| Bad news in the City Of Toronto as their premier Hip Hop Show Mastermind Street Jam show was unceremoniously removed from the airwaves about a month ago. It seemed unthinkable that such a thing would happen when one considers the vibrant Hip Hop scene in Toronto as well as the fact that Hip Hop is the biggest selling music in the world right now. People were asked to send emails voicing your concerns to the station's boss mailto:deans@energyradio.ca or to call the station at 905-681-1079. The station manager's name is Dean St Clair. We'll see how that goes. While folks in T Dot were dealing with that loss, along comes a serious crack down on Mixtapes and CDS. According to the most recent addition Adam's Hip Hop Newsletter out of Canada [mailto:amaent@sympatico.ca] the Canadian Recording Industry Association and Organized crime Intelligence Unit of the Toronto police force raided a couple of record stores and came away with over 6000 unauthorized recordings. According to the report, not only were the store owners charged, but also any deejay who happened to have his phone number on the seized product, were contacted and also charged. Now I'm not one to sit up here and advocate illegal doings, however, when you take away a major Hip Hop outlet like The Mastermind Show and then come down on Mixtape Makers, it seems like there is a strong attempt to severe the Hip Hop lines of communication. The question is why?
|