poetics of listening

🎤 - 4

TAO Pt 1

castaway

for sonia

the devil you know

Hard Groove

Poetry (feat. Q-Tip & Erykah Badu)

Hip Hop Is Dead

Hip Hop Is Dead (feat. will.i.am)

It Was Written

The Message

From Illmatic To Stillmatic The Remixes

Street Dreams (Remix) [feat. R.Kelly]

Stillmatic

Rewind

The Lost Tapes 2

It Never Ends

dope (tribute to amiri baraka)

Shad (Shadrach Kabango) is a Canadian recording artist of Rwandan descent, raised in London Ontario. He is known for blending humour and weighty themes, inspiring positivity while exploring a range of sounds over the course of his 20-year career. Shad won the Juno Award for Rap Recording Of The Year in 2011 and five of his albums have been shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize for Canadian Album Of The Year, the most shortlist nominations of any artist in the prize’s history. Shad has also served as a broadcaster, hosting CBC Radio's Q and Netflix’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series Hip-Hop Evolution, and has taught hip-hop-related courses at both Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Toronto.