hip hop Archives - Calgary Guardian https://calgaryguardian.com/tag/hip-hop/ Arts, Culture and Lifestyle from Calgary Sat, 20 Jun 2026 23:25:51 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://calgaryguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cropped-CalgaryGuardian_Logo_FaviconApp-32x32.jpg hip hop Archives - Calgary Guardian https://calgaryguardian.com/tag/hip-hop/ 32 32 Five Minutes With: Hip Hop Band Hip Hip Thursday https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-music-hip-hip-thursday/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 06:33:41 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=29267 Hip Hip Thursday formed organically as a cooperative of six musicians who met at the weekly jams. The resulting project maintained the collaborative energy that brought them together – a fusion of genres that created [...]

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]]> Five Minutes With: Hip-Hop Musician KTheChosen https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-music-kthechosen/ Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:33:43 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=29109 Raised in Zimbabwe and currently based in Calgary, KTheChosen is your Friendly Neighbourhood Rapper who creates music that is both entertaining and enlightening. K (as he is affectionately known) believes in the power of storytelling [...]

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]]> Five Minutes With: Hip-Hop Musician BNM EFOSA https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-music-bnm-efosa/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 06:33:01 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=27985 From the beginning, BNM EFOSA’s music career has been defined by urgency rather than convenience. What started as an outlet for unfiltered emotion quickly evolved into a disciplined pursuit of sound, identity, and longevity. Early [...]

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]]> Five Minutes With: Calgary Hip-Hop Artist Chills https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-music-chills/ Fri, 30 Jan 2026 06:33:28 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=27819 Chills is a Calgary-based artist who blends hip hop, pop, and electronic sounds with a dark tone shaped by his online presence. Known for his monotone voice, he writes and produces music that reflects identity, [...]

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]]> Five Minutes With: Calgary Hip-Hop Musician Kquan https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-music-kquan/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 06:33:04 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=27791 Kquan is an artist from Calgary, Alberta. A dynamic and versatile melodic boom bap hip hop artist whose music embodies the essence of storytelling, authenticity, and the raw emotions that make the genre so compelling. [...]

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]]> Five Minutes With: Alt Hip Hop Artist Muj https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-music-muj/ Fri, 26 Dec 2025 06:33:10 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=27591 Muj, born Mohammad Mujtaba Rashid, is a Canadian-Pakistani artist and alternative hip-hop musician who has been making music for six years. When he first started, he couldn’t afford studio time or engineers, so he taught [...]

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]]> Five Minutes With: Calgary Trap Artist NOYAN https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-music-noyan/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 06:33:15 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=27356 NOYAN is a Pakistani artist/ producer based out of Calgary, Canada. Influenced by modern Trap and R&B, NOYAN focuses on the fusion of the two genres with the Pakistani and Indian sub-genres of the same [...]

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]]> Five Minutes With: Calgary Musician Ricca Razor Sharp https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-music-ricca-razor-sharp/ Fri, 16 May 2025 06:33:28 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=25521 Ricca Razor Sharp is a 25-year veteran of Calgary’s hip-hop scene. His unique and memorable performances are known for good vibes, catchy songs, and crowd-pleasing freestyles. Feeding off the crowd’s energy, he combines old-school hip-hop [...]

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]]> Five Minutes With: Calgary Hip-Hop Artist Yung Cazzy https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-music-yung-cazzy/ Fri, 07 Mar 2025 06:33:44 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=24763 A Calgary-born hip-hop artist and producer, Yung Cazzy has been on the rise since 2018, delivering introspective lyrics atop melodic and experimental production that brings a sense of nostalgia. In 2019, he dropped his debut [...]

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]]> Five Minutes With: Calgary Hip-Hop Artist K-Riz https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-music-k-riz/ Fri, 19 Jan 2024 06:33:48 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=20917 A rare, multifaceted artist who can rap and sing with equal aplomb, K-Riz has earned admiration from audiences and critics alike for his emotional vulnerability and chameleonic versatility, chronicling his search for pockets of peace [...]

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