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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
July 08, 2019
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
Between a hit Vice TV series "Fuck That's delicious" and health scares, including an emergency surgery in Alaska, it's been a while since we've heard anything new from... 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
Photos by Ryan Stacey These photos may not be cropped or edited in any way and must only be for personal use with credit to ©Envy Magazine and ©Ryan... more
It's been a couple of years since country grammar made an appearance in the capital. Bluesfest 2016 was the last time, to be exact. This time around, he was setting his... 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 has been an interesting few days among Ottawa's music community after heated debates were sparked over Atlanta hip hop trio, Migos. As the first of two... 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
It was Juno weekend in Ottawa, which means a heavy roster of artists were set to perform in clubs across Ottawa for Junofest. Among them were the legendary Queens, NY,... more
It wouldn't be a Canadian tour if you didn't get stuck in the snow along the way; Which is exactly how T.I.'s Ottawa stop began when his tour bus broke down on his way... more
For the second time in less than a year, Ottawa hosted the wild-child of the new Toronto-- Tory Lanez-- for another sold out show. Fresh off his debut solo album I Told... more
The stage was hazy, dimly lit with hues of purple and blue, as the crowed thickened and waited for the artist alternatively known as "Pen Griffey". Bryson Tiller made... more
It was like a throwback to the 90's when calling guys "teen heartthrobs" was a thing; Which seems to be the phrase coming to mind when describing last night's headlining... 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
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
It's been five years since Slaughterhouse and Shady Records' rapper, Royce Da 5'9, has released a solo album. After spending the last few years getting sober and gaining... more
Whether it's giving out his phone number and answering calls from the Internet or having random Snapchat followers be his tour guides around Australia, Hopsin is an... more
Riding the wave of his debut album, Exis, released only 9 months ago, Roy Wood$ has created a nice buzz for himself in a very short period of time. Another talent... more
Back in March, British Columbia rapper, Merkules, embarked on an impressive 24 date tour across Canada with special guests Geoff English, Blaze On3, and Luca Melee, and... more
The new wave of R&B music doesn't exactly measure up to how it used to be, so it's necessary to take it back to the basics every now and then. After a MUCH... more
In just a few short weeks, Ginuwine will be coming through the 6 to perform at Danforth Music Hall for an unforgettable night of R&B's golden era. To hype the crowd... more
It's safe to say that the savagery was strong on this one as Tory Lanez tore down (almost literally) Ritual Nightclub in Ottawa last night. The Toronto artist's "no... more
Fresh off the brand new release of his 'Hotel Paranoia' mixtape, Jazz Cartier proves why Toronto's hip hop scene is the utmost lit right now. After having shared stages... more
As promised, after the original show back in December had been postponed, Troy Ave finally made his way to Ottawa for the first time thanks to Kapacity Entertainment and... more
After its multi-million dollar facelift, Lansdowne Park has been home to a slew of entertainment again in the last couple of years; From hosting CityFolk festival in... more
It's been three long years since we've heard an album from Detroit's own, Obie Trice, the man who brought us hip-hop classics from "Got Some Teeth" to "Shit Hits the... more
Photo Cred: Justin Browne Article Cred: Chizzle Chance the Rapper has been creeping his way into Canadian sound-waves recently, having played Bluesfest in Ottawa... more
It's been less than a year since we've seen Freddie Gibbs in Ottawa but fans were still psyched to see him hit the stage in our city again so soon. Since his last... more
We can't keep this guy out of Ottawa and why would we want to? It's always an interesting and entertaining experience when Tech N9ne rolls through for a show.... more
Almost a year since his appearance at Barrymore's Nightclub in Ottawa, Machine Gun Kelly returned to the city to perform at Algonquin College for his "Road Trippin"... more
Written by Chizzle Photos by Andrew Lessard Fresh off the recent success of the NWA biopic, 'Straight Outta Compton', DJ Yella embarked on a short Canadian tour... more
Written by Chizzle Photos by Donny Kashh & Alexandre Brault Community is everything when it comes to the hip hop culture and no one in Ottawa has been doing it... more
Photo credit Drew Yorke for Envy Magazine Instagram | Flickr Chi-town rapper, Mick Jenkins, finally touched down in the capital after a postponed show back in... more
Article by Donny Kashh for Envy Magazine Photo credit Drew Yorke for Envy Magazine Instagram | Flickr Set to end his three-city birthday celebration tour, Tory... 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
Photos shot by Drew Yorke for Envy Magazine Instagram | Flickr The young, talented, DC artist, brought his 'The Good Fight' tour to Ottawa for his first capital... more
White Iverson took over the capital just three days ago along with Ottawa's own VNCHY. Texas raised, residing in LA, Post Malone has managed to keep a low profile but... more
New York's Non Phixion performing live at Ritual Nightclub in Ottawa, ON. Opening performances from Aspects, Buck N' Nice, Flight Distance, and MIME. Show presented... more
Photo credit: Chizzle Photography Show presented by Jump 106.9 and Bydek Group Inc It's been about four years that Big Sean has hit the stage in Ottawa since his... more
Photo Credit: Andrew Lessard Back for another performance on the Ritual Nightclub stage in Ottawa, Ghostface Killah w/ GZA and Capadonna bring WuTang back to the... more
On a short Canadian run, Smif-n-Wessun stopped off in the capital, bringing their 20th anniversary of 'Da Shinin' to Ritual Nightclub. Show Presented by Kapacity... more
Presented by Kapacity Entertainment, this past Friday, rapper King Louie brought some Chi-Town to Ritual Nightclub along with some of our own from Ottawa. Following... more
It's clear to see that true hip-hop heads still (and always will) revel in the classics, like Mobb Deep's 'The Infamous'. The 20th anniversary of Mobb Deep's album... more
Ottawa hip hop heads hadn’t had Kansas City rapper Tech N9ne grace them with his presence since 2012, and last Tuesday during a stop on his Strangeulation Canadian... 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
Killa Cam performed for the first time in Ottawa this past Sunday at Ritual Nightclub; Presented by Kapacity Entertainment, Straight Goods, and Bydek Group. The... 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
Legends since the 90s, The Lox (Jadakiss, Styles P, & Sheek Louch) performed at Sound Academy, Toronto, for the first time together. Preceding performances by Peter... more
Brother Ali sits down with D.C. of WeFam Ent for Envy Magazine to discuss the Canadian tour with Shad, his funniest tour moments, advice for up-and-comers, plus... more
October 14th marked Black Milk's Ottawa leg of his "No Poison No Paradise" tour at Ritual Nightclub. Black Milk came with special guests Nat Turner, Quelle and DJ... more
Would you like a tour? Hell yeah, fuckin’ right! While we missed PARTYNEXTDOOR, we made it just in time to watch GA rapper, Future, perform his set. While his... more
R.A The Rugged Man's show at Ritual Nightclub was buzzing all over our news feeds the next afternoon. Why? Well, it got a little crazy and then it turned into a... 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
May 23rd, 2013 - It was their debut performance in Ottawa; Daz Dillinger and Kurupt tore down the Ritual Nightclub stage. The boys performed hits from Tupac's widely... more
May 17, 2013 - DJ Jazzy Jeff and DJ Skratch Bastid on four decks at Ritual Nightclub. Legendary night for all! Photos By Run 613 Presented By Kapacity... more
Presented by Union Events Photographer Jeffrey Chan Raekwon “The Chef” performs live at Sound Academy in Toronto on March 20th,... more
On the Ottawa leg of their 'Beautiful Death Machine' tour, Swollen Members performed to a crazy all ages show this past Tuesday; they seem to love the Ritual Nightclub... more
Presented by Kapacity Entertainment, Waka Flocka Flame performed for the first time at Ritual Nightclub, Ottawa, to a crazy, packed, and hyped crowd. Complete with a... more
Camp Lo Unsatisfied with the destinction of being the most underated hip-hop duo of their time, Sonny Cheeba and Geechi Suede collectively known as Camp Lo are... more
SWEATSHOP UNION | Vancouver, BC | Urbnet https://www.facebook.com/sweatshopunionfamily The collective, Sweatshop Union, created quite a buzz when it was announced... more
On January 13th, Houston rapper, Riff Raff, rocked the Ritual Nightclub stage in Ottawa. Special guests featuring Slightly Famous (Johnny Brahvo x Happy Killmore) and... more
On January 10th, LA rapper, Hopsin, touched the Phoenix Concert Theatre stage. Presented by Union Events Photos by Allison Janzen **If you would like any... more
Afrika Bambaataa Live at Ritual Nightclub Dec. 23rd, 2012 Presented by Kapacity Entertainment x Stamina Photos by Chizzle Photography VIDEO FOOTAGE COMING... more
Photographer Jeffrey Chan Macklemore and Ryan Lewis live at Sound Academy in Tornto, ON. Shot by Toronto Based Artist & Photographer -... more
Photographer: Chizzle Photography MADCHILD FULL INTERVIEW EXLUSIVE W/ ENVY LIVE SHOW FOOTAGE Madchild: Aspects + Swisha T: Tech N9ne: Coming... 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
Raekwon & Ghostface Killah Photo Cred: Jeffrey Chan Action Bronson Photo Cred: Jeffrey Chan Killer Mike Photo Cred: Jeffrey Chan Cello Kid Photo... more
For the very first time, America's Next Top Model Live made an appearance in the city of Toronto Envy Magazine was there to capture it all! This event featured the... more
Photo Cred: Chizzle Photography Photo Cred: Chizzle Photography Photo Cred: Chizzle... more
Despite that it was a Monday night, Kid Sister came all the way from the state of Illinois to deliver Ottawa an unbelievably energetic performance. This Chi-town rapper... more
The Roots Photo Cred: Deejay So-Nice Girl Talk Photo Cred: Chizzle Photography Erykah Badu Photo Cred: Chizzle Photography Classified Photo... more
