was ranked 1 on Synergy TV's countdown for 5 consecutive weeks). Pro Records can thereby be deemed, the most renowned group in the Caribbean and soon to be world.

Source: T-Dot Wire

REST IN PEACE TO OUR TORONTO RAPPERS

Yung Mecca (Ludlow Gillespie)
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/05/31/14201426.html

Splitz aka Codeine (Chris Tsilombo)
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/07/23/14801861.html

Philly Blunts (Andrew Dowden)
http://new.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2010/08/02/1490211

DRAKE COMES HOME TO TORONTO!

The show was dope, Bun B was in the building to hold it down with Drake; more footage on the way says our friends at Sirmac TV. Thanks for this footage from last nite!!!

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THE 2008 WINNERS OF THE REAL FREQUENCY AWARDS.

You voted and spoke your mind and now here are the winners below. Thanks to muzikleeinzane for the list of winners as announced on last nite's show..

Real Frequency Awards 2008

Artist of the Year: Black Milk

Album of the Year: Black Milk - Tronic / Nas - Untitled

Producer of the Year: Black Milk

Homegrown Artist of the Year: Kardinal Offishall

Homegrown Album/Mixtape of the Year: Kardinal Offishall - Not 4 Sale

Homegrown Joint of the Year: Saukrates ft. Drake and King Reign: Fades Away

Lyrics of the Year: Andre 3000 - Royal Flush

Newcomer of the Year: The Cool Kids

Most Slept-On: Pete Rock - NY's Finest

Sclusie of the Year (Not Commercially Released): J Dilla - Pay Jay (MCA LP)

Here's The Real Frequency's Top 20 as well.

1. BIG BOI FEAT. ANDRE 3000 AND RAEKWON – ROYAL FLUSH
2. BLACK MILK AND BISHOP LAMONT FEATURING PHAT KAT AND ELZHI – GOATIT
3. TI FEAT KANYE, JAY-Z AND LIL WAYNE – SLU
4. JAY-Z – DOPE BOY FRESH (JOCKIN’ JAY-Z)
5. SKYZOO ‘THE NECESSARY EVILS
6. 88 KEYS FEATURING KANYE WEST – STAY UP!
7. BLACK MILK ‘GIVE THE DRUMMER SUN’
8. SAUKRATES FEAT KING REIGN AND DRAKE ‘FADES AWAY’
9. JADAKISS FEAT. JAY-Z ‘WHO RUN THIS’
10. ELZHI THE TRANSITIONAL JOINT
11. Q-TIP GETTING UP
12. LUU BREEZE ‘BREAK ‘EM OFF’
13. JAY ELECTRONICA ‘A PRAYER TO MICHAEL VICK AND TI’
14. FRANKIE PAYNE ‘REACH’
15. DJ DRAMA FEAT. OUTKAST ‘THE ART OF STORYTELLING’
16. POINT BLANK ‘GOD ONLY KNOWS’
17. NAS –WHAT IT IS (LET’S GO ESCO)
18. FAMOUS FEAT. TONA AND KARDINAL I’M HERE
19. THE ROOTS FEAT PEEDI CRACK, DICE RAW, JAZZY JEFF
20. SPEC BOOGIE ‘BED STUY’

Good luck to everyone in 2009.

LADIES YOU'VE BEEN TARGETED BY OUTSTANDING Z103FM RADIO PERSONALITY CHRIS EVANS!

Chris Evans is like the better version of Canada's dreadful Buckley's cough syrup! Only with honey and vanilla flavor. LOL! The mid-day medicine for your workday. Did you know in the last ratings book for Toronto, Chris Evans had the number 1 midday show in their target demographic women age 18-34. Over the past year he has done very well in his time slot and with 17 years in radio we think he has finally achieved success in Canada's biggest market on one of the country's best radio stations.

Now there is a special HipHossip surprise on that show today. Chris is on the air now so better turn your radios to Z103.5FM now till 2pm. World visitors on the live feed on the left, you can listen online too. Keep listening.......

Meanwhile Z103.5's Summer Rush concert that was held this summer in Toronto and Halifax will be broadcast on BPM TV on Oct 30th. Z put 17,000 people at Canada's Wonderland and another record amount of people at Alderany Landing, Halifax.

Congrats to Chris Evans and everyone at Z103FM for the great achievements. "Today's Hit Music."

OMG! TORONTO'S TOP HIP-HOP RADIO PERSONALITY DEVO BROWN HAS A BUNCH OF MEN ON HIS WEBSITE--NAKED IN A HOT TUB!!

This is some Juicy shyt! Mmmm Devo! Put your sneakers on and hurry to my homie 4 life's website this second! Leave a message for Devo over there too. Don't get me wrong......Devo is straight as hell and so gorgeous! Devo can be heard weekdays from 3-7pm on Toronto's Flow 93.5FM. For all you world travellers that visit this site as seen on the live feed, you too can listen online!

Oh BTW ladies, as of the last hour, DEVO is still very SINGLE! Click here and his mom will prove it! I already did his "background check" for you!

HAPPY 16TH BIRTHDAY TO MELANIE OF THE JJ AND MELANIE SHOW!

It's that time again!!! October 2nd when our pal Melanie Martin of Flow 93.5FM celebrates her birthday. This year Melanie turns 16! Happy sweet sixteen gurl! HipHossip Kid Reporter KJ has already called Melanie HOT! "She's my gurlfriend and you need to lose weight mom!" OUCH! For you foreign and U.S readers, listen to Melanie online with JJ at Flow 93.5FM.com

Here is her bio.....Melanie brings a wealth of experience, education and enthusiasm to her role as co-host of the FLOW 93.5 Morning Show. She's passionate about world issues and actively works with the Humane Society and World Vision. She's got everything you need to know about Hollywood covered. You can be sure she's not afraid to ask the stars what we all really want to know! Check out Melanie's daily entertainment news on The Scoop.

If you haven't voted yet for the Toronto Sun Reader's Choice Awards, do it now below the MySpace and Facebook column right on your left. Happy Birthday Mel M and enjoy your day!

Learn more about Melanie, her kid, the BF and more from my 2007 interview. KJ doesn't give a damn about the BF. He says he's the real BF! Melanie's our longtime pal and we never forget her birthday. Here's last year's on our media gossip site as HipHossip was created Oct 11th.

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MANIFESTO IS BACK! TORONTO'S FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND MUSIC.

MANIFESTO is back for the second year and will take over the city of Toronto for five days with live musical performances from acclaimed artists, visual arts exhibitions, a mini film festival, Hip Hop Karaoke, $1500 street dance competition, multidisciplinary workshops, youth initiative pitch contest, the Governor General’s Urban Arts Forum of the Americas, and hundreds of individuals from across the Americas to support artists working to establish peace and solidarity in neighborhoods and communities.

The main event of the festival is a FREE day-long show at Nathan Phillips Square on Sunday, September 21st which includes a legendary headlining set with performances by the Rascalz, k-os, k'naan, Kamau, and more, hosted by Sol Guy. The event also features an emerging artist showcase presented by the Toronto Youth Cabinet, a 70-foot mural wall, workshops, the Freshest Goods Artist Market, an open break-dance floor, and much more!

Event Highlights for the festival include: One City Series, a pre-festival series of individually organized events, which come together under a single umbrella (Sept 11th-17th), the Governor General’s Urban Arts Forum of the Americas at Nathan Phillips Square, Pitch Contest at Nathan Phillips Square with the winning project pitches being awarded a $2000 prize (Wed Sept 17th), Manifesto Film Festival at the Royal Ontario Museum presented in collaboration with the Institute for Contemporary Culture at the ROM.

Hip Hop Karaoke at Revival (Thurs Sept 18th), Us & Them Art Exhibition at Well & Good Gallery (Fri Sept 19th), From Block To Block: Two Simultaneous Block Parties: Live from Scarborough at Scarborough Town Centre Move On Up 2 at Earl Bales Park, Barry Zukerman Amphitheatre (Sat Sept 20th) and The Official After Party at CiRCA including DJ Premier vs. Pete Rock performing together for the first time in Canada and second time in history plus some of the finest and most influential DJs and local performers; including international guests: Black Chiney dancehall kings from Miami and baile funk artist Deize Tigrona from Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. For full details visit www.themanifesto.ca

"It has been an honor to work and learn from such dedicated and influential figures in stamping this year’s festival as a historical moment in Canadian history. All the town hall meetings, focus groups, and conversations have really put this movement into perspective. We are proud to have maintained lasting partnerships and announce new ones moving into our second annual festival with community groups, organizations, and individuals that are committed to spreading our message of solidarity. Despite whatever setbacks this city has faced in the past, I truly believe Toronto is approaching its potential of being crowned one of the leading culture capitals in North America."
~Che Kothari, Executive Director

The first ever Manifesto Festival was in September of 2007 and was a huge success going down as one of the largest and most unique hip hop festivals in Canadian history. The festival brought together over 100 artists and thousands of spectators for four days of art and music, culminating in a massive free outdoor event at Toronto’s civic heart, Nathan Phillips Square, where many of Canada’s revered hip hop pioneers shared the stage with some new blood in a celebration of our nation’s hip hop legacy and future.

Do not miss this years’ festival! Come and be a part of history and witness one of the most talked about events in Toronto! For further information visit www.themanifesto.ca

TORONTO'S ALL FEMALE HIP-HOP SHOW

One of them has consecutively won the "Best Female DJ" title in Canada two years consecutively at the DJ Stylus awards. She's Mel Boogie and they sent me this e-mail.

"Peace to everyone who checked out MelBoogie and JJ Rock at this weekend's UNLTD Art Expo, presented by Marc Ecko and REMG! The event, held at The Royal CarWash, was home to the city's freshest street art by some of Toronto's up and coming graf artists -- pictures will be up on our Facebook page shortly!! Many thanks to Jesse Jones, from Marc Ecko Canada who passed through the station last week to let us know all about the event, and to do some giveaways for our listeners. We gotta also send shouts out to everyone who was at The Borough Most Thorough w/Theo3 this past Saturday -- we're back again this coming weekend, so if you missed out on Part 1, check out Part 2!!

Tune in TONIGHT cuz we have more of that heat for ya!We're going to keep it short and sweet this week -- The highly anticipated Rock the Bells Tour is finally making its way to Toronto this Sunday. On the hot roster is De la Soul, Nas, Rakim, Kidz in the Hall & more!! You KNOW that DD has something special planned for you tonight, so don't sleep!! Also on tonight's show, our girl DJ Lissa Monet is coming through to drop a set! Don't believe that ladies can DJ? Tonight we bring you the truth!! And who knows what other surprises we have for ya??? Don't forget to listen in TONIGHT and every Monday to Droppin' Dimez, Canada's ONLY All Female hip hop show, 11PM - 12:30AM on CKLN 88.1FM or online at www.ckln.fm ... "

The 2008 TOYOTA YARIS DJ STYLUS EVENT IN TORONTO WAS A SUCCESS....

Looking sweet on the Stylus Group red carpet

Diane, Alda Lo and far right Jocelyn Blandford of the Stylus Group Per Sway who made it possible for HipHossip to cover this! Thanks to these DYNAMIC LADIES!!!

With Addie "Mindbender" Stewart of NOW Toronto magazine who promises to do a story on this site! Oh Yeah!!! OR he's going to the gallows!

Urbanology Magazine Publicist Craigg Slowly, me and Kevin Ash of Universal Music

With one of my sons, Eni who hooked himself up with 3 chics! Mom and son in da club!

With Canadian R&B Superstar Ray Robinson

With Flow 93.5FM's drivetime DJ Devo Brown

It was one fantastic evening and being my first one in Canada, it will be a yearly MUST! The evening began with Disc Jockeys from radio and clubs mingling together around the bar and red carpet with media interviews plus photo flashes everywhere.

I met Rudy Blair of 680 News and we did an interview with a small media outlet while we were there. We even spoke of my Media Idol campaign to get Rudy the winning vote. I met Wayne Williams, Program Director of Flow 93.5FM.

Above are Sean Dheju and his DJ brother from Hip-Hop Canada. Gail Philip of UMAC was also there and even Kevin Ash of Universal who's my good guy stay good unlike Rihanna good girl gone bad!LOL! Craigg Slowly of Urbanology magazine, the top hip-hop publication in Canada was also in the house amongst others.

The award show started promptly at 8pm with DJ Starting from Scratch kicking everything up on his sophisticated MAC laptop. A little power glitch ensued around 8:26pm and power was quickly restored in 5 minutes.




When it came time to winning the Toyota Yaris car, the winners of the fan choice awards came on stage and were all WOMEN! They were all given keys to the car and the first lady that went in there started the CAR! Save the best for FIRST!

With Canadian R&B Queen Kim Davis

PPlus of Flow 93.5FM show The Real Frequency also snagged an award for the Best Underground DJ while Montreal's Little Thunder won the Reggae DJ of the Year!


DJ Baby Yu who is moving to Atlanta and I hear he's already working with the BEST over there. My pal Alex Gidewon who owns AG Entertainment and top club Velvet room plus I hear he's also doing gigs at the Compound club too in the ATL. Now with two DJ awards, it all all looks GOOD! Congrats to Baby Yu!



There were several highlights of the evening. DJ's won their respective trophies as well as a performance by the Kid Famous who rapped his way through his hit song "Canadian Boy." R&B Queen Kim Davis also performed on stage as well as other artists.

With Female DJ nominee DJ Queen of Spades

One category I was watching closely was the Female DJ of the Year which was won by Toronto's Mel Boogie. Wonder if she's related to Scott? LOL! One of her counterparts DJ Queen of Spades was such a darling as I met her and talked to her about the MC stuff.

One thing most of you don't know about me is that I am actually the 2007 Best female radio DJ of the year at Radio Nigeria's Premier FM 93.5FM before I came to Canada last June. Aside from being the Ryan Seacrest of women, being a Pharmacist, Publicist and Journalist all with three college degrees, I worked at Radio Nigeria as a News Anchor by day and DJ on "Ladies Night Jams" on Premier FM by night! In fact if Wayne Williams were to call me that Jeni or anyone in there was on vacation. I could fill in promptly. I will get some of my audio samples on the blog soon. Ha! Ha!



Jully Black got an award for Canadian R&B Single of the Year for "DJ Play my song" and Alicia Keys won the International R&B Single of the Year while Kanye West won the same for the International hip-hop single of the Year.

Carl Allen was inducted into the Hall of Fame and DJ Starting from Scratch had the honor of inducting him as he had a lot of influence on Scratch. It was a sweet tribute!





The afterparty was at 6 degrees nightclub and we were transferred over there in a limo bus like the one L'il Wayne had in the video "Lollipop" except that this one was bigger. I did my rendition of the girls in the lollipop video in there. We were having a BLAST! This Toronto is all good! It's a year this week that I moved to Canada.

Later on I met my adult sons at the afterparties and they were sitting with three chics chilling instead of working the cameras. The food was supplied by Nandos and we had an array of drinks and energy pops. We danced and partied the night away. I want to specially thank Alda Lo, Jocelyn Branford, Mike Zafiris and the ENTIRE STAFF of the Stylus group for making Keminications Media and HipHossip part of this event. My media pass goes to my ever growing collection of neck media passes hall of fame in my suitcase closet and I would be there next year by GOD'S grace!

For the complete list of winners, Click here to the Stylus group website.
Please enjoy all the pictures and videos on YouTube! Below is the entire slide show!

Did Tiger Woods really call Melanie at Flow 93.5FM and leave her a message?

This is funny. I do not know his voice well but you be the Judge......Melanie does have a great time on that morning show. Who wouldn't call a gorgeous lady like that? I interviewed her last fall. Wanna know all about Melanie including the BF? Click here for my fall 2007 interview.

Part One
Part Two

The HIPHOSSIP Quote of the Day!

Now who is this guy that has the BEST taste in the world? We already know that here at Keminications Media.

"Many people hear these women on the radio and have no idea what they look like. They are absolutely beautiful and really gorgeous and they should be on that MAXIM list!".......a male caller to Canada's hip-hop station Flow 93.5FM at 7.47am this morning speaking about morning on-air personality Melanie and midday personality Jeni.