It’s an event we have been planning for a few months now. The Come Up Show is proud to present the show you definitely want to attend! Maybach Music Group signee Stalley, Juno nominated producer and artist Rich Kidd, The Antiheroes and Ngajuana June 1 at Apk Live. I truly hope everyone understands the magnitude of talent we have put together for this show.
What: The Come Up Show and N.E.C. Presents Stalley, Rich Kidd, The Antiheroes, Nga Live in Concert.
Where: APK Live. 340 Wellington St., London, ON.
When: June 1, 2012. Doors open 9pm.
Admission: $15 in advance. $20 at the door. Get advance tickets online from Ticketdriver You can also email info@thecomeupshow.com if you are looking for physical tickets.
RSVP on facebook for full details and updates.
Stalley’s career first took off when his and Ohio DJ Terry Urban’s mixtape ‘Goin’ Ape’ caught the interest of Mos Def; which led to the Ohio emcee opening for Mos on one of his tours. Along with Ross, Stalley’s list of known hip-hop associates is nothing short of impressive; with names like Ski Beatz, Jay Electronica, Wale, Curren$y, and even folk rocker John Mayer.
Rich Kidd is a juno nominated producer, who has produced for artists like Nelly Furtado, K-OS, Drake, Shad, and many more. Rich Kidd emerged in 2009 as a commercially viable producer when the legendary Busta Rhymes used his production for a mixtape cut featuring M.O.P.’s Billy Daze called “Indescribable.” That same year, Juno nominated Kos wrote one of his career’s biggest hits over a Rich Kidd production sampling Phantom Planet’s “California.” “I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman” featured Saukrates and Nelly Furtado and the video was nominated for a Best Hip Hop Video at the 2010 MMVAs. He has shared the stage with J. Cole, Jay Electronica, KRS One, Big Krit, Cory Gunz and Kendrick Lamar, and the Toronto Star named him one of Toronto’s top 5 independent MCs.
The Antiheroes consist of Sha and Flex—two emerging emcees from Durham Region with the lyrical finesse and throw-back vibe that remind you why you started listening to hip hop. The duo’s unique blend of vintage beats, catchy samples and effortless wordplay has fans buzzing, subscribing and following worldwide. From their upcoming debut This is FreeDUMB, singles “Fly” and “Circus Clowns” have been featured across industry sites and campus radio—from Germany to Australia—to an overwhelmingly positive response. At once classic and fresh, The Antiheroes are in it for one thing: the music.
Ngajuana
One of the most diverse and complete artists to ever hail from Canada, N.G.A (Ngajuana to his true fans) has shown absolute dedication to his craft. Over a span of 9 years, N.G.A has written 450 tracks and counting. N.G.A has performed more than a hundred live shows and has translated his considerable skills into opening for a good number of prominent hip-hop acts. Ngajuana is in the final stages of preparing to release his third, full-length album: Section One. Section One is entirely produced by the geniuses in the U.K.-based production team: PnT WorldWyde.
GodFathaz Production & 9-0- Nickel Entertainment Presents Styles P and Sheek Louch live in London, Ontario. When are you ever going to see Styles P in concert again? Make sure to get your tickets asap as this event has limited capacity. Already more than 100 tickets have been sold and less than 100 are available. There will be a meet and greet appearance from 1-4pm on Tuesday and the first 100 get free CD giveaways. Full details below!
What: Styles P and Sheek Louch Live in Concert. With special guests Peter Jackson, Trinity Chris, Dolla of Tha Paperchasers, Frank Dukez and hosted by Jux Cain.
Where: Club Noir 183 King Street London
When: Tuesday May 15, 2012. Doors open 9pm.
Admission: Advance Tickets only $30.00 and you can get them at Trendsetter on 727 Richmond St. You can call them at 519 438 1447. Other outlets are Grooves, United Kutz and Underground Barbershop. RSVP on Facebook
As The Come Up Show expands our coverage of Hip-Hop concerts and events, we would like to give ambitious photographers an opportunity to develop their skill and add to their portfolio. As we say in the application, The Come Up Show has photographed the world’s biggest artists from Drake, Busta Rhymes, Fabolous, Method Man, Kid Cudi, Rick Ross, J.Cole, Wale, and countless more. Our photographers get their work seen all around the world, opportunities are created for them, and their portfolio is upgraded because of their work with The Come Up Show.
Hit the jump to take a look at the application and good luck. Deadline to apply is May 21, 2012.
The Come Up Show presents part 3 of our interview with Phife Dawg, you might remember the 2011 documentary Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels Of A Tribe Called Quest, you might not know that it’s a winner in the Producers Guild Award, received a Grammy and NAACP Image Awards nomination, amongst others. Phife tells us how he feels about all the attention and acclaim the documentary got. Something not too many people know is that Nas was one of the first to suggest that Tribe should do a documentary back in 2008. Michael Rapport and Nas came together to work on the documentary but due to personal issues in Nas’ life he couldn’t continue with the documentary.
Phife Dawg also tells about Q-Tip personality, why he feels Q-Tip is a reluctant superstar, Phife says “in the studio and the stage is when his ego comes out but offstage meeting and greeting he isn’t comfortable with people, he still hasn’t got used to it, I’m not sure why but it is what it is”. Check this out and more in part.3 of our itnerview with Phife Dawg, make sure to subscribe to The Come Up Show TV for part. 4 as Phife reminisces his working experience with J Dilla.
The Come Up Show Presents Part 2 of our interview with Phife Dawg, this is the first time he talks about the new album and its title Cheryl’s Big Son: The Anomaly and the first single is called Soulmen featuring one of his artists LEL. I asked Phife about the high expectation fans have because it is his first solo album in twelve years, he tells us he wasn’t thinking of making an album because of his battle with his health, unless it was a Tribe album, he was just going to produce, but all of a sudden he caught the bug again while producing. He tells us this and more in Part. 2 of our interview with Phife Dawg.
Make sure to check back tomorrow on The Come Up Show TV for part. 3 of our interview as he talks about the Tribe documentary.
The Come Up Show had the opportunity to sit down with Phife Dawg of the legendary A Tribe Called Quest. One of the best interviews we’ve done so far as Phife sat down for over 20 minutes answering our questions about J.Dilla, the Tribe documentary, his relationship with Q-Tip and much more. Since we live in a A-D-D- world we decided to split it the interview into a few parts, in part.1 of our interview Phife discusses how he feels about Jeremy Lin and the New York Knicks.
Check it out and make sure to subscribe to The Come Up Show TV for the rest of the series.
Brand new video from The Don himself, Nasir Jones. I’m really excited for his album titled Life is Good which releases on July 17, 2012. Check out the video below directed and visualized by Aristotle and features people you should know like Steve Stoute. If you haven’t already check out Daughters produced by NO ID which was released just yesterday.
5 Years ago today- April 19, 2007 was the first official timeslot of The Come Up Show. I started doing the Wednesday night/Thursday morning time slot 2am-6am every week. My only goal was to give artists a chance for their music to be heard, to play great Hip-Hop and R&B music I felt wasn’t being represented at all on radio or TV.
5 years later The Come Up Show has developed into an award winning radio show and we just got a stylus nomination for College Radio Show of the year. We launched The Come Up Show website which is home for daily music updates and news. The Come Up Show TV which has gained over half a million views from interviewing artists like Shad, Method Man, Kendrick Lamar and countless other people. One of the special things about The Come Up Show is the great people we have attracted; from our bloggers, video team, marketing and street team, together we helped artists who we believe in. We did the first Canadian interview with artists like Big KRIT who is on his way to superstardom, and we contributed to the culture we love and that is the most important thing.
Tonight we are celebrating at APK LIVE and it’s going to be a great show as Parrish from the legendary EPMD will be performing, Citizen Kane, Angerville and other talented artists. To me this isn’t just a celebration of what we have accomplished but it’s a celebration to what is possible.
I would like to thank every single person and organization who have supported us. 94.9FM CHRW being the foundation to where it all started and our peers, and fans that continue to support us.
Come out tonight and celebrate with us, there will be ice cream cake and great people vibing. Tickets are still avaliable and only 15 bucks.
Right after his set at the Young Jeezy concert a couple of weeks ago, I had the opportunity to catch up with Richie Blackz for a quick interview. He discussed his focus, the La Vie mixtape, the branding, and what is coming up next for him. If you regularly visit The Come Up Show website and pay attention to the scene then you definitely know who Richie is. Check out the interview below.
Paid Dues festival was a couple of weekends ago in San Bernardino, California. We had a team cover the event that had acts like Wu-Tang Clan, Brother Ali, Macklemore and so many more. Check out part. 1 of our photos captured by Isaac Garcia.
I’m excited to present our interview with the legendary producer 9th Wonder and Grammy nominated emcee/singer/songwriter Phonte. I caught up with them in Toronto this past fall and due to unforeseen circumstances we lost the video footage but we still felt the world needed to hear this interview, so we put together the audio, our photography, and with some great editing skills we are happy to share it with you.
9th Wonder first answers how we can educate our culture on the history of Hip-Hop and why it is important he also tells us what the difference is between Destiny and Legacy. Phonte then answers my questions and gives me an example about the “legitimate struggle between doing right thing and doing some nigga shit”. He also expands on what his GPS is in Hip-Hop industry, where it’s a game that has no blueprint he tells us what guides. They both also tell us what music means to them and more. Check out the interview below on The Come Up Show.
