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“If you come to my shows, there’s all kinds of different races, all kinds of different people. Now, I feel accepted.” - Kane Brown Photo by Chelsea... more
July 15, 2019
“If you come to my shows, there’s all kinds of different races, all kinds of different people. Now, I feel accepted.” - Kane Brown Photo by Chelsea... more
Editorial by Tom Mt Pleasanthidden-beats.com Photo by Tom Mt Pleasanthidden-beats.com The Garçons duo had a very interesting stage kit set up with a plant and... more
Photos and editorial by Tom Mt Pleasant hidden-beats.com Photo by Tom Mt Pleasanthidden-beats.com We started out the day with the lovely NAO at the... more
It's that time of year again! The ice has finally thawed and everyone's wondering who they're going to see pop up on the roster for Ottawa's 10-day festival known as... more
Machine Gun Kelly Machine Gun Kelly is the wild child of hip hop so it's no surprise when he goes full-throttle for his performances; Bringing everything from confetti... more
Opening weekend of Ottawa Bluesfest 2018 promised to be an unforgettable one, as always. With acts like Bryan Adams just for the pre-game to the weekend, there were some... more
The most anticipated list in Ottawa has just been released: the Bluesfest lineup. Every year, we twiddle our thumbs for a whole year in hopes that we're going to see who... more
As the only hiphop act in the lineup this year, Folk Malone (lol) had a big void to fill for the rap fans heading to the first night of Ottawa's CityFolk Festival. A... more
It's been 8 years since OVO Fest became a staple for Caribana weekend in Toronto. Last night, Drake placed another successful one at Budweiser Stage under his... more
Usually rappers are late, it's just the nature of artists in general, so it wasn't a shocker that 30 minutes had passed and Migos were still not on stage. Much to... more
Festival season is in full swing and Fetty Wap has been making his rounds; Performing at London's 'Wireless' Festival, then Michigan's 'Common Ground' festival, followed... more
While you would think that a 50 Cent concert would draw out all the 30-something year olds wanting to re-live their high school '21 Questions' days, night two of... more
Since Drake wants to keep putting out announcement after track after collaboration, we're soon going to rename Envy Magazine to "alldrakeeverything.com". Just today, the... more
From June 23rd - 25th, Toronto will be hosting it's 23rd year of NXNE Festival in the Port Lands. Aside from live performances-- which is a large part of why people do... more
Every year, the anticipation builds for the Ottawa Bluesfest lineup to be announced and, every year, a heavy list is dropped on us. Digging through the dozens of acts... more
If you're in the 25 and up age group then a Nelly show is the perfect place to be if you want to feel 15 years younger again. It was a day of nostalgia at Ottawa... more
Sardines. If asked to describe the massive crowd that packed in for Future on the 8th day of Ottawa Bluesfest, the word "sardines" comes to mind. Amidst rumours that... more
It was a spectacular return for Ottawa's own, Belly, on day four of Ottawa Bluesfest 2016. The prodigal son has been off making hit records with The Weeknd and being... more
If you like Earl Sweatshirt and getting caught in the rain, day three at Ottawa Bluesfest was the perfect setting for you. Another young crowd, similar to ScHoolboy Q on... more
There are many big-name acts that people look forward to every year at RBC Ottawa Bluesfest. But what about the ones bred in our very own hometowns? They get tons of... more
A sticky, 35-degree opening day of Ottawa Bluesfest had security already pulling out hoses to cool down a slew of concert-goers. Despite the heat, the Claridge stage... more
While the dust has settled in Toronto from the buzz of last weekend's events, we're finally here to relive some of the memorable OVO Fest 2015 moments. This is the 6th... more
"In 20 years, we've never had a bad show because we play for the best god damn people in the world", said Ken Casey, as a sea of fans packed in to the Claridge stage... more
July 15th was a rather 'laxed day at Bluesfest for us at Envy Magazine; Nevertheless, we did catch a few note-worthy performances. Following the biggest disappointment... more
Photo Credit Chizzle Photography | IG: @chizzlephotodesign Despite our reputation of shooting the Wu-Tang's of the music scene, every now and then an act comes... more
Photo Credit Chizzle Photography | IG: @chizzlephotodesign In one of the most interesting performances we've seen thus far at Bluesfest, CeeLo Green took the... more
Photo Credit Chizzle Photography | IG: @chizzlephotodesign Despite not being the headliner of night four at Bluesfest, Nas was certainly the highlight of the... more
It was back in 2007 that Kanye first appeared on the Ottawa Bluesfest stage, one of their first ventures into featuring hip hop acts at the festival. Despite the... more
This tour was so unmissable that the Bluesfest directors added an entire extra day just to accommodate it. "The Full Flex Express" tour rolled into Ottawa with a boat... more
Written by Drew Yorke for Envy Magazine Check out: Day One ft. Tink, Dillan Ponders, and more & Day Two ft. Vince Staples, Heems, and Raz Fresco NXNE 2015, The... more
Written by Drew Yorke for Envy Magazine Check out: Day One ft. Tink, Dillan Ponders, and more NXNE 2015 Presents: Heems and Raz Fresco at The Drake Hotel... more
NXNE Red Bull Sound Select Presents: Tink at Adelaide Hall feat. Bishop Nehru, Kate Tempest, Allie and Dillan Ponders. Dillan Ponders Photos shot by Drew Yorke... more
Author: Andrea Desjardins Have you ever seen a slam poet do their thing? Even better, have you ever seen twelve slam poets competing against each other in an audience... more
Photo Credit: Chizzle Photography The show began with an homage to Tupac's "Hail Mary" in J. Cole's Friday Night Lights (2010) track, "Enchanted". The energy was... more
Photo Credit Chizzle Photography Standing in the media pit, waiting for an artist to begin, we tend to overhear many conversations from anxious fans. While waiting... more
Day one of Ottawa's 20th annual Folk Festival was a different palette of music for us here at Envy Magazine; Luckily, hip-hop culture is all about expanding outside the... more
Written by Alex Brazeau This was one of the big shows we’d really been waiting for here at Envy. On a day that had been stacked full of hip hop performances, it was... more
Written by Alex Brazeau Childish Gambino aka Donald Glover (or, if you still aren’t sure who we’re talking about, Troy from NBC’s hit comedy Community), the... more
Written by Alex Brazeau On a day with a stacked hip hop lineup, having to take the stage early and still remaining at the end of the night as the evening’s most... more
Written by Alex Brazeau Have you heard of Yung Lean yet? If you have, that’s probably about all you could say… that you’ve heard of him—though it probably... more
Written by Alex Brazeau One of the most anticipated acts among this year’s Bluesfest hip hop heads had to be the leader of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All (but to... more
Written by Alex Brazeau In what seemed like a bit of a warm-up to the hip hop heavy day planned for later in the week, Cypress Hill was on deck as the second rap... more
Written by Alex Brazeau There wasn’t a whole lot of hip hop happening on day two, but day three brought us a real gem. If you aren’t yet familiar with Ottawa’s... more
Written by Alex Brazeau Truth be told, I didn’t know a whole lot about Danny Brown’s music until recently… but anyone who ends up on as many end-of-year lists... more
Last Wednesday at RBC Bluesfest was like a marathon for us at Envy Magazine; Running from stage to stage in the blistering heat was worth it to see some of the... more
After hours of torrential downpours and chants of "WU-TANG CLAN AIN'T NOTHIN TO (you know)", 7 out of the army of rappers that is the Wu-Tang Clan finally made it to... more
"A cold beer on a friday night..." Bluesfest has become a sole way for many of us in Ottawa to see artists that we've loved forever and waited forever to see live;... more
With a "lively Canadian beer" in his hand and some crazy Irish anecdotes, Dave King and his band, Flogging Molly, gave their audience an unforgettable performance on... more
On opening night, all of us 20-somethings had the chance to relive our junior high years when bands like Yellowcard, Blink-182, and of course Jimmy Eat World were the... more
CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS TO OTTAWA'S 2013 RBC BLUESFEST Ottawa RBC Bluesfest is finally upon us for another year and we couldn't be more stoked! This will be Envy... more
Ottawa's annual folk festival has just announced their, again, incredible lineup-- adding to our excitement around this year's summer festivals! We're seeing names... more
NXNE and NOW Magazine present this Grammy award winning rapper and actor who’s going from the big screen to the big stage. LUDACRIS headlines Yonge-Dundas... more
From FUN. to B.B King, Bluesfest's array of different artists is no shock as they announced their lineup for 2013. We at Envy are excited to see all the hip hop acts... more
Envy Magazine had a blast covering Ottawa Bluesfest for the second year in a row. We all got to see some amazing performances and meet incredible people. We would like... more
The Roots Photo Cred: Deejay So-Nice Girl Talk Photo Cred: Chizzle Photography Erykah Badu Photo Cred: Chizzle Photography Classified Photo... more
