Nominees For 14th Annual Indie Awards Announced

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The nominees for this year’s Indie Awards, which will be awarded on May 10th at Kool Haus, have been announced.

The nominees for Rap/Hip-Hop Artist/Group or Duo of the Year are Classified, Grand Analog, Rich Kidd, Shad and SonReal.

SonReal & Rich Kidd also find themselves nominated for Collaboration of the Year against Classified’s “Inner Ninja” (with David Myles), JRDN’s “Can’t Choose” (with Kardinal Offishall), The Weeknd and Drake’s “Live For” and “Beat This Heart” by Tim Chaisson and Serena Ryder.

Shad also finds himself nominated for Album of the Year, Artist of the Year and Video of the Year for “Remember to Remember.”

For a full list of nominees across the 37 categories go to indies.ca.

HiGradeTV & DJ Rated R release Canadian Kush Vol. 3

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This is the third installment of the Canadian Kush series from HiGradeTV.com and DJ Rated R featuring tracks from Drake, The Weeknd, JD Era, P. Reign, Peter Jackson, Rock Da House, Dusty Wallace and more.

DOWNLOAD: Canadian Kush Vol. 3 (DatPiff)

1.Canadian Kush Vol.3 (Intro)
2.Big Lean feat. Chinx Drugz – Squeeze (Prod. 2Epik)
3.Juicy J feat. The Weeknd – One Of Those Nights (Prod. Illangelo)
4.Peter Jackson – Faded (Prod. Young K)
5.K-Fresh feat. Tre Nyce – Kush La La Bye (Prod. Mr. Magicc)
6.J Noble – I Go Hard (Prod. Arthur McArthur)
7.Sha Hustle – What I Do
8.Big Lean – I Still Do It (Prod. Boi-1da)
9.Drake – 5AM In Toronto (Prod. Boi-1da)
10.Honey Cocaine – Bad Gal (Prod. Dkevrim)
11.Wink feat. C-Flowz – Overtime (Prod. Pops On Da Beat)
12.Gon Gotti feat. Scrwg Scrilla – Break It Down (Prod. Dober)
13.KG feat. Richie Stacks & Young Grove – Like You (Prod. K. Wilson)
14.Big Lean feat. Chief Keef – My Lifestyle (Prod. Metcalfe)
15.P. Reign feat. A$AP Rocky – We Them Niggas (Prod. Pro Logic)
16.Rock Da House – Swimming In The Money
17.D Chase feat. Milli Millz – Get It (Prod. The Overdose)
18.Deezy Tha Don feat.Young Kidd – Choppaz In My Trunk (Prod. Johnny Juliano)

Drake Announces 3rd Annual OVO Fest

Drake recently announced the date for the 3rd annual OVO Fest, which will take place at the Molson Canadian Amphitheatre on August 5th. The show will feature performances by A$AP Rocky, The Weeknd, 2 Chainz, as well as Drake himself. Tickets go on sale on June 9th.

OVO FEST 2012
Drake
w/ A$AP Rocky, The Weeknd, 2 Chainz and more

Sunday, August 5, 2012 @ 7:30 PM
Molson Canadian Amphitheatre

Tickets: $49.50-$121 | Ticketmaster

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2012 Stylus Award Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 7th annual Stylus Awards presented by Pioneer DJ have been announced. The event will take place on May 26th and will be hosted by comedian TRIXX. Tickets for the event can be purchased at ticketmaster.ca beginning on Monday. A few of the award nominations are listed below. Click here for full listing.

Fan Choice Club DJ of the Year presented by Pioneer DJ
4 Korners (Toronto)
Charlie Brown (Toronto)
Hedspin (Vancouver)
Lissa Monet (Toronto)
Wristpect (Toronto)
Keith Dean (Montreal)

Fan Choice Artist of the Year presented by Pioneer DJ
Anjulie
Drake
Kardinal Offishall
Karl Wolf
Melanie Fiona
The Weeknd

Canadian Hip Hop Single of the Year
A-Game – Oh My!
Classified – That Ain’t Classy
Drake ft. Tyga, Lil’ Wayne – The Motto
JD Era ft. Lokz – Change
Kardinal Offishall – Ignorant
P Reign – I Need It All
Reema Major – I’m The One
Rock Da House – For My City Remix

Canadian Producer of the Year
Arthur McArthur (Tyga – “Kings & Queens”)
Boi-1da (Drake – “Headlines”)
Cirkut (Rihanna – “You The One”)
Illangelo (Drake – “Crew Love”)
Noah “40” Shebib (DJ Khaled ft. Drake, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne – “I’m The One”)
T-Minus (Lil Wayne ft. Drake – “She Will”)

Toronto DJ of the Year
4 Korners
Charlie Brown
Jester
Lissa Monet
Ritz
Wristpect

Artist Mixtape of the Year
Ayah & DJ Jazzy Jeff – Back For More
Belly – The Greatest Dream I Never Had
Magnum – I’m G.O.O.D
Raz Fresco – MCMXCV
Reema Major – I Am Legend
Rich Kidd – We On Some Rich Kidd Sh*t Vol 5: Born To Win
Shaun Boothe – Waiting Room
Son Real – Where’s Waldo?
The Airplane Boys – Where’ve You Been
The Weeknd – House of Balloons

Underground Hip Hop DJ of the Year
Big Jacks (Toronto)
Dames Nellas (Toronto)
DJ Fase (Toronto)
DJ Law (Toronto)
DJ Sage (Vancouver)
Marvel (Vancouver)

Hall of Fame Inductees
Michie Mee (Artist)
DJ Bunny (Calgary) (DJ)

Nominees for the 2012 SiriusXM Indie Awards

The 12th Annual Independent Music Awards will be presented on Saturday, March 24th in the Canadian Ballroom at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. The nominees for the awards were released a couple days ago and while there isn’t a lot of hip hop representation, there is one local rapper who found himself nominated as D-Sisive was listed in the Urban Artist/Group or Duo of the Year category. He is up against Swollen Members and singers Danny Fernandes, JRDN and The Weeknd.

Tickets to the awards are $39.50 and can be purchased via the Canadian Music Fest website.