Belonging in the Mix: Indigenous and Minority Popular Musics in the Canadian Hip Hop Mainstream

Liz Przybylski

doi:10.4312/mz.60.2.109-122

Authors

Liz Przybylski University of California, Riverside, United States

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4312/mz.60.2.109-122

Keywords:

Indigenous music, hip hop, national belonging, race, Canada

Abstract

Whose sounds fit in the nation-state? Countering histories of erasure, this essay investigates the role of hip hop music in articulating Black and Native histories and presence in Canada. Analysis of music by Kardinal Offishall, Webster, and Winnipeg’s Most demonstrates how minority and Indigenous groups express belonging and sovereignty, respectively.

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