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SPEK WON When asked what 2 words would describe what he was and who he wanted to be in the future Benjamin Nii Kpani Addy responded “Spektaularly Wonderful”. It’s from this self-description that this versatile Ghanaian-Canadian artist takes his name SPEK WON From. Always a natural with music Spek Won began writing rap lyrics from the young age of 9, producing Hip-Hop music at 17 and would later study sound engineering...

“We need to be the change we want to see happen. We are the leaders we have been waiting for “. -Gandhi Maritsa Blaise, mostly known as Sheba is a native of Montreal, Quebec, one of Canada’s most vibrant cities. Sheba is on a mission: to bridge the gap between the French and English speaking communities. Born of Caribbean descent parents, she had the privilege to go to...

Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, growing up in Nova Scotia, and having travelled as far as Jamaica with his music as a solo act, Dennis Wright, better known as Hellafactz, has used his lyrics as a tool to take him places a lot of emceez simply read about. “Hella” a term used mostly on the west coast meaning many, in front of all the facts he has put into his music growing up just outside the city of Halifax, is where he gets...

Shannon Lawrence A mute button is something Shannon Lawrence was not blessed with. Most report cards growing up featured comments such as “Shannon is an excellent student, but lacks focus” or “Shannon is a creative and talented student, however her talking distracts others”. Having never been a kid able to do what others wanted Shannon just kept talking and in 2003, bored with the academic surroundings of McGill University, found...

SFA Fam Reed “iZrEAL” Jones is Toronto-born spoken word artist, producer, director, political agitator and dedicated BLACK NATIONALIST, raised in the community of Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia. Through his film venture, iZrEAL Media Arts, iZrEAL recently wrote & directed DWB, a short film about race and authority in a routine traffic stop. The film premiered at The 2009 Atlantic Film Festival. His directorial debut, Soley Grey,...