Bridging the Gap...

My man Mindbender and Michie Mee chop it up outside the Stylus DJ Awards. Events like this allow younger cats to meet and network with Tdot Pioneers like Michie who was all smiles. Gotta love Toronto for events like this, where you get Michie, Sauks, Maceo Soundcrew, Lindo P, Killowatt, Solitaire, Ian Andre Espinet and more under one roof . More on Maceo shortly. Straight up there were legends from 1973 to the present up in the house.
Gotta bigup Mike Z and Click who had a vision back in 2006 and have worked hella hard to bring Djs from Halifax and Vancity together to network, celebrate and move the scene along.

Doin' it Real Big

The Stylus Group did it up large monday night...1200 attendees. Performances by mans like Saukrates, Luu Breeze, Andreena Mill and more

The Stylus DJ Awards...

So its that time of the year again where DJs from across Canada meet in Toronto for the Stylus DJ Awards. Starting in 2006 the Stylus Awards have become a major event in the hip hop/urban music scene supporting and recognizing the amazing pool of dj talent the nasty north got. Bigup to Click, Mike Z and Scratch for getting this started. Each year young cats get to meet and learn about the foundation soundcrews that made the leap from funk to hip hop, making hip hop possible in Canada. Back in 2007 they inducted into their hall of fame the Killowatt soundcrew.... check out their trophy pictured above. Killowatt was very influential in laying the foundation, and opening the doors to the ladies (Lady P and DJ M&M) in the early 1980s. The awards go down tomorrow with legendary soundcrew Maceo being inducted in to the Hall of Fame...more on this after I interview Maceo...

Maestro still pioneering...

Veteran entertainer Wes 'Maestro' Williams celebrates 20 years of success

Had to pass this article around...for all my Scarborough headz

http://www.insidetoronto.ca/article/62252

Motion --> Emcee, Poet, Author

This month Motion, one of the founders of the legendary Masterplan show (alongside DTS, JohnBronski & Power) released her 2nd book of poetry. 40 Dayz is a follow up to Motion in Poetry her debut book in 2002. Love to see positive moves from some of Toronto's hip hop legends...check out her new joints as well @ www.motionlive.com

Read the reviews, order a copy https://www.womenspress.ca/motion.asp?siteid=100366&lgid=1&menuid=5376&cat=9869&prodid=120172

Toronto's First Emcee...

In the early 1980s the legendary Sunshine Soundcrew put on a young braggadocios Butch Lee. Butch Lee was Chief Rocka number 1, keeping the show live all across Toronto. Long before record deals, label drama and mixtape clout Butch was doing it big with Sunshine. Butch came by the Masterplan show 89.5fm recently and kicked it. Stay tuned to the Masterplan show saturdays @ 8:00pm for more interviews from T-dot Pioneers....peace