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How Sudanese refugee Mijok Lang became Winnipeg rapper Hot Dogg

Mijok Lang may not know how old he is, but he has no doubt where he comes from. He remembers, as a child, singing a familiar tribal song with friends. It was the only way, he says, that they could keep lions and other animals at bay in the jungles of Sudan and Ethiopia as… More »

Quebec City "hip hop historian" Webster. Photo courtesy Webster/Abuzive Muzik.

Quebec's "hip hop historian" raps about Québécois black heritage

Quebec city’s recent 400th anniversary celebration was quite a spectacle — Paul McCartney, Celine Dion, treasures from the Louvre, and even the occasional nod to diversity like the multicultural rap show, Hip hop tout en couleurs (Hip hop in all Colours). For the most part, though, the Quebec black experience went unacknowledged. For “Webster” Aly… More »