Articles by Luke Fox

Charles Bradley and his Extraordinaires

Kool Haus, Toronto ON, December 12

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2013

Thank the sweet Lord he put the flame on it. After enduring a lengthy -10 C (add some minus for wind chill) lineup that wound around the bl...

DJ Jazzy Jeff

The Veteran

PUBLISHED Dec 4, 2013

Jeff Townes is an inventor and a producer, a recording artist and a gear junkie, an actor and an ambassador. But above all, he's a disc joc...

Eminem

Refuses to Collapse

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2013

"Till the day that I drop, you'll never say that I'm not killing them," Marshall Mathers once rapped. "A plaque of platinum status is wack...

DJ Jazzy Jeff Talks Fresh Prince Reunion Tour, New Records and Globetrotting Adventures

PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2013

Twenty years after their last studio album, 1993's Code Red, Philadelphia's DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince are both keen to get the old...

Dan-e-o

Inevitable

PUBLISHED Nov 12, 2013

The best indication that Dan-e-o has been involved in this hip-hop thing for a minute now? Back in 1991 — when folks used to turn on...

Eminem

The Marshall Mathers LP 2

PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2013

One of long-time listeners' frustrations with the century's most dexterous wordsmith is his hesitance to tackle targets of greater importan...

Chance the Rapper

Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, November 4

PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2013

Not since 50 Cent was an intriguing rap figure have mixtape-only artists pushed their product with such an aggressive performance schedule....

Freedom Writers

Collective Creativity

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2013

Something decidedly un-screwface has happened in Toronto. Six individual solo artists have put egos aside and let ideas take centre stage f...