Hip Hop From The North

We spoke with DJ Kemo from Vancouver's hip-hop group Rascalz to highlight their biggest moments.

Thank you for tuning into our first episode of Hip-Hop From The North! Episode one documents a brief start of Hip-Hop in New York and its influences coming from Jamaica to Hip-Hop starting in its underground scene in Canada and Toronto... This episode features DJ Mastermind, Saukrates, Solitair, Choclair, Nicole Jolly, Adrien King and Oliver Walters as they tell their stories Our future episodes of our series is TBA, but please follow us on social media @HHFromTheNorth and follow the podcast for future updates. I'd like to thank Emily McPhail for her help in putting the plot episode together as well as the show's producer, Teresa Goff and Buda Da Future for the sound. 

Disclaimer Most of these clips and the sounds of this video will not be a part of episode one's 'In The Beginning.'   S/O to Solitair for the first voice you hear! Speakers in order:  Oliver Walters: Former host for Much Music's Rapcity and journalist   Adrien King AKA DJ X: Host of CKLN's The Power Move, DJ, former radio personality at Flow 93.5 and entrepreneur   DJ Mastermind: Host for CHRY's Mastermind's Street Jam, former radio personality and assistant program director at Flow 93.5, host for Toronto Takeover at VIBE105 Solitair: Music Producer, Writer, Rapper/ MC, radio host at VIBE105, and entrepreneur Saukrates: Rapper/MC, Music Producer, Writer, and Singer DJ Kemo: Member of Rasclaz, DJ and producer Please tune into episode one, this Saturday September 3rd at 9PM EST, where we talk about the beginning of hip-hop in Canada and who inspired these legends.   Continue to subscribe and follow @hhfromthenorth for more.

Meet Paul Parhar, known as DJ Mastermind who started his career as a DJ at a young age. He was one of few to have his own hip-hop college radio show called Mastermind's Street Jam and do more incredible things throughout his career, was once Flow 93.5's assistant program director,  now at Vibe105. Please tune into episode one on September 3rd at 9PM EST.