Articles by Erin Lowers

TOBi's New Album 'Still' Channels Toronto, Yoruba Culture, Rebellion and, Yes, His Mother

PUBLISHED May 3, 2019

"I gotta remember who I came with, I gotta remember who held me down," says TOBi. The 26-year-old singer-songwriter and rapper, born in Nig...

Barbados Reggae Festival Featuring Buju Banton, Busy Signal and Sizzla Kolanji

Bridgetown, Barbados, April 27 to 30

PUBLISHED May 3, 2019

While Toronto and other parts of Canada were experiencing the final bouts of winter to close out April, hundreds of people escaped their re...

JustJohn & Dom Dias

DON III

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2019

It's hard to imagine that two artists who met via social media and have known each other for just under two years could connect on a level...

JustJohn and Dom Dias Complete the 'DON' Trilogy, But Their Ambitions Are Much Bigger

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2019

The gift of social media has allowed artists to plug their music, expand their audience, connect with their fans and share their dreams, bu...

Lizzo

Cuz I Love You

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2019

At the root of Lizzo's major label debut, Cuz I Love You, is one sonic concept: "What if Aretha Franklin made a rap album?" In a world wher...

Lizzo Is Gonna Have a Huge Breakthrough with 'Cuz I Love You'

PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2019

"If I stop to realize I'm breaking barriers or breaking ceilings, I would end up comfortable. I just have to keep moving forward. I didn't...

Melii

phAses

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2019

For the past several months, Harlem rapper Melii has been courted by labels (including Meek Mill's Dream Chaser Records) with the hopes tha...

Saweetie

ICY

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2019

Since the viral release of "Icy Grl" in 2017, which continued to make waves in 2018, California rapper Saweetie has been dubbed an artist t...