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ARTIST OF THE MONTH // MAY – VANCOUVER R&B AND HIP-HOP ARTIST, COLE JAMES Artist of the Month, Music SHIFTER's Artist of the Month for May is Cole James, an emerging west coast artist based out of Vancouver, British Colum...
REVIEW – DRAKE CEMENTS HIS LEGACY IN HIP-HOP WITH DARK LANE DEMO TAPES Music Last night, 40, Oli and a other members of OVO posted the cover art for a new project letting us know the 6 God was abou...
REVIEW – WILL RYTE’S NOTHING IN COMMON IS AMONG THE BEST ALBUMS OF THE YEAR SO FAR Music Burlington, Ontario raised and Mississauga-based hip-hop artist, producer and guitarist, Will Ryte, is back with a new a...
IS DURHAM REGION CANADA’S NEXT CULTURAL HOTSPOT? Culture There might be something in the water in Durham Region. In case you haven't noticed, Durham, the municipality just east ...
ARTIST OF THE MONTH // APRIL – OTTAWA HIP-HOP ARTIST, JKING Artist of the Month, Music SHIFTER's Artist of the Month for April is hip-hop artist JKing. The Ottawa-based artist and MLB member displays exempla...
TORONTO ‘TRAP & B’ ARTIST ALSNDRA CHANNELS AALIYAH ON NEW SINGLE ‘TRUST’ Music Days after being included on SHIFTER's Top 10 Most Slept on Hip-Hop and R&B Artists list according to our Instagram ...
RAPPER AND SINGER FAME HOLIDAY DROPS NEW CONCEPT ALBUM “TEMPORARY LOVE” Music It was around this time last year that we were first introduced to Mississauga hip-hop artist Fame Holiday when he headl...
SLMN AND ANDERS RELEASE BRAND NEW SINGLE “LOVE IN THE WINTER” Music Fast-rising producer and multi-instrumentalist SLMN teams up with frequent collaborator and Juno Award-nominated R&B...
RECAP – INDUSTRY SECRETS FOR PR & MEDIA PROFESSIONALS Business This past Tuesday, the Code Black Communicator Network, a network of black integrated communications professionals, tag ...
