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Cadence Weapon wins Polaris Music Prize for Parallel World
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Cadence Weapon wins Polaris Music Prize for hip hop album Parallel World
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While the world underwent social and political awakenings at the peak of the pandemic, Cadence Weapon, given name Rollie Pemberton, wanted to compel the world to listen more.
Parallel World is a 26-minute exploratory and moody rap album that uses distinct references to Black experiences, histories and archives in Canada. Some have called it dystopian and dark which the artist admits he finds frustrating.
The album begins with Africville s Revenge, an ode to the nearly 150-year-old Black community in Halifax that was demolished in the 1960s by the City of Halifax. The song was inspired by his new neighbourhood, Little Jamaica, a cultural heritage locus that has been impacted by gentrification, transit construction and the City of Toronto s failure to claim it as a protected heritage district.
During the first ten years of my career, I basically didn t make a dime
Published Jul 06, 2021
When not writing poems, clever, timely raps or chapters for his forthcoming book, Cadence Weapon writes a personal newsletter on subjects including artistic process, social issues, and now, the extractive and predatory dealings of the music industry that nearly led to the derailment of his career.
A new entry shared today finds Rollie Pemberton charting the personal and professional challenges that came after signing a 360 recording deal with an independent label early in his career, and how that experience led him to begin managing his career himself towards the end of 2015.