1 King West Vault set for Resurrection Heist!
2015 – Toronto. THE VAULT One King West Hotel & Residence (or 1 King West) is the site of the heritage Dominion Bank Building (1914), a popular film location and tourist attraction in Toronto; itself an early 13-storey skyscraper and the set for the big heist in the first installment – Resurrection – Manee Osman Films Located in […]
“Manee Osman Films to shoot music & film trilogy”
2016 – Toronto, ON Intending to reaffirm his place in music history in 2016, Shadow approached Manee Osman, a Toronto-based film and music video director who had attained notoriety for a promotional video he filmed for Ciroc vodka, owned by Sean ‘Diddy’ Coombs. Osman and Neely developed a unique and original video concept for each […]
JUNO award winner DEDOS creates covers
August 27, 2015 – Vancouver. Two time JUNO award winner artist Nelson “DEDOS” Garcia, has been commissioned to do the cover artwork for the upcoming MC Shadow singles. Some of his notable clientele include artists: K-os, K-naan, Avril Lavigne, MTV, Cartoon Network, Nintendo. In addition to showing in galleries Dedos is a seasoned muralist, 2d […]
“MC Shadow collaborates with producer Tekniq of the Bomb Shelta Association”
THE RESURRECTION PROJECT November 2011 – Toronto. Sensing modern day audiences did not appreciate the rich history and profound roots of the Hip-Hop genre in Canada served as inspiration to Shadow to launch an initiative and establish a modern-day bookend album for his historical involvement and testimonial of his contributions to the subculture. After attending […]
BlogTO honorable mention to Get Loose Crew in most collectable Toronto albums
ARCHIVED – Original Date: September 21, 2014. blogTo online magazine published Guest Contributor Colin Gillespie’s article where he compiled and offers readers a list of “The top 10 most collectable Toronto albums of all time.” The writer listed various groups and genres with visual and audio links to some of the most recognizable Toronto music […]
“CBC Hip Hop Summit” Celebrates 25 Years of Canadian Hip Hop
ARCHIVED – Original Date: April 2011. Based upon the foundation and success of the T-Dot Pioneers Exhibit, (see the Post here… ) Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) held a Hip-Hop Summit April 1-3, 2011 with a live recorded show commemorating the genres history, hosted in the Glenn Gould Studio within the CBC building in Toronto. The […]
“TDot Pioneers” Hip Hop” Exhibit
ARCHIVED – Original Date: March 2010 T-DOT PIONEERS EXHIBIT – An interactive community timeline designed to engage members of the hip hop community in documenting their own histories and to identify the Pioneers in Toronto and Canadian Hip-Hop. In March 2010, the Toronto Free Gallery hosted an exhibit called T-Dot Pioneers: An Exploration of Toronto […]
“First Rap JUNO” (technically) goes to Get Loose Crew alum.
ARCHIVED – Original date: 1991. Former Get Loose Crew member MC B (Carl Badwa) achieves music industry success with a JUNO award for “Best R&B/Soul Recording of the Year” for his “Dance to the Music“. Badwa changed his moniker from “MC B” to B-Kool and joined Simply Majestic as a feature act […]
“Breakin’ up” Get Loose Crew disbands
ARCHIVED – Original Date 1989. PARTING WAYS The Get Loose Crew disbands in the fall of 1989. Members of the group decide not to follow up on their debut release in March 1988 and pursue other opportunities. DJ JEL (Chris Jackson aka Chris “Got Rocks”) follow on TWITTER Chris Jackson (DJ Jel) departs the group […]
Concert Hall – Get Loose Crew performance
ARCHIVED – Original Date: August 1988. Concert Hall (Masonic Temple) “The biggest stage in hip-hop” located at 888 Yonge Street on the corner of Yonge Street and Davenport Road, regarded as the temple for Hip-Hop music in Canada. It has hosted the biggest names in the genre during the earliest years of many artists’ careers […]