First 50 Architect Toronto hiphop MC/ Music/Film/TV producer guy... cheering for others success! (Official Site) mcshadow.ca

Joined March 2010
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If this ain't da craziest treasure discovered @nardwuar with our record and showin' some luv & recog! Tnx Homie! #validation #hiphophistory #getloosecrew #80'shiphop #tdothiphop #thanks #nardwuar #music #hiphop #canadianhiphop #nowmagazine #samuelengelking #respectthearchitects
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#ReLateNews The Great Hall was lit for #Nardwuar the Human Serviette. Got 2 tnk him in person for years of showing love to #GLC & keeping our name in Canadian hip-hop history. Masterclass show. Real passion. Real respect. Doot doo! La-doot-doot! #Nardwuar #GetLooseCrew #MCShadow
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#TimeCapsuleMoment Ep6 “Inferno” opens with “Lost” — guitar riff and solo by Justin Koop (BTown Sound). From hitting #5 on !earshot to opening a TV episode. Studio to screen. Spotify: open.spotify.com/album/6cJaj… #FrontMen #Lost #MCShadow
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#Press #Interview 🧵 1/2 Filmmaker Neil D’Monte was featured in Bold Journey Magazine including a shout-out to our latest Toronto studio session and upcoming single “Judgement.” It also highlights my Executive Producer role on MENSPEAKING, a new series built on real conversation
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#ComingSoon East Park Productions has been building MENSPEAKING for years — a 12-episode unscripted series, companion podcast, and documentary. Not star worship — real talk on men, mindset, and modern life. #Menspeaking #VoiceTruthImpact #MCShadow
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My testimonial was included in “Remembering Rap City” at the AGO — alongside people who helped put Canadian hip-hop on national television. Full testimonial: youtu.be/0ebF_C4bVuU 4 anyone who wants deeper context. Rap City mattered. It changed visibility. It changed trajectory
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🧵 2/2 FEVA hasn’t released segment yet, For anyone who wants deeper context, the entire interview is here: INSERT LINK In that era, it wasn’t about Black or white. You were real — or you weren’t. #MCShadow #TorontoHipHop #HipHopLegacy (2/2)
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🧵1/2 @ AGO for A Great Day in Toronto Hip Hop, sat down w/ FEVA TV was asked: “Back in ’80s, hip-hop culture was very Black. How was it being a white MC representing in those days?” My response begins with: “What a great question…” #MCShadow #FEVATV #TorontoHipHop #HipHopLegacy
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#ReLateNews “A Great Day in Toronto Hip Hop” — Patrick Nichols’ portrait of 103 pioneers at Liberty Grand, echoing Harlem ’58 and Hip-Hop ’98, later featured at the AGO’s The Culture exhibit. Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Grea… #AGreatDayInTorontoHipHop #MCShadow #CanadianHipHop
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#ReLateNews Proud to be part of AGO’s The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century — including “A Great Day in Toronto Hip Hop” by Patrick Nichols (103 pioneers, Aug 14, 2024). Validation: hip-hop is art. More: readfoyer.com/article/great-… #MCShadow #GetLooseCrew #AGO
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#ReLateNews Honoured to have Get Loose Crew named among “The First 50: Toronto’s Hip-Hop Architects” at UofT Hart House (with York U) — cementing 1980–2000 as a documented era. Event: harthouse.ca/events/thefirst… #TorontoHipHop #GetLooseCrew #HipHopHistory
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#ReLateNews Featured in Drop the Needle (2023) Canterbury Crescent Filmworks, documenting Play De Record as the heartbeat of Toronto’s underground. Our image & legacy live in the narration. Full story: eastparkproductions.ca/news/… #GetLooseCrew #DropTheNeedle #TorontoMusicHistory
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#ReLateNews DJ Shadow’s In Tune & On Time (LA, 2002) opened with a lift from our 1988 “Wannabe,” alongside Cut Chemist & Nu-Mark. Unlicensed, but taken as respect 1st time Canadian hip-hop got that kind of lift. Clip: youtube.com/shorts/kelEVTU3k… #DJShadow #GetLooseCrew #HipHopLegacy
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Some things don’t fade… they just get deeper with time. Big thank you to Keath Beatty Flemo roots, real history. This isn’t just a sweatshirt - legacy pressed in fabric. Salute to my brother @bigticketpro JEL foundation. @realdoncarlito my mic partner in legacy. Forever stamped.
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Respect to Mix-Master Len the “Two” that completed the ones & twos. Never forgotten. Rest easy. Much love to @rootsrhymecollective for preserving what we built. @jonesauduke @realcitizenkane you didn’t draw faces you captured history. More than nostalgia. This is proof.
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Hip-Hop didn’t come and go… We’re still here. #MCShadow #GetLooseCrew #HipHopLegacy #TorontoHipHop #Flemo
#TimeCapsuleMoment Ep5 “EEEK” — scored by unreleased “88” from current sessions, then closing credits roll with “Resurrection.” Past and present in one episode. Resurrection: open.spotify.com/track/2guT9… #FrontMen #MCShadow #Resurrection
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#TimeCapsuleMoment Ep4 “Win-Win-Win” rolls credits with my unreleased ’90s joint “Played Out” ft. Kaye Sergeant — finally breathing on screen after decades in the vault. Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/1hvhV… #FrontMen #MCShadow #PlayedOut
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#ReLateNews LOST BTS — big builds, real pyros, “Blowtorch Stevens” literally lighting a cig with a blowtorch, gun-range sequences and all. Stakes higher, loyalties tested, lines blurred. Clip: youtu.be/rIu75cKeRIE #MCShadow #Lost #Pyrotechnics
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#OnSet #BTS LOST: rooftops, barbershops, garages, gun ranges, police rooms — all real locations. No fake backdrops. Every spot adds weight to the story. This wasn’t just a shoot, it was a mission. #LOST #MCShadow #LocationShoot
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