Firefighters battled through the night to douse a fire that broke out at a Perth car dealership.
25.09.2023 - 21:53 / etcanada.com
“Northern Touch”, arguably the most important Canadian rap song of all time, turns 25 this year.
To mark the occasion, The Black Academy’s 2023 Legacy Awards, which took place last night at History in Toronto, closed the show with a tribute to the iconic track. The song’s original artists — Kardinal Offishall, Red1 of Rascalz, Choclair and Thrust — introduced a new crop of Canadian rappers — Taaylee G, Tamir, YSN Fab and Zach Zoya — to perform their take on the 1998 rap anthem.
Eventually, the OGs even joined the young emcees to finish the song. Check out the performance below.
READ MORE: Kardinal Offishall, Def Jam’s Newest Exec, Says Canada’s Music Industry Needs ‘Radical Change’: ‘We’re Decades Behind Other Countries’
Speaking to ET Canada’s Carlos Bustamante at the Legacy Awards, Kardinal Offishall said it was “incredible” to be able to celebrate the track a quarter-century later, adding that “we didn’t know that it was going to be as big as it was going to be when we did it.”
Offishall recalls embarking on a sold-out, nationwide tour with his fellow “Northern Touch” artists — including Rascalz, Checkmate, Thrust and Choclair — shortly after the track was released and witnessing first-hand the impact it was having around the country.
“That was the first time that we ever saw hip-hop fans from this country spaz out, like come down in droves. Everybody was wilin’ out. And by the time that we actually performed ‘Northern Touch’, because we all did our own material, it was absolute chaos and mayhem. So I think as much as it was a lot of people’s firsts as fans, it was a first for us as Canadian artists as well.”
Thrust, who was also on the black carpet, added, “It’s a celebration of perseverance. We came from no
Firefighters battled through the night to douse a fire that broke out at a Perth car dealership.
McKinley Franklin editor “The Crown” will bow its final season in two parts. Netflix revealed the release plan in the first trailer, featuring Imelda Staunton‘s Queen Elizabeth II wandering past images of Claire Foy and Olivia Colman as a nod to the series’ decades-spanning journey. The first four episodes of Season 6 will debut on the streamer on Nov.
With the colder, autumn weather now kicking in, it can be tempting to turn your heating on as soon as you feel a slight chill. But in the midst of the cost of living crisis, homeowners need to refrain from switching their heating on too early if they want to prevent soaring energy bills.
EXCLUSIVE: Producer Miranda Bailey, known for movies such as Swiss Army Man, Don’t Think Twice and The Diary Of A Teenage Girl, says that multiple studios and streamers shied away from acquiring her completed drama series Unconventional due to its queer themes.
Cree-Canadian NHL defenceman Ethan Bear wants to see some changes in the league when it comes to dealing with racism.
on her podcast “Off the Vine.” “I was like, ‘You can’t be right! Do not point out what’s happening on national television right now, because I’m going to burst into tears, and I am trying to keep it together.’ That was a lot of it,” she added.Inaba also found herself coming to blows with Bristowe, 38, after the former “Bachelorette” started to question Inaba’s intentions after two weeks of low scores. “I just want to know where it comes from.
The council has issued an update on the chances of Irish flights retruning as part of a major expansion of a seaside airport. The response comes after fresh calls have been made for passenger flights to be launched from Blackpool Airport to serve Ireland.
Christopher Vourlias LevelK has boarded the dark comedic drama “The Kidnapping of a President” by Finnish director Samuli Valkama (“No Thank You”), the company announced this week in Helsinki. The film, which is produced by John Lundsten (“Renki”) and Melli Maikkula (“KilJuset”) for Tack Film, is based on the incredible, pulled-from-the-headlines story of the abduction of the first president of Finland.
OMG, this divorce is so much messier than we realized!
Gareth Edwards directed his first movie, the 2010 indie “Monsters,” it could scarcely have been a more DIY endeavor. He had less than $500,000 to tell an intimate story about two Americans contending with giant aliens rampaging through Mexico, so his crew consisted of just his actors (Scoot McNairy and Whitney Able), a sound tech, a line producer, a translator and a driver.
Another day, another controversial resurfaced clip of Russell Brand!
Roast Battle after being accused of being a “sexual predator” during recording.The news comes after a joint investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches, in which four women accused the comedian of rape and sexual assault over a period between 2006 and 2013. Brand has denied the allegations.According to a new report by Deadline, Brand was dropped as a judge on Roast Battle after one series back in 2018 after he was repeatedly accused on camera of sexually assaulting women, reportedly by fellow judge Katherine Ryan.Her allegations were not included in the final edit, and Brand was reportedly angry at being targeted.
James Barker, Taylor Abram, Connor Stephen and Bobby Martin of the James Barker Band packed their bags and landed in Hamilton, Ontario, for country music’s biggest night in Canada: the 2023 CCMAs.
Ontario-born Josh Ross pulled up to the 2023 CCMAs in Hamilton on Saturday night with a red solo cup in hand and he definitely had a celebratory reason to put it to use.
It wouldn’t be a country music party without a little bit of Carly.
Ahead of the 2023 Canadian Country Music Awards, Tenille Townes and Train frontman Pat Monahan stopped to chat on the red carpet with ET Canada’s Carlos Bustamante about working together on their song “I Know”.
Jenna and Stuart Walker of The Reklaws hit the 2023 CCMAs red carpet on Saturday in Hamilton, Ontario, as they prepare to step up to the event’s hosting podium for the evening of country music celebration.
Seeing Olivia Rodrigo isn’t such a bad idea for Tate McRae, who dubs the GUTS hitmaker her BFF.
Tate McRae has performed around the world but she gets nervous when thinking about taking to the stage in her hometown of Calgary.
Salma Hayek knows how to bring the style.