Canadian Music

Lyrical Assault is a Montreal hip hop group from Quebec in Canada and made it’s first performance in front of a live audience at the Sproat Hip Hop show in June 2002. They quickly made their place on the Sproat rap scene in Montreal and occurs in areas coveted by emerging groups such as Bourbon Street West, Manchester bar, the Foufounes électriques, the Alizé Montreal, Chez Maurice, Saints Showbar, Club Soda.

Criollo is a Montreal-based Latin, hip-hop band. Their music draws from bachata, hip-hop, reggae, Latin and R&B influences, and is sung in Spanish. The band formed in 2003 include four members; Salvador “Sol” Valdez, Jose “Chiro” Mata, Alexis “El Gordo” Grullon and Gilbert “Giby” Capellan.

Chris Greenwood, better known by his stage name Manafest, is a Canadian Christian rapper from Toronto, Ontario. He is also a skater, which led to his career in hip hop; after an accident in 1998, he took time to focus on rap and was noticed by Trevor McNevan of Ontario-based band Thousand Foot Krutch. This led to his signing to an internationally distributed label, BEC Recordings under the Uprok Records label, and his debut release Epiphany, which was made primarily of West Coast hip hop with several rapcore outings in the vein of Limp Bizkit.

Loco Locass are an hip hop group from Quebec formed in 1995. The group often defends the role of the French language in Canada, and champions Quebec sovereignty. Loco Locass’ lyrics often deal with the role of the French language, and Quebec’s role in Canada. Songs such as ROC Rap and Résistance highlight the band’s political leanings, and their strong advocation for Quebec to secede from Canada.