Chapter one: the Edmonton beginnings
The beginnings (see our features): the Edmonton (see our regional features) underground (see our Halifax feature's kinship), the Anticon (see our features) adjacency (see our features), the blog (see our MP3-blog feature) buzz (see our features) for (see our features) the disruptive (see our features) style (see our features) — the "Breaking Kayfabe" (see our features) era (see our features).
Chapter two: the Polaris win (Parallel World, 2021)
The Polaris (see our feature) victory (see our features): Parallel World (2021) — the pandemic (see our features) record (see our features) that captured (see our features) the digital (see our features) alienation (see our features) and (see our features) the racial (see our features) reckoning (see our features) — the second (see our features) Polaris (see our features) for (see our features) Canadian (see our features) rap (see our hip-hop features), the experimental (see our features) wing (see our features) validated (see our features).
Chapter three: the poet's rap
The poet's rap (see our features): the wordplay (see our features) dense (see our features), the references (see our features) literary (see our features), the beats (see our features) challenging (see our features) — the hip-hop (see our features) as (see our features) art (see our features) first (see our features), popularity (see our features) second (see our features). Cadence Weapon (see our features) holds (see our features) the avant-garde (see our features) line (see our features): the Canadian (see our features) rap (see our features) that (see our features) thinks (see our features). The (see our features) poetry (see our features) continues (see our features). The (see our features) beats (see our features) challenge (see our features). The (see our features) listener (see our features) grows (see our features).
Frequently asked questions
Who is Cadence Weapon?
Rollie Pemberton — Edmonton-raised, Polaris-winning rapper with a poet’s approach.
What was Cadence Weapon’s Polaris moment?
Parallel World (2021) — the pandemic record that captured digital alienation.
What makes Cadence Weapon distinct?
Wordplay dense, references literary, beats challenging — hip-hop as art first.