It was a crazy night for many reasons, but Measuring Man and I burnt down our set opening for the Boston godfather, Ed OG, at The El Mo last night—and we later learned that Ed was digging the songs too! Big ups to our brethren Righteous and Wasun, and to the ill opening singer Chalaine, who also did their thing that night!

Not at the Olympics, people, but at the second annual Hip Hop Karaoke Competition Edition in Toronto. We brought the house down and impressed the homies Freedom Writers with a rendition of “A Day At The Races”, Jurassic 5’s classic fast-rap workout, featuring Rhino as guest stars Big Daddy Kane and Percee-P. Proud to do my thang in the place it all started, and a pleasure to rock with the homie Phil Litevsky of Dope-A-Lot and my beloved brother, Digs, who produced such classic Rhino records as “Company Policy”. “Whaddup Witcha”. BAM!

We weren’t expecting much, but it turns out our gig opening for The Roots at Luminato with More Or Les was an amazing success! We smashed “Whaddup WItcha” and “Get Back” for a very appreciative crowd, and Les was typically incredible, showing off his verbal pyrotechnics and inimitable, sui generis flavor on hits like “Brunch Again” and “Crossbow”. Shoutout to the homie Caj Flow, a very dope emcee I had the privilege of meeting at the event. WE WIN!

Wow! What a stunner of a show we had! Our illustrious director, Illvibe, did his thing. M.O. Littles did his thing. Molly Thomason, a folk-rocker bravely killing it for a rap crowd, did her thing. Our stunning and hilarious host, Rush Zilla, did her thing. The homeboys Tragic and Jonny Rockwell of Philly Moves REALLY did they thing. And as for us? We brought the funk! We brought the razzle-dazzle! Caint NOBODY do it like us, boy! We KILLED it! Much love an’ respect to the whole crew! #RhinoSalute!