THE TOP 5 MUSICAL MOMENTS OF 2010 ON HIPHOSSIP CANADA.

1. When KJ decided to educate Torontonians about using Crime Stoppers to solve a crime, he created a song and placed pictures into it showing our work with families of crime victims "My mom's a Snitch" became a hit among several people and Law enforcement. Toronto Police tweeted it on their Facebook pages.





2. The Launch of Ruby and Chikaadee's video "Thaya Thaya." They are the only boyfriend/girlfriend duo of rapper/singers based out of Toronto. Ruby & Chikaadee put together a song that captured our attention rapped in Tamil. The video hits went up to a staggering 50,000 in 48 hours and still climbs till today. All their videos are viral.



3. The voice of Chris Jackson everywhere and songs with Blaze and Jay-Z. The only unsigned artist in Toronto with the BIGGEST fan base. We were all fascinated with the different songs. Chris Jackson captured our hearts and EARS. Watch out for him in 2011.







4. The MURDER of Rapper Donald Grant aka Don Kartel in a Missasauga, Ontario hotel here in Canada. Kartel was good rapper that I mentored but as I knew him, he was a hardworker as compared to many of these jokers in Canada. He hated guns and will fight with his fists. Something he said in his last tweets.




Now came word that Kartel was a "PIMP" according to Inspectors at Peel Region homicide and the suspect was Jerome Derby, a 20 year old we spotted in another rap video holding an R.I.P shirt at 0:58 and the brother of another homicide victim in 2010 19-year-old Jermaine Derby. The whole story is so weird that it boils down to all this gun toting.

Julie Belluz contacted me from Macleans magazine and I spoke about the Kartel I knew. The search is still on for Jerome Derby. Click the picture to read the Maclean article. For those of you that don't know, Macleans is Canada's weekly TIME/Newsweek type magazine. You have to be important to get in there and Don was. Great tribute in a special issue, the 2010 year in pictures.

5. When HipHossip partnered with Toronto Police to make the community safer. The teen violence rates in Toronto was very alarming in 2010, so HipHossip teamed up with Toronto Police TAVIS initiative and local upcoming rappers to rap some public service announcements. These young rappers possibly these days had more credibility recording them into the ears of local teens than the cops would so they went to Z103FM and Flow 93.5FM to record these PSA's where they met with Toronto Police. The PSA's ran the whole month of June and bam, NO HOMICIDES! Below are Rappers Brad Lyko and Andrew Slowly's video. Read the story in the Toronto Sun. Lets do this again and yes, we are planning to film a video PSA soon. Stay tuned!

Kardinal Offishall for The Lincoln Rising afterparty on Boxing Day.

All I can say is BE There! Drake's hosting the dinner, Kardi, the afterparty. I'll be doing media over there. See you there. Happy Holidays!

CANADIAN RAPPERS SPEAK AT HIPHOSSIP'S ANTI-GUN NEWS CONFERENCE IN TORONTO.

Chach who is a Toronto born pop/R&B/Dance and hip-hop singer spoke at the news conference. Watch her video here at the Toronto Sun website

KJ also spoke about the need to use crime stoppers to help prevent and solve crimes. He referred to his crime stoppers video "My Mom's a snitch."

I spoke to CTV's MTV Canada and other media about this wave of guns being glamorized in music on November 26th 2010

CTV, the nations #1 broadcaster broadcasted it live via satellite across Canada.

Rapper Mindbender Supreme read a statement to the media

I spoke about the lost victims and their ages. Most of them were black males.

Chach, the voice of songs 'Starlight' and 'Longtime' and rappers Addi "Mindbender" Stewart and Kay Jeezy spoke to media at the corner of Dundas Street West and Howland Avenue behind the bus stop where 18-year-old Jarvis St. Remy was shot and killed. The Western Technical Commercial School graduate, who had been out visiting a friend, died May 9, 2009. His death remains unsolved.

Kids are dying like crazy this year that I even asked the Canadian rappers to show up at a news conference denouncing guns in their music. Only 3 showed up. There were 15 media outlets and everyone started calling me to "reschedule" when they saw all the coverage they could have gotten. Sorry, this was a genuine news conference not a promo opportunity. SMH on all you rappers. EPIC FAILURES! Call me a hater, do I care?

Read what's in this November 26th 2010 cover. I said it straight. Now maybe the US rappers will know why their asses are being banned from coming in here to perform. Around here this is serious stuff. Check out the list below and your lyrics before you buy your ticket Cam'ron. We have a wave of gun violence being influenced by gangsta rappers among other things.

Mindbender Supreme (Addi Stewart) spoke about the need to see the selfishness that causes some youth to shoot and kill others and that Hollywood images are also to be included if we are looking at an overall violence factor in the arts. He stated that hip-hop is not always to blame. Yes and I believe that Rapper Ghetto Child told me that in an interview coming up about his use of a gun to shoot up the club scene in the Rapper Classified video. The dynamic Ghetto Child (PJ Smith) urged kids that art must be clearly differentiated from real life and urged them not to pack guns. Stay tuned for my interview with him.

More below:
Inside Toronto
Toronto Sun Part One
Toronto Sun Part Two
Toronto Star
CTV

Lets end the madness by listening to Rapper Classified's message for some of our lawmakers, residents and fans here.

MERRY XMAS FROM DEATHROW RECORDS.

Thanks to Publicist Sasha Stoltz at Deathrow for sending this funny video over based on the "Chronic" album from Dr Dre.

ALEXISONFIRE IS LESS MANIC BUT STILL ROWDY?

Says Jason McNeil in the Toronto Sun. They are definitely not the kids they used to be but St. Catharines rock band Alexisonfire have managed to age gracefully when it comes to delivering an aggressive performance.The band - playing the first of two evenings at Toronto's Sound Academy Thursday night - weren't quite the manic, screaming quintet earlier albums like 2004's Watch Out would indicate. But the new style of rowdy, punk-meets-rockabilly they have going for them now seems just as palatable.

Led by vocalist George Pettit but with healthy help from Dallas Green and Wade MacNeil, Alexisonfire opened with Young Cardinals, the first single off last year's album Old Crows/Young Cardinals. Here MacNeil's wails complemented Green's slightly softer side quite nicely. Read the rest here. Billy is friends with KJ and I.

NEWS CANADA DOESN'T CARE ABOUT: CAM'RON AND VADO BANNED FROM CANADA.

Did I not tell you about Cam'ron and his awesome role modeling to the gangs worldwide? But then freedom of speech rules. "Crime Pays", "Gunz and Butta" shooting and killing? Am I the only one fed up with all the gangsta rap in Toronto. Now comes "Killa Cam " at the border yesterday and some CBSA chic tells him, Vado and the whole entourage that they are NOT coming into Canada because of a machine gun charge in 2003 and that Vado and the DJ have felonies.

These days Toronto has become a war zone and I am a crime VICTIM advocate among other things. Last year when I complained about the controversial CD, I was dissed. The Canadians don't mess with these guns and gang warfare. Lyrics are getting ppl turned away from the border like Bones, Thugs and Harmony got in 2008. So Cam was here 2 months ago to perform in T-Dot but the mood in Canada sometimes changes with regards to who gets in when.



To make things worse they tweet the CBSA agents picture at customs, something Canadian officials may consider a threat. Now they ain't even coming back ever! My prayers have been answered a year and a half later. Sorry guys, I told you so. Below are the apologies to the fans.

COLUMBIA HOUSE 13 CD'S FOR A $1 ERA CLOSES IN CANADA.

The promise of a dozen albums for one dollar, or some other irresistible introductory offer from the Columbia House music and movie club, came to an end in Canada on Thursday.The entire Toronto staff was terminated after its parent company's Canadian division declared bankruptcy.Reports about the sudden closure of Direct Brands Media, which was also offering new members a $3 book from the Doubleday Book Club, echoed a now-familiar story of an entertainment retailer unable to justify its continued existence in the digital age.

It's all over!!

MEET SASHA P, THE FIRST LADY OF HIP-HOP IN AFRICA.

Sasha P at the MTV pre-awards press conference last Friday

Sasha P started 7 years ago and when I was in Nigeria in 2005, I was studying this young lady. She is very determined. Her real name Yetunde Alabi aka rapper Sasha P is now MTV Africa's Best Female artist of the Year 2010. Congrats. Hard work pays. They really do love her!

ROCKER JOEL MADDEN FINALLY MARRIES NICHOLE RITCHIE AT LIONEL'S MANSION.

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are man and wife after exchanging vows on Saturday.The pair wed in front of friends and family during a romantic ceremony at Richie's father Lionel's Beverly Hills, California estate, according to People.com.Madden's twin brother and Good Charlotte bandmate Benji served as best man while the socialite's pal Samantha Ronson was among the bridesmaids. Other guests included Gwen Stefani, Ashlee Simpson and Kris Jenner.The happy couple's children, Harlow, two, and 15-month-old Sparrow, were also at the ceremony.Richie and Madden have been dating for four years exchanging vows on Saturday.

The pair wed in front of friends and family during a romantic ceremony at Richie's father Lionel's Beverly Hills, California estate, according to People.com.Madden's twin brother and Good Charlotte bandmate Benji served as best man while the socialite's pal Samantha Ronson was among the bridesmaids. Other guests included Gwen Stefani, Ashlee Simpson and Kris Jenner.The happy couple's children, Harlow, two, and 15-month-old Sparrow, were also at the ceremony.Richie and Madden have been dating for four years.

Congrats to them, now Paris Hilton better get her life together too.

CELEBRATING TWO YEAR WITH OUR US PARTNER HIP-HOP NEWS 24-7

A very Happy Birthday to our US partner Hip-Hop news 24/7! Two years and nothing "terrible" about that! Props to the Futuristic blogger and the entire staff. If you have not been there yet, bring your own bottle and come on in. LOL!