The rebels who started the civil war in Sierra Leone 15 years ago wanted only one thing: to reclaim the richness of the country from foreign corporations in order to end the exploitation of its people. In response, the international community decided to wage a war on this country, with bombs, executions, torture, rigged elections and manipulation of the international media. This created one of the worst humanitarian disasters of the 20th...

Its always refreshing to hear artist socially conscious representing the culture lovely. Check out this new video from up coming Toronto artist Chula entitled “Black Girl Lost” make sure you follow her on Twitter Tweet

Logik caught up with the Godfather of Canadian Hip-Hop, aka Maestro Fresh Wes during Canadian Music Week and touched on Maestro being named #1 on CBC’s Top 25 Greatest Canadian Rappers List, which was released on March 22. There was a lot of controversy surrounding this list and it has been the topic of discussion for the last few days. They also talked about Director X and how Maestro stays young and vibrant. Check out the video...

Marva, Dunston, and Everton grew up in Toronto, New York and London, respectively but are deported ‘home’ to Jamaica. Once in Kingston they discover every day is a fight for survival where family support, friendships, and shelter are elusive. They embark on a journey that pushes their endurance beyond measure and forces them to discover who they truly are. A searing, fast paced drama Home Again asks the question, “How...

    Toronto, ON – Last night at The Sound Academy, as part of Canadian Music Week and Legends: Hip Hop Series, Raekwon performed his entire classic album, Only Built for Cuban Linx. During “Ice Cream” The Chef invited Canada’s ‘hip-hop ambassador,’ Kardinal Offishall on stage to help him with Method Man’s part on the track. Check out the footage below Special thanks to Legends Hip-Hop, Canadian Music Week Union...

Stolen From Africa Media will be live on location bringing you the exclusives!! Canadian Music Week (CMW) is entering its 31st year of music conferences, shows, films and concert series. CMW has become one of the main music business events in North America, thanks to its extensive line up that ranges from songwriting to sound recording and digital media. Click here to check out the conferences, panels and speakers scheduled for...

This is the official video for ‘I&I’ by Protoje from the album ‘The 8 Year Affair’. Available on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-i… The ‘I&I’ video features the likes of Kabaka Pyramid, No-Maddz, Jesse Royal, Hempress Sativa, Jah9, Chronixx plus members of Zincfence, Pentateuch and Raging Fyah along with other familiar faces. Members of Protoje’s band, The Indiggnation,...