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Date: November 14th Venue: Kool Haus Time: Doors at 9pm | Show at 10pm You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and RT the following message: Contest: (19+) Win 2 Tickets to TI’s (@Tip) “#Paperwork Tour” in #Toronto! | Follow @Aesthetic_Mag + RT | #hiphop | http://t.co/kQC0atkkN7 — Aesthetic … Continue reading
By: Daniel Gerichter (@ZenDonut) – “I felt like all this shit was always here, waitin for me” says Nas, recalling his first moments in the hallowed studio inside Columbia Records. That was where he would record one of hip-hop’s most beloved classics, Illmatic. The revival tour is nothing new these days. Everyone who had their heyday in the nineties has … Continue reading
Photos by: Chris Tanouye – Brooklyn-based rapper Joey Bada$$, who is expected to release his debut album, B4.Da.$$, this fall, which so far has spawned the single “Big Dusty”, and who co-founded the Brooklyn-based hip-hop collective Pro Era, performed at The Guvernment in Toronto last night with Dyemond Lewis, Nyck Caution, Kirk Knight, CJ Fly, and Brampton-based … Continue reading
Photos by: Alyssa Balistreri – Hip-hop artist J. Cole, who released his second album, Born Sinner, on June 18th, 2013, which features guest appearances from 50 Cent, Miguel, TLC, Jhene Aiko, Kendrick Lamar, and more, performed an intimate show at Roundhouse Park in downtown Toronto last night as part of Mountain Dew’s “Dew Tour AM Series” along with Toronto-based MC … Continue reading
Date: September 7th at 3pm Venue: Echo Beach Featuring: A$AP Rocky, A$AP Ferg, Carnage, Dzeko & Torres, Joe Ghost, and A$AP Mob You can enter only once via one of the following entry methods: Follow Aesthetic Magazine on Twitter and tweet the following message: Contest: Win 2 Tickets to @TOFroshFest w/ @ASAPRockyTRILL, @djcarnage, & more | … Continue reading
By: Gavin Clark – Toronto-based rapper k-os, who released his fifth album, Black on Blonde, on April 23rd, 2013 via Crown Loyalist/EMI, and who is expected to release his sixth album, Can’t Fly Without Gravity, in 2015, celebrated the release of his new music video for his new single “WiLD4TheNight (EgoLand)” with a release party at Bloke and 4th, which … Continue reading
By: Gavin Clark – Andre 3000 and Big Boi, together known as the legendary hip-hop duo Outkast, boasted on their now 13-year-old hit song “Ms. Jackson” that they are “the coolest motherfunkers on the planet”. On July 3rd in front of 15,000+ people who attended day 1 of OVO fest they proved exactly why that statement is as true in 2014 as it was in 2000. October’s Very Own Festival, … Continue reading
By: Gavin Clark – Wiz Khalifa brought his third annual “Under the Influence of Music” tour back to Toronto’s Molson Canadian Amphitheatre on July 29. Some of hip-hop’s biggest names including Ty Dolla Sign, Iamsu!, DJ Drama, Rich Homie Quan, and Young Jeezy accompanied him. The best way to describe the show would be to compare it to the craziest house party of the summer. Security … Continue reading
Photos by: Dale Benvenuto – Pittsburgh-based rapper Wiz Khalifa, who will release his fifth album, Blacc Hollywood, on August 19th via Atlantic/Rostrum, performed in Toronto last night at Molson Amphitheatre as part of the Under The Influence of Music Tour with Atlanta-based rapper Young Jeezy, who will release his fifth album, Seen It All: The Autobiography, … Continue reading
Photos by: Morgan Hotston – The 2014 Unity Festival ended with a major event at Yonge-Dundas Square on July 26 that featured Canada’s top break dancers, rappers/spoken word artists, beatboxers and bands. Founded in 2007 by Michael Prosserman aka “Bboy Piecez”, one of Toronto’s most preeminent B-boys, UNITY has reached over 100,000 youth across Canada through its after-school program designed … Continue reading
