Table side seats at Prince with Ray.
Posts tagged Toronto.
Watched this from my window all night yesterday.
Weekend Roundup #145876.
1. Dud of a Friday. All dressed up and nowhere to go.
2. Highly recommended brew.
3. St. Elmo’s Fire chilling at barVolo.
How the music now ruling the rap charts became so decidedly middle-class. ›
At 3:46 a.m. on December 12, 2010, a post titled “Introducing The Weeknd” appeared on the blog of Toronto’s most famous rapper, Drake. Two songs—“What You Need” and “The Morning”—revealed a new R&B singer to the world and kick-started a rabid following. The Weeknd’s free nine-song release House of Balloons garnered 200,000 downloads in its first three weeks, and his videos have been watched on YouTube hundreds of thousands of times. It’s been a rapid rise, like that of his mentor, Drake, whose 2010 full-length debut Thank Me Later went platinum in the U.S. just over a month after its release. This is Toronto’s hip-hop moment, and the city’s steadfast identity as safe, stable and middle-class—once the basis of its lack of rap credibility—is the reason.
Our Anupa jots down a couple of really good words for Toronto Life.
Taste of Little Italy and tall cans.
Company softball game. My team lost miserably.
