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A recent surge in the quality of the Canadian hip hop scene, has resulted in increased coverage for many of the standout artists. Known for intelligent lyricism and a expert understanding of rhyme patterns and flows, it's due time that the scene began to receive more commercial exposure. Shad is not a new name to CitR, having featured in one of our first articles way back in April, as well as a comprehensive review of his critically acclaimed third album TSOL, therefore we were delighted when we were given the opportunity to have a quick chat with the rapper before [...]

Eminem: 3 AM (directed by Syndrome) If there is one field that hip-hop lags behind in comparison to other genres, it's music videos. We're all aware that the phrase "hip-hop music video" has become synonymous with many negative stereotypes, but more and more, rappers have been breaking free from this mould. Eminem is just too batshit [...]

One of my favourite artist and people. Shad K. He is such a genuine person and artist and he's so engaging you really want to see him succeed. Maybe succeed isn't the right word because everyone has a different idea of what succeeding in this business means. He's simply an artist that needs to be heard. He has the capability to inspire. He's currently on the Warped Tour doing every single date.... visit his blog as he ventures into new cities. http://www.shadk.com/ Here's some eye candy. [...]

Totally meta and hilarious, Shad 's video for "The Old Prince Still Lives At Home" is probably our favorite thing ever when it comes to send-up's of our youth. We know, the new "90210" series is close, but not quite (Shannen Doherty is still alive, who knew?). The song is old-as-hell (in blog terms) but we missed it last year, so we're taking it to you now. Shad (born Shadrach Kabango) has officially revitalized our belief in there being such a thing as Canadian hip hop with his most recent record, The Old [...]

• Shad - The Old Prince Still Lives At Home
• Shad - Wild