Manifesto competition declares full week of occasions to have a good time 50 years of hip hop from August 7-13

The competition’s music, arts, and tradition occasions throughout Toronto have a good time what summer time seems like and marks the style’s historic milestone anchored by a dwell live performance

“Manifesto Presents: The Block Social gathering” on August 11

The Manifesto competition of music, arts and tradition delivers a historic week-long lineup of occasions August Seventh-13 that celebrates the fiftieth Anniversary of Hip Hop by means of an African diasporic lens, anchored by a blockbuster dwell live performance expertise powered by The Block on Friday, August eleventh at RBC Echo Seaside in Toronto.

With a full lineup of performers throughout two phases, headliners for “Manifesto Presents: The Block Social gathering” are rap star Aminé and Canadian rap icon Saukrates.

Aminé, a Los Angeles-based musician of Ethiopian and Eritrean descent, is thought for his blockbuster multi-platinum hit single “Caroline”, noteworthy collaborations with Offset (Migos), Kehlani, and Younger Thug, all the best way to his current critically-acclaimed Might 2023 collaborative album ‘Kaytraminé’ with Grammy-winner Kaytranada that includes a who’s of multi-generational city music legends together with Pharrell Williams, Large Sean, Snoop Dogg, and Freddie Gibbs.

Toronto-based triple menace (rapper / producer / singer) performer Saukrates has a deep catalogue of timeless rap singles relationship again to the mid-90s that almost all die-hard rap followers and severe music critics acknowledge as being a few of the greatest music to return out of Canada.

His affect spreads to most of the Canadian music megastars of yesterday and in the present day, together with Drake – who he labored with early in his profession.

Equally spectacular are his manufacturing credit on albums by numerous hip hop icons together with Nas and Redman.

Hosted by The Relentless Diaries podcast crew (Zoie, Tresor, Chris), the Manifesto live performance stage may also characteristic a potent mix of dwell performances from notable Toronto music abilities of in the present day and tomorrow together with Kuruza, Eben, No Vacationers, SadBoi, Liza, and Eleanor.

CBC Music’s Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe will host the Block Stage, showcasing Canada’s brightest up to date rappers together with Keysha Freshh, Phoenix Pagliacci, Temia, Vince the Messenger, and Clairmont the Second.

Tickets for “Manifesto Presents: The Block Social gathering” can be found Thursday, June 15 at 10 a.m. EST through Ticketmaster with particular CBC Music, Manifesto, and Reside Nation presales beginning now.

Along with the CBC Music stage in Toronto, The Block, CBC Music’s house for music of Black origin – hosted weekdays by Angeline Tetteh-Wayoe – is celebrating 50 years of hip hop by airing 50 tales over 50 days – targeted on an artist, occasion or vital second in hip hop historical past.

Beginning final week, these 50 tales air nationwide every night time on The Block on CBC Music till August 11.

To shut out this particular night of dwell music, on August eleventh Manifesto’s official after-party begins at 10pm, that includes 4 native DJs and takes place at Nomad, an extremely trendy social membership pushing the boundaries of music & leisure.

The complete week of Manifesto competition programming begins its distinctive rollout on August Seventh with half one of many Music Summit happening on the Empress boat, in partnership with CIMA and Music Ontario, to seize the pre-existing Caribana energies within the air on this explicit weekend.

This 12 months’s programming slate contains two extremely informative panel discussions; one tied to the affect of Caribbean tradition on Hip Hop, with the opposite offering indie artists with the fitting instruments to achieve in the present day’s music market.

Day two of the summit on August eighth will supply up topical hands-on hip hop tradition workshops.

The mission of Manifesto has all the time been to supply accessible high-quality arts programming and a platform for rising artists to showcase their abilities, and this 12 months is not any totally different.

The competition celebration continues at Yonge and Dundas Sq. on August twelfth with a free admission Block Social gathering – in partnership with the Black Expertise Initiative and Speedy Transport – the place a full day of programming tied to hip hop tradition’s 5 principal “components” will embody dwell music performances, DJ’s spinning tracks to mirror the 5 a long time of hip hop’s musical output, a breakdancing battle and curated dance performances, dwell graffiti, a hip hop photograph exhibit, and quite a few distributors on website tied to the tradition.

Come have a good time Manifesto’s Hip Hop fiftieth Anniversary version that includes a traditional lineup that seamlessly blends African diaspora superstars with a few of Canada’s most interesting homegrown world class abilities!!!