MC Shadow

If this ain't da craziest treasure discovered @nardwuar with our record and showin' some luv & recog! Tnx Homie! #validation #hiphophistory #getloosecrew #80'shiphop #tdothiphop #thanks #nardwuar #music #hiphop #canadianhiphop #nowmagazine #samuelengelking #respectthearchitects

#ReLateNews The Great Hall was lit for #Nardwuar the Human Serviette. Got 2 tnk him in person for years of showing love to #GLC & keeping our name in Canadian hip-hop history. Masterclass show. Real passion. Real respect. Doot doo! La-doot-doot! #Nardwuar #GetLooseCrew #MCShadow

#TimeCapsuleMoment Ep6 “Inferno” opens with “Lost” — guitar riff and solo by Justin Koop (BTown Sound). From hitting #5 on !earshot to opening a TV episode. Studio to screen. Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/6cJaj5KR… #FrontMen #Lost #MCShadow

#Press #Interview 🧵 2/2 Full article: boldjourney.com/news/meet-neil… #MCShadow #BoldJourney #Judgement2025 #NeilDMonte #MenspeakingTV

#Press #Interview 🧵 1/2 Filmmaker Neil D’Monte was featured in Bold Journey Magazine including a shout-out to our latest Toronto studio session and upcoming single “Judgement.” It also highlights my Executive Producer role on MENSPEAKING, a new series built on real conversation

#ComingSoon East Park Productions has been building MENSPEAKING for years — a 12-episode unscripted series, companion podcast, and documentary. Not star worship — real talk on men, mindset, and modern life. #Menspeaking #VoiceTruthImpact #MCShadow

My testimonial was included in “Remembering Rap City” at the AGO — alongside people who helped put Canadian hip-hop on national television. Full testimonial: youtu.be/0ebF_C4bVuU 4 anyone who wants deeper context. Rap City mattered. It changed visibility. It changed trajectory

🧵 2/2 FEVA hasn’t released segment yet, For anyone who wants deeper context, the entire interview is here: INSERT LINK In that era, it wasn’t about Black or white. You were real — or you weren’t. #MCShadow #TorontoHipHop #HipHopLegacy (2/2)

🧵1/2 @ AGO for A Great Day in Toronto Hip Hop, sat down w/ FEVA TV was asked: “Back in ’80s, hip-hop culture was very Black. How was it being a white MC representing in those days?” My response begins with: “What a great question…” #MCShadow #FEVATV #TorontoHipHop #HipHopLegacy

#ReLateNews “A Great Day in Toronto Hip Hop” — Patrick Nichols’ portrait of 103 pioneers at Liberty Grand, echoing Harlem ’58 and Hip-Hop ’98, later featured at the AGO’s The Culture exhibit. Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Great_D… #AGreatDayInTorontoHipHop #MCShadow #CanadianHipHop

#ReLateNews Proud to be part of AGO’s The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century — including “A Great Day in Toronto Hip Hop” by Patrick Nichols (103 pioneers, Aug 14, 2024). Validation: hip-hop is art. More: readfoyer.com/article/great-… #MCShadow #GetLooseCrew #AGO

#ReLateNews Honoured to have Get Loose Crew named among “The First 50: Toronto’s Hip-Hop Architects” at UofT Hart House (with York U) — cementing 1980–2000 as a documented era. Event: harthouse.ca/events/thefirs… #TorontoHipHop #GetLooseCrew #HipHopHistory

#ReLateNews Featured in Drop the Needle (2023) Canterbury Crescent Filmworks, documenting Play De Record as the heartbeat of Toronto’s underground. Our image & legacy live in the narration. Full story: eastparkproductions.ca/news/get-loose… #GetLooseCrew #DropTheNeedle #TorontoMusicHistory

#ReLateNews DJ Shadow’s In Tune & On Time (LA, 2002) opened with a lift from our 1988 “Wannabe,” alongside Cut Chemist & Nu-Mark. Unlicensed, but taken as respect 1st time Canadian hip-hop got that kind of lift. Clip: youtube.com/shorts/kelEVTU… #DJShadow #GetLooseCrew #HipHopLegacy

@RealCitizenKane Hip-Hop didn’t come and go… We’re still here. #MCShadow #GetLooseCrew #HipHopLegacy #TorontoHipHop #Flemo

Respect to Mix-Master Len the “Two” that completed the ones & twos. Never forgotten. Rest easy. Much love to @rootsrhymecollective for preserving what we built. @jonesauduke + @realcitizenkane you didn’t draw faces you captured history. More than nostalgia. This is proof.

Some things don’t fade… they just get deeper with time. Big thank you to Keath Beatty Flemo roots, real history. This isn’t just a sweatshirt - legacy pressed in fabric. Salute to my brother @bigticketpro JEL foundation. @realdoncarlito my mic partner in legacy. Forever stamped.

#TimeCapsuleMoment Ep5 “EEEK” — scored by unreleased “88” from current sessions, then closing credits roll with “Resurrection.” Past and present in one episode. Resurrection: open.spotify.com/track/2guT9tVC… #FrontMen #MCShadow #Resurrection

#TimeCapsuleMoment Ep4 “Win-Win-Win” rolls credits with my unreleased ’90s joint “Played Out” ft. Kaye Sergeant — finally breathing on screen after decades in the vault. Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/1hvhVQzC… #FrontMen #MCShadow #PlayedOut

#ReLateNews LOST BTS — big builds, real pyros, “Blowtorch Stevens” literally lighting a cig with a blowtorch, gun-range sequences and all. Stakes higher, loyalties tested, lines blurred. Clip: youtu.be/rIu75cKeRIE #MCShadow #Lost #Pyrotechnics

#OnSet #BTS LOST: rooftops, barbershops, garages, gun ranges, police rooms — all real locations. No fake backdrops. Every spot adds weight to the story. This wasn’t just a shoot, it was a mission. #LOST #MCShadow #LocationShoot