Articles by Luke Fox

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  Wiz Khalifa

  Blacc Hollywood

  PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2014

  Long extinct are the days when mixtape culture was the means to its own end, spawning cult heroes of rhyme that never crossed over; free, h...

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  Wiz Khalifa / Jeezy / Rich Homie Quan / IAMSU! / Ty Dolla $ign / Mack Wilds

  Molson Amphitheatre, Toronto ON, July 29

  PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2014

  Wiz Khalifa reverse-engineered OVO Fest, and the response was deafening. Three-quarters through his headlining set of Under the Influence...

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  Future

  Sound Academy, Toronto ON, July 11

  PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2014

  Nayvadius Cash tells the gathered congregation that tonight is the best night of his life, but through the matrix of lights and Auto-Tune,...

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  Ice Cube

  Neighbour With Attitude

  PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2014

  You've seen the internet meme — the one that juxtaposes a snarling, AK-47-brandishing Ice Cube with a kinder, gentler O'Shea Jackson,...

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  Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings

  Massey Hall, Toronto, June 6

  PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2014

  Sharon Jones has been told she's too black, too short, too fat, too old and — scariest of all — too sick to do her thing. Yet three days be...

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  Atmosphere

  The Phoenix, Toronto ON, May 30

  PUBLISHED May 31, 2014

  The average wintering rap group wrestles with the challenge of hooking a younger audience, stealing fresh ears, convincing a whole new crop...

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  The Lox

  Sound Academy, Toronto ON, May 6

  PUBLISHED May 7, 2014

  Three police cruisers were parked in front of Toronto's Sound Academy Tuesday night, as if law enforcement was preparing to give each membe...

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  Childish Gambino

  Sound Academy, Toronto ON, March 24

  PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2014

  Donald Glover could use some hot tea with lemon, maybe a lozenge. Or a nap. We could add another hyphen to the writer-comedian-emcee-actor-...