Articles by Luke Fox

Eminem Can't Shake the Haters on 'Music to Be Murdered By - Side B'

PUBLISHED Dec 21, 2020

A wise man once said, don't read your mentions. He said to ignore the comments section. He warned artists that it's dangerous to read your...

Big K.R.I.T. / Rapsody

Opera House, Toronto ON, October 29

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2019

Grownup underground rap music felt gloriously alive and unapologetically well in the crowded, multi-tiered confines of Toronto's east end O...

Post Malone

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto ON, October 3

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2019

"Tell me: Has anyone in here seen the second-newest Spider-Man movie?"   This is how Post Malone hypes the first of two soldout crowds buzz...

Mary J. Blige and Nas

Budweiser Stage, Toronto ON, September 10

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2019

At this stage, they could hit cruise control and still win the night.   The reputations and catalogues of Nasir Jones and Mary Jane Blige a...

Tyler, the Creator / Jaden

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto ON, September 6

PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2019

Only a few years back, it wouldn't have been out of step to believe that Tyler, the Creator had peaked — creatively, commercially, all of i...

Beast Coast

Echo Beach, Toronto, ON, August 12

PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2019

Look! Up in the sky. It's a bird! It's a plane! Nah. It's Joey Bada$$ and the Flatbush Zombies rapping their capes off while soaring, flipp...

Nelly / TLC / Flo Rida

Budweiser Stage, Toronto ON, August 7

PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2019

Because he's muscular, bald, shirtless, elaborately tattooed and forever smiling — and because most of what he touches makes a crapload of...

Travis Scott / Gunna

Scotiabank Arena, Toronto ON, November 21

PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2018

As Travis Scott rages on through the flames, smoke and Roman candles, the seizure-inducing lights and all that rib-rattling bass, you find...