Forever the savant of all things hip (and Hip-Flip) NDP leader Jagmeet Singh has proven he's keeping up with the year's best Canadian music releases, appearing inside Toronto's Sonic Boom Music for a quick photo-op with a copy of Mustafa's excellent 2021 album When Smoke Rises.
The poet-turned-musician's debut record, which landed among Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2021 and this year's Polaris Music Prize's short list, is seen cradled in Singh's arms as the masked politician flips through the record store's LPs.
According to Sonic, Singh ended up buying the record. No telling what else he may have left with, but if the gifts he recently received from national treasure and human serviette Nardwuar — including Canadian hip-hop treats, Rascalz's Northern Touch and Maestro Fresh Wes' Let Your Backbone Slide — are anything to base his tastes on, it's safe to guess he left the store with a stack of new wax.
Peek the shot below and read Exclaim!'s 9/10 review of When Smoke Rises.
The poet-turned-musician's debut record, which landed among Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2021 and this year's Polaris Music Prize's short list, is seen cradled in Singh's arms as the masked politician flips through the record store's LPs.
According to Sonic, Singh ended up buying the record. No telling what else he may have left with, but if the gifts he recently received from national treasure and human serviette Nardwuar — including Canadian hip-hop treats, Rascalz's Northern Touch and Maestro Fresh Wes' Let Your Backbone Slide — are anything to base his tastes on, it's safe to guess he left the store with a stack of new wax.
Peek the shot below and read Exclaim!'s 9/10 review of When Smoke Rises.
