Articles by Erin Lowers

Producer Jordon Manswell Is Heard Around the World; Toronto Defines His Sound

PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2018

Hidden in the outskirts of Toronto, you can find a plethora of the country's brightest and most influential hip-hop and R&B producers. For...

DJ Mel Boogie / Various

DJ Mel Boogie Presents The L.I.F.E. Project

PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2018

This year marked DJ Mel Boogie's 25th anniversary in the Canadian music landscape, making her not only a veteran, but also a trailblazer. F...

J.I.D

DiCaprio 2

PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2018

The career of Leonardo DiCaprio has been filled with roles of bravery, suspense and resilience, but also a menacing perseverance that's bee...

Meek Mill

Championships

PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2018

This year, Meek Mill, who has brought us through his dreams and nightmares on past releases, went through a personal transformation that ha...

Smoke Dawg

Struggle Before Glory

PUBLISHED Dec 3, 2018

This past summer, the Toronto music community suffered a loss when Smoke Dawg was violently killed in the downtown core; that didn't stoppe...

The Black Eyed Peas' Journey from Conscious to the Charts

PUBLISHED Nov 25, 2018

For much of the 2000s, the Black Eyed Peas dominated radio waves, pushing out pop hits rooted in bodacious hip-hop production. But before t...

JustJohn & Dom Dias

Don II

PUBLISHED Nov 21, 2018

In the Toronto bedlam of sounds, JustJohn and Dom Dias are taking a new approach to rap music — one that's hidden with punk and electronic...

Five Noteworthy Facts You May Not Know About Black Eyed Peas

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2018

For almost 30 years, the Black Eyed Peas have been creating and living arts and music culture in a way that appeals to them, even if it doe...