UPCOMING events
Making a Scene: Toronto Hip Hop at Hip Hop 50
Presented by: Roots Rhymes Collective, Hart House, The Urban at York University, and CIUT 89.5 FM.
On Hip Hop culture’s momentous fiftieth anniversary, we celebrate the making of our Toronto Hip Hop scene in a day-long conference at York University that endeavours to look back, archive and preserve. The conference will include four panel discussions that center discussion on the process of building, promoting, documenting and supporting the Toronto Hip Hop scene. The event will feature a cross-section of practitioners (emcees, deejays, breakdancers, graffiti artists, beat-makers, producers, and fashion designers), and personalities in sectors adjacent to Hip Hop culture (radio, television, film, journalism, street teams, concert promotion, music label executives, and public relations).
November 25, 2023
12-7pm
Second Student Centre
15 Library Lane (Keele Campus)
York University
"Making A Scene: Toronto Hip Hop at Hip Hop 50” has been made possible with the generous support of York University’s: The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies’ Anti-Black Racism Initiatives Fund; The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies’ Research Events Fund; Vice-President Research & Innovation’s Fund for Scholarly Events and Outreach Activities; Office of the Provost and VP Academic; Office of the Dean, School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design; Office of the Dean, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change; Urban Studies Program; Department of Music; the Oscar Peterson Chair in Jazz Performance; Department of History; Department of Social Science; Department of Humanities; Department of Communications & Media Studies; The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa & its Diasporas; The Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies; and The City Institute at York University.previous events
Roots Rhymes Collective, Hart House, The Urban at York University, CIUT 89.5 FM, & Toronto2.0 co-presents:
an informal workshop session with Canadian emcees Dan-e-o (of the Monolith Crew) and Keysha Freshh (of the Sorority). This session will bring together lyricists and music creators (at all levels of knowledge) to share rhymes, techniques, questions and ideas in a supportive and inclusive environment.
October 27, 2023
7 pm - 9 pm
Arbor Room, Hart House
University of Toronto
Roots Rhymes Collective, Hart House, The Urban at York University, CIUT 89.5 FM, Never Quantize, Loop Sessions Toronto, The Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University, The Music Den, & The Innovation Studio co-presents:
an informal workshop session with Canadian DJ and record producer K-Cut (of the legendary rap group Main Source). The session will bring together beatmakers, producers, and music creators (at all levels of knowledge) to share beats, tracks, techniques, questions and ideas in a supportive and inclusive environment.
October 18, 2023
7 pm - 9 pm
Music Den, The Creative School
Toronto Metropolitan University
Roots Rhymes Collective, Hart House, The Urban at York University & CIUT 89.5 FM co-presents:
a professional development day for teachers and teacher candidates that will give educators the opportunity to explore the theoretical approaches and practical application of Hip Hop pedagogy at the elementary, high school, and post-secondary level.
October 6, 2023
9 am - 3 pm
East Common Room, Hart House
University of Toronto
Roots Rhymes Collective, Hart House, The Urban at York University, CIUT 89.5 FM & Hip Hop Education Center co-presents:
a night to honour the three-plus decade career of Jeff ‘Spade’ Duke - Toronto’s OG b-boy. Having mastered the elements of graffiti (as Crazy Roc of the Graffiti Knights), breaking (as a dancer for Michie Mee), and emceeing (as the legendary emcee Spade of Citizen Kane), Spade is known in the early days of the culture as the Hip Hop barber and eventually the well known music producer and co-owner of Treehouse Records. To celebrate his legacy as an artist, innovator and entrepreneur, we will begin with a conversation moderated by Michele Geister - creator of MuchMusic’s RapCity - and commentary from special guests, and will close with a special screening of director Alison Duke’s “Raisin’ Kane: A Rapumentary” which highlights the journey of Citizen Kane to promote their sophomore album Deliverance.
September 22, 2023
6:30 pm - 10 pm
Music Room, Hart House
University of Toronto
