Since 1970, the JUNO Awards roll around each spring in celebration of the achievements of Canadian musicians and artists across the country. This year, the ceremony is happening on April 21 in Regina, Saskatchewan and will be preceded by a week filled with concerts, festivals, discussion panels, and more. So who’s up for an award...
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A$AP Rocky fans left the Sound Academy disgruntled this Monday when police issues regarding a prospective bomb threat cut the event short. Toronto Police are known to take matters of this magnitude seriously, especially following not one but two shootings this year at Young Jeezy shows in southern Ontario. This was not the first...
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DRAKE chops it up post-OVOfest with Rapcity host T-RexXx on the topic of Aaliyah‘s upcoming posthumous album. The project, headed by Drizzy himself along with producer 40, is set to drop later this year and will feature many of the same names the late songstress worked with before her untimely passing. Seems like the third time’s...
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After days of setting up stages, distributing wristbands, and calming anxiety-stricken Beliebers, the 2012 MMVAs are finally beyond us, and with no shortage of eccentric stars or taboo turn-off-the-TVisms, to boot. If you missed this year’s televised awards show, you can still catch the recorded shindig on the Much Music website. If you’re like...
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Canada’s leading industry awards show is coming up just around the corner, marked with an event-filled three-day weekend kicking off this Friday night with the official Stylus launch party inside Wetbar with music by DJ R2 and Montreal DJ of the Year nominee Keith Dean. Saturday’s events include the can’t-miss “It Starts With The DJ 5.0″ Ultimate Music Industry...
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Y’all already know us fine folks at CONNECTDADOT are environmentalists and believe in saving the trees n all. That’s why on days like today (aka 420 aka everyday) we believe it’s important to do something special for our community and show our support for going green. Toronto Hash Mob will be protesting marijuana prohibition...
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Why trap rap’s bad rep is leaving Hip-Hop with more to be desired. Emotions were running high this week as Wednesday’s Young Jeezy concert at Sound Academy ended before it ever really began: The sold-out concert was interrupted when shots rang out in the venue shortly before 12:30am, leaving one injured and hundreds of others...
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This weekend, the 41st annual JUNO Awards Ceremony was held in the nation’s capital of Ottawa. Aside from being an assemblage of Who’s-Who in the local music biz, the JUNOS have long been a source of discord in the Canadian music industry, where it seems that many are divided on the integrity of the...
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Last Kings artist HONEY COCAINE was shot in the arm last night following a Tyga concert in Omaha, Nebraska. The “Fuck Yo Feelings” rapper posted about the incident on Twitter this morning, confirming rumors before MTV News published details from the official police report: “The report cites a disturbance at the concert hall and states that...
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KING OF THE DOT released a huge announcement this evening: Not only is the Toronto-based battle league expanding its brand to Cali with the unveiling of their new Fresh Coast division, but it has also announced one of the biggest match ups in KOTD history: the June 9th & 10th face-off between LA’s DIZASTER...
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