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This Is a Throwdown: A Toronto Hip-Hop History

This Is a Throwdown: A Toronto Hip-Hop History

Cowie, del F.

Paperback

General SociologyHip Hop

Publisher Price: $24.99

PREORDER - Expected ship date February 2, 2027

ISBN10: 1770415548
ISBN13: 9781770415546
Publisher: ECW Press
Published: Feb 2 2027
Pages: 344
Weight: 1.04
Language: English
From blockos to Billboard hits, the previously untold story of the Toronto Sound

Long before Drake picked up the mic, Toronto had a thriving, vital hip-hop culture fighting for recognition. It was shaped by multiple generations of artists, including Maestro Fresh Wes, Michie Mee, Kardinal Offishall, Saukrates, Choclair, and k-os, and fostered shrewd promoters and pioneering producers such as Ron Nelson, Noah 40 Shebib, and Boi-1da.

This Is a Throwdown authoritatively chronicles the music, history, and environment that shaped the Toronto hip-hop sound, from its 1980s sound system scene through to Drake's stratospheric success with 2011's Take Care.

Drawing on Del Cowie's two decades of experience as a music journalist, This Is a Throwdown is the first book to critically assess and chronicle the largely untold story of hip-hop culture in Toronto, including:

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