What can one really say about HHK that hasn’t already been said here on Dope-A-Lot? Well, for one thing, how about motha-effin Saukrates showing up and busting a few? Or how about Korry Deez from IRS? Yeah, that’s right. One hell of a dope night, topped off by my main girls at MASTEES dropping a [...]
Zaki, Zaki, Zaki. That’s all Toronto has been hearing lately. From the recent cover story in NOW magazine, to her packed performance at the Mod Club theatre which Dope-A-Lot happily covered. She has a timeless voice and energy and we all really hope Zaki Ibrahim gets the world-wide recognition and success she deserves. Opening for [...]
The Academy busts out one of the biggest hip hop DJ lineups to ever grace the dance floors of Toronto. EPMD’s DJ Scratch and Da Beatminerz (Evil Dee and Mr. Walt) rocked the Revival bar to a packed house of heads. Unfortunately, it was on the same night as De La Soul, so I was [...]
The Genius came through the former Docks nightclub, newly rechristened as the Polson Pier for one of their Sound Academy nights, courtesy of REMG. GZA was doing the Liquid Swords tour which basically involves him performing the entire album from start to finish and the hundreds of Wu fans in the club ate it [...]
Written by Sean Ward | Photography by Philip Litevsky
Hip-Hop culture is youth culture. I’m not the first one to say that. But the level to which it is true surprises me more and more every time I go out. I recently happened upon a hip-hop night put on by and for the punk rock scene. [...]
