At 16 he was battling at house parties and in bars. A year later he released his first mixtape “Vol.I – Untouchables” and went on to release the well-reviewed and successful “Vol. II – Blood In Blood Out” at age 18. Went on to drop the mixtape “Dieslow Records – Vol.I” which had a wealth of local talent underneath the Dieslow banner showcasing various genres including death metal, singer-songwriters, and screamo as well as our good friend Hip Hop.

She is always out to challenge the way she and the people around her live and think.She spent much of her childhood summers on the Carnival Circuit with her parents, which could explain her astute lyrical insight into human nature and the world around us. This, combined with her intimacy on stage and vulnerability within her work, creates an atmosphere of poignancy and revelation. She works with an inspiring amount of determination, consistently expanding her talent and moving her audiences through both poetry and music. Her writing is raw, it’s real and it’s relevant.

“It Just Begun” for me in about 1978 when some of my friends and I figured out that if we put a reostat on the motor power line of our old crappy Realistic direct drive turntables we could actually control the pitch of the records and achieve much more extended layering of our favorite Disco and Funk records. Up until that point the most we could do was short drag mixes using our fingers and drop mixes with the records or the pause button of our twin tape decks. Little did we know what lay ahead… I was about 14 yrs old at the time and me and my friends created a dance crew called “TNT” and we would travel all around western Canada performing and Djing and throwing block parties and such.The dance style back then was called “lockin” and it was pre-breakin’.

Jess Hill’s music reminds you of something you thought you’d forgotten. Anchored in the tendencies of folk, blues and jazz, Jess tells stories: cyclones and downpours, hovering birds, white skies. Seven years ago, she picked up a careworn guitar.

A little while later she grabbed hold of a banjo. Since then, she has collaborated with acclaimed spoken word trio Tons of Fun University at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival and played to spellbound audiences in cafes, bars and living rooms from Vancouver to Cape Town.

I met Plex in August 2009, crashed at his girlfriend’s mom’s house and hung out with him and his DJ, my good friend, DJ Divinyl (A.K.A Jason Jenkins) at “Hip-Hop 101″ a small show on the outskirts of Toronto. Plex’s lyrics are intelligent and fearless, his beats are funky, fun and full of hope. A man with a message and wisdom Plex is far from preachy, he’s funky with a ruthless groove…