Day 1: Photography and words by Harrison Haines. Toronto’s Inaugural Rolling Loud!! Before the festival began the city was BUZZING with anticipation, lots of rumours started stirring. “Who will Drake be a surprise guest for? Future? All three headliners?” To say the least the city couldn’t believe it was getting its first Rolling Loud! Day one finally came. A very hot and sunny September Friday. I arrived for 2:30 pm to get my credentials picked up and many of the general admission (GA) guests had the same idea of coming early, probably due to it being the historic event of Canada’s first hip ..read more

Photography by Shot By Solo. The Come Up Show Podcast has officially hit 200 EPISODES! WHOOP WHOOP! It’s only right that our 200th episode of The Come Up Show Podcast is with Classified. We’ve known each other for over 10+ years, and I’ve lost count of how many times he’s appeared on The Come Up Show on various platforms from our radio show on 94.9 CHRW to the time Shad interviewed the whole Halflife crew in 2009. We even interviewed Classified and Shad together back in 2014, it goes on and on and on. Classified has a storied career, he’s been a successful Canadian music for over 20 years, an ..read more

All photography by Rhyan Correia for The Come Up Show. My special guest today goes by the name of TOBi, who I’m humbled to have on The Come Up Show podcast. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation, it gave me life and clarity about TOBi’s thought process, his insight and he’s well read. As many prolific readers are, TOBi can spit them bars, you might have seen his freestyle battle against Tory Lanez go viral, which he feels was a lifetime ago. In our conversation we talked about how you have to be comfortable with plateauing, there are going to be periods where you feel like there is no growth ..read more

I’d like want to thank D.O. aka Duane Gibson and his team for another successful Northern Power Summit. From the educational panels and networking opportunities, there was a lot of informational gems, jewels, MAJOR KEYS (DJ Khaled voice). I moderated the Next Level panel featuring speakers Chris “Deep” Henderson and David “Click” Cox which you listen to in full below.  Panel Description Seemingly since the beginning of time, the hit single has been elusive, yet a huge source of pride for artists. As the industry has moved from radio spins to YouTube views to Instagram “likes”, what makes ..read more

The Come Up Show podcast is back with a brand new interview!  Our special guest goes by the name of Ruben Young, originally from Calgary, Alberta, and now resides in Toronto. Since Ruben’s debut in 2017, he has released six singles and earned millions of streams, independently, on his own label, Young and Lucky. BOSS! *Rick Ross voice*.  Ruben’s crossover sound has given him the opportunity to share the stage with a diverse resume of artists from The Chainsmokers, Akon, Classified, Langston Francis and the Phony Ppl.  Ruben’s debut EP Dreamstate is an introduction to his ..read more

Photo by Harrison Haines You know when you discover a new artist and you’re all excited to share the music with your friends? That is how I feel about Khadijah Lopez, a Toronto artist who has a very promising future. The song I currently have on repeat is “alluvit” from her EP Paradigm. In our conversation, we talked about how most creatives take things personally, how she changed her perspective on being ready before her big shot and why it’s actually stressful that Toronto has so much hidden talent. I’ve shared an excerpt of our conversation, make sure to listen to the full podcast below and ..read more

All photography by Rhyan Correia for The Come Up Show. My special guest today goes by the name of TOBi, who I’m humbled to have on The Come Up Show podcast. I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation, it gave me life and clarity about TOBi’s thought process, his insight and he’s well read. As many prolific readers are, TOBi can spit them bars, you might have seen his freestyle battle against Tory Lanez go viral, which he feels was a lifetime ago. In our conversation we talked about how you have to be comfortable with plateauing, there are going to be periods where you feel like there is no growth ..read more

I hope you enjoyed our previous panel from A3C in ATL. Here is another exclusive from the Northern Power Summit, which is a one-day conference with a showcase component. Their primary objective is to provide education and tools, as well as access to individuals to help artists and industry professionals develop their careers internationally. This panel features Rich Kidd, Rookz, DJ Andre 905. Take a look at the description below if you want to learn more about them, they do also give a brief intro about themselves. I’m excited about this panel and the gems that were shared. Toronto is recog ..read more

Classic 80s rap meets punk. I knew I wanted to write a song about 2 aspects of work: One, the way so many of our jobs are disconnected from a sense of meaning and purpose. And two, just the increasing scarcity and precariousness of work. And as soon as Bastid and I started building this track, I felt it was the right one for the topic—brash and heavy, with space for vulnerability and humour. Penned pre-pandemic but here we are!! Shad Shad has been one of my favourite artists since I started on my music discovery path. The first album I played in heavy rotation The Old Prince was how I got in ..read more

Rex Orange County live at The Danforth Music Hall, Jan 29th, 2020. Photos by Mac Downey (@mac.downey) The post Rex Orange County live at The Danforth Music Hall, Jan 29th, 2020 appeared first on The Come Up Show ..read more