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On June 18, 1999, the CBC's Toronto station completed its move to FM. Because the FM frequency offered better broadcast coverage of the region, the CBC found that it was able to surrender two FM repeater transmitters serving communities outside of the city—thus opening two new frequencies for license

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was not in attendance at the ceremony, and after accepting the award on his behalf, the group launched into an a cappella rendition of "Northern Touch" in lieu of the time that would otherwise have been taken by Lanez' acceptance speech. Although presented as an impromptu decision, CARAS president

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quite unexpectedly found themselves at the centre of a sequence of events which gave Canadian hip hop an unprecedented level of media attention, leading the Canadian music and broadcasting industries to make a number of structural changes which would ultimately give hip hop musicians a more stable

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responsibilities, while other Canadian cities often had no access to any urban music radio stations at all. After 1992, Michie Mee was the only Canadian rapper to make an appearance on the national pop charts until 1998—and even she didn't accomplish the feat with a hip hop song, but by partnering

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format. While the stations still play some hip hop, they now focus far more on artists who have already established crossover Top 40 appeal—meaning that emerging artists can no longer rely on the stations to help them build their audience. In 2010, further, Milestone announced a deal to sell Flow

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In view of the lack of real inclusion of black music in this ceremony, this feels like a token gesture towards honoring the real impact of urban music in Canada. Urban music, reggae, R&B, and rap, that's all black music, and it's not represented . We decided that until it is, we were going to

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Although a few French rap singles broke through to mainstream success in the late 1980s and early 1990s, such as Les French B's "Je m'en souviens", Kool Rock and Jay Tree's "M.R.F. est arrivé", Le Boyfriend's "Rapper chic (Je rap en français)", Laymen Twaist's "Walk on the Wild Side" and Dédé

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David Dacoine, a member of Tribal Wizdom, has hosted workshops across Canada encouraging indigenous youth to take up hip hop as a method of creative expression and self-empowerment. Anish created the first ever First Nations Hip Hop Festival; subsequently, the event was held at Pasqua,

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As a result of the Rascalz controversy, the Junos moved the Rap award to the main ceremony the following year. It was won by "Northern Touch". The participating artists performed the song live at the ceremony, the first time a hip hop group had ever performed live on the Juno stage.

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For several weeks, cultural critics and hip hop musicians debated the issue in the press. In fact, some suggested that the hip hop award's lack of visibility could be seen as not just a result of Canadian hip hop's poor commercial performance, but also a contributing factor.

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Apart from a few major stars, however, the hip hop scene has faced continued struggle. Virtually all of the urban-format radio stations which debuted in the early 2000s, including Flow 93.5, have since shifted from a pure urban format to a

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station; the cast also included Michie Mee, DJ Shamann and Kardinal Offishall. As a tie-in to help promote emerging hip hop musicians, the series released a soundtrack album in conjunction with the first season, featuring artists such as

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Canada's multicultural and multilingual fabric has given rise to various subgenres, including Indigenous, French, and Punjabi Canadian hip hop. Also notable is the influence of Caribbean rhythms in creating a sound unique to Toronto.

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In 2021, just over 25 million people reported being White in the census, representing close to 70% of the total Canadian population. The vast majority reported being White only, while 2.4% also reported one or more other racialized

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to the CRTC directing it to give precedence to applications that took into account Toronto's cultural and racial diversity, strongly suggesting Milestone or a similar applicant would get a license in the new round of hearings.

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launched 91 North Records, a Canadian label designed to foster and promote emerging South Asian talent. The label’s first release “Making Memories,” a collaboration between Karan Aujla and Ikky, debuted at No. 5 on the

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charts in the United States. It remained the bestselling Canadian hip hop single of all time until 2008. Other notable rap singles of this era include Maestro's "Drop the Needle", Devon's "Mr. Metro", Dream Warriors'

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On June 16, 2000, the CRTC awarded the 93.5 frequency to Milestone, on the company's third attempt. A competing application for a Black music format on 93.5 from Arnold Auguste, owner of the community newspaper

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rap band to top Canada's francophone pop charts, and some controversy erupted in Toronto when Milestone was again passed over for an urban radio station on its second application. Instead, the

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formats, the hip hop audience in the city remained loyal to WBLK—and for most artists the only venues available for reaching an audience anywhere outside of the Greater Toronto Area were

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influences into his music, has also become a major influence on Canadian hip hop in the 2000s. His influence is especially strong on hip hop artists from the Maritime provinces, such as

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are major influences on Canadian artists in the genre, Canadian hip hop also incorporates a number of other influences not commonly seen in the mainstream of the American genre. The

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In addition to "Ladies Delight", Mr. Q (Jay McGee) released a handful of other rap singles through the last several months of 1979; one, "Party Rapp", included lyrics about the

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Tracké's "T'es qui toé", as in English Canada this early success was not sustained, and francophone hip hop remained largely an underground phenomenon until the emergence of

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for Rap Album of the Year and tour internationally, representing Canada at the World Expo in Nagoya, Japan, and performing at the First Americans Festival at the

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The first urban-radio show in British Columbia was 'Soul Sonic Shocks' in 1987 hosted by Bay-Area native DJ Maximus Clean. Vancouver's first all-rap radio show,

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to advocate for greater inclusion of hip hop in the mainstream of Canadian music. Participating artists included Devon, Maestro Fresh Wes, Dream Warriors,

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before his rise in popularity. Rap also began to surface in Canadian mainstream pop in the early 1990s with rapper Frankie Fudge performing a rap break in

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was a factor in the award's scheduling, the band refused to accept the award. Speaking to the press afterward, the group and their co-manager said that

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for an urban music station in Toronto, which would have been the first such station in Canada, but that application was denied in favour of a

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communities. At the beginning of this same year, the internet became home to Canada's largest rap/hip-hop website publication and community,

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had notable successes in the R&B, pop and rock genres; however, even the most prominent Canadian hip hop acts during this era, including

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has also contributed to the popularity of numerous independently signed Canadian artists predominantly from Toronto. 6ixBuzz showcases

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has since dominated the Canadian hip-hop scene and beyond with thirteen albums/mixtapes and playlist peaking at number-one on the US

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and international markets. Music critics and journalists have sometimes attributed this to the perception, real or imagined, that

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Cambell, Mark V. (October 2014). "The Politics of Making Home: Opening Up the Work of Richard Iton in Canadian Hip Hop Context".

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The decision was controversial, and hurt the Canadian hip hop scene considerably. Hip-hop and R&B fans in Toronto relied on

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Observers of the genre's rise believe that Punjabi Canadian hip hop may emerge to see the same level of global influence that

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was the first exposure many youths had to the hip hop genre and provided the first airplay for many Toronto artists including

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were also beginning to make waves in the press, as the year's more dramatic events renewed attention on Canadian hip hop.

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In 2022, Toronto's two Black music radio formats consolidated into one. The Flow brand created for 93.5 in 2001 moved to

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In 1994, filmmaker Andrew Munger profiled several of Toronto's underground hip hop musicians, including Ghetto Concept,

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community in the United States. As a result, Canadian hip hop is significantly influenced by the rhythms and styles of

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that "Americans like something that sounds American. From here, it seems if you don't have that sound, you ain't it."

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record label. This action did not result in significant chart success for her—she has asserted in interviews that the

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did briefly manage to break into the mainstream in the late 1980s and early 1990s. In 1989, Maestro's first single, "

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music. Artists such as Drake, Michie Mee, Dream Warriors, Ghetto Concept, and Kardinal Offishall have incorporated

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get in the way of Canadian rappers being taken seriously. As early as 1994, noted Canadian hip hop record producer

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sample—becoming his first Top 40 hit in seven years. Although he would not actually reach the Top 40 until 2001's "

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youth culture since the 1990s. The first indigenous hip hop video to garner any airplay from MuchMusic was

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and Omnikrom, have in fact risen to prominence through these channels instead of through terrestrial radio.

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have pursued styles which blend a diverse mix of hip hop, rock, jazz, world music, and R&B influences.

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Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) (16 June 2000).

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was formed to build the domestic and international profile of Canadian urban music. The following year,

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Canadian hip hop musicians have also continued to face obstacles when attempting to break into the

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equally sought after by anglophone rappers and dance musicians from Canada and the United States.

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in 2004. The festival faltered for a number of years after that, but was reestablished in 2013.

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However, 1998 proved to be a transformative year in the development of Canadian hip hop, as the

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scene was established in the 1980s. Through a variety of factors, it developed much slower than

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South Asian rapper Ylook was a pioneering artist in Toronto's hip hop scene, working alongside

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radio network has also aired a weekly program, hosted by Plex, devoted to indigenous hip hop.

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Maestro Fresh-Wes, now known simply as Maestro, also broke his own hit jinx in 1998, with "

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with "Check the O.R." in 1993, but did not receive widespread radio airplay or reach the

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launched Mixtape: North, a full-time channel dedicated to Canadian hip hop and R&B.

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In 2009, Team Rezofficial became the first indigenous hip hop group with a song on the

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A special collaborative single, "Can't Repress the Cause", was released under the name

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Even those artists who do not use an obvious Caribbean sounds are often influenced by

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Other significant francophone rappers who have emerged in 21st century have included

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The breakthrough of the genre started with the charting of Sidhu Moose Wala's album

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artists right from the early days of the scene—the first known Canadian rap single,

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were popular in the underground hip hop scene. In 1998, the collaborative single "

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music has been incorporated since the early 1990s, particularly in the work of

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youth in Canada in areas such as fashion, visual art, and so on. In 2013, the

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which was Canada's first radio station marketed primarily to indigenous youth.

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in 2018. In 2023, AP Dhillon became the first Punjabi artist to perform at the

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artists, have emerged as mainstream stars. Cadence Weapon, in fact, was named

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released a multilingual single and video entitled, "All of Us" off the album

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Top Ten. The song "Lonely" went to number one. In the same year, Manitoba's

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hip hop reached mainstream charts with the success of Canadian artists like

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Allan Reid later admitted that he had encouraged the musicians to do it.

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were met with resistance from US label executives and radio programmers.

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which has been credited as the first full-length Canadian hip hop album.

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styles, while francophone hip hop from Quebec is commonly influenced by

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went platinum, and they received a number of rewards, most notably from

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As of 2021, South Asians (7.1 percent) comprise the second largest

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An important influence for the development of hip hop in Toronto was

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Several artists working in Canada achieved international success in

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showing works by indigenous artists influenced by hip hop themes.

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in 1992 and attempted to break into the US market with the albums

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is also a significant influence, notably seen in artists such as

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The genre's underground status began to change in 1996, when the

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Hot 100. Drake had a large impact on Canadian hip hop, as after

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and commercially visible platform going into the 21st century.

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and themes. A famous example is the Kardinal Offishall song "

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Hip hop has been also a prominent influence on contemporary

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as the highest charting Punjabi song in Canadian history.

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The most notable Canadian hip hop album during this era,

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have gained wide recognition while rapping in English.

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became the first Canadian rapper to sign a deal with a

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began to include some Canadian hip hop songs in their

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rapping in their 1991 single "I Don't Need Yo' Kiss".

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station—which Toronto already had on its radio dial.

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Craig MacInnis, "Hip-hop culture makes some noise".

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chart with a collaboration with established US star

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