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Halifax’s Jah’Mila and Kayo join the star-studded concert at the Marquee Ballroom on Nov. 9, 2023.

Kardinal Offishall has been appointed the new Global A&R at Def Jam Recordings after leaving a similar long-standing position at Universal Music Canada.

From the return of live music, to the Canadian artists who continued to smash records and represent on the international stage, these are the year’s biggest headlines in Canadian music.

Canadian music wasnt ready for Kardinal Offishall in 2001. Now, hes championing our homegrown hip-hop talent When Kardinal Offishall released his breakout album in 2001, he wasn’t embraced by the Canadian music industry like he was by the hip-hop community. Fast-forward 20 years, and he’s now a senior executive at Universal Music Canada with a mission to keep our homegrown talent north of the border. Social Sharing The Canadian rapper reflects on how the music industry failed him — and wh...

NOW Magazine Before the 6ix: Kardinal Offishall ‘Quest for Fire’ 20th Anniversary Before the 6ix: Kardinal Offishall ‘Quest for Fire’ 20th Anniversary by The Toronto Public Library presents Before the 6ix, a series that connects the dots from Toronto’s present-day internationally recognized hip-ho...

The Hamster Dance to Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk: lets travel back to 2001 Social Sharing The Hamster Dance to Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk: lets travel back to 2001 Posted: Jan 07, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 7 Were revisiting some hit Canadian songs turning 20 in 2021. (From left: Kevin Winter (Getty Images); George de Sota (Hulton Archives/Getty Images)) We love a chance to look back, and what better opportunity than having just rung in a new year?  Twenty years ago, Canada w...