It all started in 1995 when two young rappers (Emilio Rivera and Rick Alfaro) with the same ambition and with the same love for music were introduced to this musical genre. Constantly fighting in this world full of obstacles, they persevered and the bad times did not...
2023 CMW ARTISTS
ZENON
ZENON is an award winning musician who delivers an incredible interpretation of the genre-scape. Their vocals are riveting, smooth and filled with plenty of soul. Named YYCMA 2022 Solo Artist of the Year and in 2021 Emerging Artist of the Year, ZENON holds a BMus...
Wave Lord
I'm a young rapper from The Bahamas who moved to Canada dealing with the trials of being a young man chasing his dreams and trying to make ends meet. People said that my melodies and flow have a "wavy" feel to it, hence how I got the name Wave Lord. I rap about the...
Shubz
Born Shubham Nayyar, Shubz entered the music scene in 2022 as a rebranded artist releasing scenic music videos accompanied by a unique, one-of-a-kind sound. Shubz was born and raised in Ottawa Canada, a city unlike Toronto, which has many industry-level artists....
Natali Rachel
With over 500,000 streams on Dark Midnight in South Korea, Natali Rachel is a Canadian artist, singer/songwriter, dancer, and actress. She began her career at the age of 5, starring in the hit Broadway musical “The Sound of Music” as Gretl; she played the...
Mic North
Nigel 'Michael' Pahl aka Mic North Mic North aka ( Kidd Kane ) was born in Winnipeg, MB, Canada. His background is Metis french and Trinidadian / Moor. His sound is shaped by his musical influences from Nas, Jay z, 2 Pac, Queen, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and more. His...
Koda
KODA is a name you’ll soon hear plenty of and probably never forget. He is a rapper and singer with a unique sound and an undeniable gift for songwriting. Raised on funk, soul, west-coast rap and R&B, KODA is emerging as a kind of bridge between genres. He’s spent...
Rubicini
Rubicini is an artist born and raised in Toronto, Canada. He has a multitude of talents such as being a drummer, dj, producer, recording mixing & mastering engineer, singer and songwriter. Having been a dj during his teen years, he already performed in front many...
Melo Griffith
Melo Griffith is an Alternative-Rap Artist using Rnb melodies with hypnotic voicing and colourful lyricism to bend the lines of standard hip-hop creativity. Raised in Toronto and molded in Ottawa, he’s one of few artists brave enough to go against the grain, finding...
Mando
Hailing from both Surrey, BC and Montreal, QC, Mando is making strides in the Canadian rap scene. And with her neon green hair, she’s doing it in style. She first emerged in 2021 with a feature on Lil Waterboi’s “Du Ma May” (Remix). “Du Ma May” is a Vietnamese...
RAXX
RAXX is an up and coming independent female hip hop artist from Toronto, Ontario. She has been featured on popular media outlets such as Shade 45, 6ixbuzz, Hiphop Canada, straightouttathe6ix and many more. Her style of music is an old school feel, with a new school...
MC Wild
Mc wild was born and raised in montreal, quebec, and grew up in a harsh environment and learned the ups and downs, ins and outs of society. From the age of 19 to 30 years old, he was part of several underground rap groups and discovered hip-hop in the inner city at a...
K.U.$.H
K.U.$.H is a Multi award nominated indigenous hiphop group from Nova Scotia L'nu Joker, Devon Paul & T3KILLAH have been stampeding the east coast Canada hiphip scene since 2013 with sold-out shows and major headliners such as Brother Ali, Classified, Murs,...