Articles by Luke Fox

Earl Sweatshirt

The Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, August 16

PUBLISHED Aug 17, 2015

If you associate Odd Future's now-defunct collective only with goofy stage shenanigans and cockroach regurgitation, then you haven't keyed...

Nicki Minaj / Meek Mill / Rae Sremmurd

Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto ON, July 28

PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2015

The elephant in the amphitheatre was never addressed. Not directly, anyway.   Nicki Minaj and boyfriend Meek Mill rolled into Toronto Tuesd...

Raekwon Vows to Play Big Brother for Canadian Artists

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2015

Toronto's similarity to New York City is what drew Raekwon in and made him feel so at home, eventually leading him to set up shop in Canada...

A$AP Rocky

AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2015

Critics have charged hip-hop with becoming a conservative space with redundant production, predictable feature appearances and safe musical...

Non Phixion

The Rockpile, Toronto ON, April 30

PUBLISHED May 1, 2015

For the cult followers, Thursday was mass.   The four members of Non Phixion stomped an irreverent boot into the underground hip-hop landsc...

Fashawn / Exile / Choosey / EarthGang

The Drake Hotel, Toronto ON, March 13

PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2015

Maybe it was when Fashawn grew tired of the stage, leaped into the crowd for that "cypher vibe," a circle formed around him and he pinged a...

PRhyme / Your Old Droog

Tattoo, Toronto ON, February 25

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2015

When Ryan Montgomery was eight years old, his schoolteacher asked the class to rework a nursery rhyme and sketch an accompanying illustrati...

Tona

Carpe Diem

PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2015

Inspired and emboldened by playing a key role in a pair of recent group projects — as one of the Freedom Writers on 2013's Polaris Mu...