ARTIST OF THE MONTH // JULY – NIGERIAN-CANADIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER, ASUQUOMO Artist of the Month, Music SHIFTER's Artist of the Month for June is Asuquomo, the musical project of the Canadian multidisciplinary artist, Morris...
JAIOFTHERISE CHANNELS THE LATE POP SMOKE ON HIS NEW SINGLE “AMIRI” Music On the heals of releasing "Hopscotch", his recent single featuring Toronto rapper Lil Berete, Ottawa-based hip-hop and R...
OTTAWA’S MARIAL SHAYOK RACKS UP ACCOLADES IN ROOKIE NBA G LEAGUE SEASON Kevin Bourne, Sports Now that the dust has settled on the NBA G League season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it's time to take a look at one o...
12 BLACK BUSINESSES IN OTTAWA AND TORONTO YOU CAN SUPPORT TODAY Business Over the past few days, members of the black community have been taking to social media to share their lists of black bu...
NATHAN MILES, HEVVE AND KYAZZE JOIN FORCES ON NEW SUMMER TRAP ANTHEM “CRASH” Music Just in time for summer, a couple of Ottawa's hardest working hip-hop artists have joined forces to drop a brand new ban...
THERE’S A NEW TIKTOK SUPERSTAR ON THE RISE AND HIS NAME IS TIAGZ Music While Drake and Tory Lanez have the world doing the Toosie Slide and listening to Quarantine Radio, there is another Can...
ARREST MADE IN MURDER OF RAPPER FTG METRO Music Five months after 18 year-old Manyok Akol, also known as rapper "FTG Metro", was killed at a Gilmour Street Airbnb in do...
SVDVM AND JAHRIIA CHANNEL BONNIE AND CLYDE IN VISUALS FOR “POP DAT” Music To close out April, Ottawa hip-hop artist SVDVM and frequent collaborator Jahriia released the visuals for "Pop Dat", th...
YUNGCUDII AND OEG RELEASE DEBUT STUDIO EP SCARED 2 LOVE Music Lost in all the COVID-19 noise was Scared 2 Love, the debut studio EP from Canadian hip-hop duo Yungcudii & Oeg. Rel...
JAIOFTHERISE AND LIL BERETE TAG TEAM ON NEW SINGLE “HOPSCOTCH” Music It's been a big year so far for Ottawa artist JAIoftherise. Fresh off opening for the late Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke ear...
CANADIAN ARTIST HTBSLE UNVEILS AIR FORCE BLACKS PHOTO COLLECTION Art, Culture If you haven't heard the name Liz Clarke, aka htbsle (pronounced "hitabaseelay"), it's a name you should remember. In re...
DEAR OTTAWA HIP-HOP AND R&B ARTISTS Kevin Bourne, Opinion Dear Ottawa hip-hop and R&B artists, Over the past few years, I've done quite a bit in the Ottawa hip-hop communi...
