College Composition & Critical Thinking - South Asian Lit & Religion - Electronic Music & Dj Culture - Tweets 4 self, no 1 else!
Jun 16, 2020 • 18 tweets • 9 min read
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1. Two old colleagues of mine - @dankojones and @ErrolNazareth - have opened up important conversations about race & the Canadian music industry, particularly in light of apparent disconnects between everyday practice and newfound 'black square' activism - #clicktivism.
2. As I read these threads, I’m getting hit with deja vu - feels exactly like #TDot frustrations in the late 90s, when Toronto rap was on the rise, yet none of the major labels were signing them. Hesitation everywhere. I wrote a research story on this in '98 for @exclaimdotca.
