Time: 7 p.m.
Cover:$25
Lights on entertainment, F-Bomb and Sin-Sane present
the west coast renaissance tour featuring: Prevail, Kyprios, Prada West,
Indelibe & Neph. Friday November 7th LIVE at Inferno nightclub!!!!
Also performing are;
F-Bomb, UrbanVoyce, D-Linkwent and Heavy Knowledge...
tickets are $25 and available now by calling or texting farren at 403-308-0009 or contact any of the the openers.
Prevail http://www.swollenmembers.com
Prevail from Swollen Members
Kyprios http://kyprios.com
The classic definition of the term MC is one that has the ability to grip a mic and control the crowd, and Kyprios has more than earned this title. He is a commanding presence on stage – able to hold the crowd in silent rapture as he drops an introspective piece that draws heavily from spoken word, only to suddenly flip it and incite a sea of thrusting hands with a rapid fire set of punchline-laden lyrical flows. Able to deliver a seamless blend of rapping, singing and harmonizing, the North Vancouver, BC native’s larynx is a potent stash of varied lyrical weapons.
On a roadtrip to New York City with Prevail from Swollen Members, the aspiring MC/actor/poet was compelled to lengthen his stay in hip hop’s Mecca. Studying theatre at HB Studios in Greenwich Village, hitting monthly rap battles anywhere in NYC and participating in poetry slams at the Nuyorican Poetry Cafe, the young artist was learning amongst the most reputed craftsman and developing his trade amongst them. Winning a poetry slam with a controversial spoken word piece Hate Kyprios headed back to his hometown of North Vancouver to transfer his education into practice. Kyprios released the independent EP Mic Tease that would be the catalyst to get him performing numerous club shows and begin to host a weekly open mic poetry series dubbed Come With It in Vancouver.
During this period, Kyprios was also a founding member of the two time Juno-nominated Sweatshop Union. While working within the group, Kyp maintained his solo identity and continued to write and record his own material. This output included three tracks featured on the Local 604 album, which was released by BattleAxe Records. BattleAxe also selected Kyp’s song Master for inclusion on their Lyrics Of Fury compilation.
Kyprios’ solo work caught the attention of Sony Music Canada when he sent the company a package containing some tracks and a video of the slam winning, spoken word piece Hate Kyp signed with the label and began a tumultuous period trying to do the impossible: make commercially viable underground music satisfying a record label and his core fans. He also offered outside help on Sweatshop Union’s juno nominated Natural Progression from Toronto at this time. His solo effort resulted in the two time, Juno nominated Say Something featuring production from Saukrates (Kardinal Offishall, Method Man), Billy Mann (Pink, Kelly Rowland), Rob The Viking (Swollen Members) and good friend Tawgs (Lights, K’Naan). With the unfortunate timing of the industry’s changing climate, Sony Canada was merged into BMG and Kyprios’ solo record was shelved but his career was not.
Kyprios moved back to Vancouver, re-joined Sweatshop Union to begin a rigorous touring schedule and put out the Juno nominated United We Fall and the critically acclaimed Water Street albums. He recently released a new solo offering entitled 12:12 which propelled him into a radio competition for one hundred thousand dollars in Vancouver, through the Peak radio station called the Peak Performance Project. Kyprios eventually went on to win this prestigious competition and recognizes this experience as the most informative/beneficial of his career.
Kyprios has toured all over North America solo and as part of Sweatshop Union with the likes of The Black Eyed Peas, Busta Rhymes, Wyclef Jean, The Roots, Rakim, Living Legends, Swollen Members and Jurassic Five to name a few. He has made numerous appearances in television and film and is one of the voices for Michael Jordan’s website jumpman23.com. Kyp has won a Jesse for his musical work in a play called “Cranked”, has licensed music to MTV’s “The Buried Life” and continues to write for/with many artists. He still writes poetry and is eagerly anticipating the release of his next major project The Midnight Sun. 2011 saw Kyprios playing inside Rogers Arena during the Stanley Cup Finals with his hit This Is How The West Was One also playing the The Grey Cup Street Festival, Live At Squamish, Vancouver 125, Tedx and Shambhala. He is currently working on promoting a musical that he co-wrote entitled Ash Rizin opening at the ATP in Calgary.
Prada West http://www.pradawest.com
Prada West An aspiring artist with many talents!
Coming out of British Columbia, Canada, among many other hip hop acts!
Prada is a hard working individual trying to make a name for him self in
the hip hop scene!
Biography
Prada
West was born with music in his soul. Since the tender age of five
music has held a special place in his heart; and having a professional
drummer for a father only helped contribute to the success of who Prada
West is today. It was with his natural ear for music that Prada taught
himself to play a wide range of instruments throughout his childhood.
Although this passion stayed in his heart, failure to find his niche caused Prada's interests to waiver.
As a teenager Prada started exploring the different dynamics of the
culture surrounding rap and hip hop. Exploration that was influenced in
part to the Spanish and Latin Hip Hop, and West Coast Rap that he and
his friends were listening to at the time. Inspired by this genre of
music Prada started writing his own poems, later on transforming them
into rhymes. It was then that Prada started emcee'ing and free styling
occasionally at parties; but due to the lack of opportunities for growth
Prada failed to take things seriously. During this time Prada went
through a rough patch and was incarcerated on and off. It was during
this time that Prada started writing more frequently as an outlet for
dealing with his experiences.
At 22 his older sister gifted
Prada with a poem entitled “Peaceful Warrior.” This poem contained her
personal reflections surrounding Prada's perseverance through adversity
and her views regarding his talent for writing and performing. For the
first time Prada was able to see himself through the eyes of someone
else, allowing him the chance to see not only his untapped talent but
his potential as well. Prada was then inspired to take writing at a more
serious level and in turn established his distinct style of lyricism.
In 2010 to early 2011 at the age of 23, Prada started working with a
rapper named Konfidential and started recording; his first performance
was at age 24. In April 2011, Prada put together a collaboration with
Merkules and Konfidential entitled “No Matter Where I go,” and shortly
after released the music video for it. Noticed by the founder of Ephin
Apparel and of S.D.K. (StompDown Killaz a local crew of rappers based
out of Surrey, B.C.), they opted to release Prada's video on their
website, and Prada's video received an overwhelming 100,000 views. In
2012 Prada became a full blown member joining S.D.K.'s other artists
Caspian, Snak the Ripper, Evil Ebenezer, and Merkules.
What
truly makes Prada West original is that he doesn't feed into materialism
and refuses to sugarcoat anything, unlike that of his competitors.
Prada was once asked “If someone had never heard your lyrics or watched
you perform what would you want them to walk away with?” His response
was “If nothing else I want to be able to give them something to hold
onto, something that will inspire them or something they can relate to.”
“I want to give them insight on a situation that they're going through,
and I want them to see me perform again, but mostly I just want to earn
their respect about what I have to say.” There is speculation from
critics to why Prada West draws the attention of so many youth. Prada
attributes this to a combination of his raw lyrical content and the fact
that they identify with his struggles. When Prada performs “Goin Gets
Tough,” youth can be seen rapping in unison at the top of their lungs,
“When the going gets tough, then the tough gets going. Even though it
hurts inside, you won't show it. You won't be the last, cause you
weren't the first, just keep telling yourself it could always be worse.”
It's performances like this when it's hard to distinguish who's the
performer and who's the audience as emotions run high and lines blur.
Prada owns up to his past as much as possible and is the first to “out
himself,” in regards to his choices, and various painful consequences
that came along with his journey. “It's a cold world therefore I roll
alone. My trust is lost, and paranoia's got me holding chrome. Haunted
by my past, and how the passion seems to slip away my sorrow's leads.
And even stress won't let me miss a day.” At times Prada feels the
weight of the world on his shoulders, but writes these types of lyrics
as he knows that they are relatable with fans, “26 but s*** I feel like I
be 33, refer to me as a hustler to the 3rd degree.” For fans, and for
Prada it re-affirms how life's struggles both positive and negative have
the ability to force individuals to grow up before they're ready.
Painful lyrics and painful performances at times but Prada choses to
keep delivering in hopes that the message behind has the impact he's
hoping for.
Currently having toured across most of Canada,
Prada has performed live over 200 times, and has released over a dozen
music videos on You Tube, and various other social media sites, all of
which he is dominating at a rapid pace. Prada has opened up for Vinnie
Paz (Jedi Mind Tricks), EPMD, ILL BILL of Non Phixion, GZA, Raekwon
(Wutang Clan), Dub C (Westside Connection), Bone Thugs and Harmony,
Xzhibit, Beatnuts, Machine Gun Kelly, Swollen Members, Warren G,
Outlawz, Masta Ace, Marco Polo, Trick Trick, and Bizarre just to name a
few. His fan base stems throughout all of North America, and most of
Europe. His albums include “Lost In Thought,” “The Take Over EP,” “On
The Run,” “The Versatile EP,” and “The Lost and Found.”
Prada
West is currently producing his latest album himself at P.W. Studios,
and has entitled it “The Pit bull.” He has opted to collaborate with
other artists on one track only, and is expecting to release it in the
fall of 2013. Prada feels that it's time to showcase his versatility and
is doing so by writing lyrics that are his most personal yet, tracks
that he feels will allow him to finally stand out more as an artist.
Prada also hopes that one song in particular will provide insight to his
fans on why this “underdog,” is often referred to as “The Pit bull,” by
his crew.
Neph is an up and coming, Vancouver based rapper, Originally from Victoria, BC Canada. Follow him @nephbaxwar
Biography
Born in Victoria, British Columbia Canada, Neph is an up and coming
MC/Artist and Battle Axe Warrior, who after spending the better half of
the last decade quietly honing his craft, was finally was able to put it
all together after moving to Vancouver.
His first project, a
10-track ensemble, titled ‘The Black Box’ EP (produced by Rob The
Viking) was released online for free, receiving a host o
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positive reviews, and generating a substantial amount of buzz in the
underground Rap scene. Through raw lyrics and a fast-paced, staccato
flow, Neph delivers an in your face, no holds barred look into not only
his life, but also his imagination.
Currently working on new
projects with the likes of Rob The Viking (Swollen Members), Tyler
(Professional Sinners - Greece), D-Rec (Snak The Ripper), C-Lance (AOTP,
Jedi Mind Tricks), and also a collaborate album with Prevail Wonder
under the ‘Alpha Omega’ pseudonym, you can expect lots more
neck-shattering content coming from Nephs camp in the year to come.
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