Beyond the 6 is a CBC Music series that highlights hip-hop artists and scenes across Canada. Toronto is widely known as the country's hip-hop capital (and a central spot for music in general), but ...

"I don't know if I would call myself a metalhead, but I do like metal... so maybe I am?" Backxwash belies racialized stereotypes surrounding the preferences of young, Black listeners. You can hear an ...

Backxwash is blazing her own path to the top of the music industry, and if you're not on board, you know where the door is. The Montreal-based artist also known as Ashanti Mutinta has been blowing ...

For years, Paste has introduced exciting, up-and-coming artists to our readers. This is the return of The Best of What’s Next, a monthly profile column which highlights new acts with big potential—the ...

After finding out she had won the 2020 Polaris Music Prize for her album God Has Nothing to Do With This Leave Him Out of It, the first words out of Ashanti Mutinta’s mouth were, “Oh my god.” Religion ...

Let the credits roll — Backxwash has wrapped her horrorcore trilogy. HIS HAPPINESS SHALL COME FIRST EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SUFFERING, released on Halloween, is her third album in as many years, and it ...

There’s an aspect of Polaris Music Prize winner Backxwash’s metal-laced raps that you won’t find in too many other places: witchcraft. Ashanti Mutinta, whose first full-length album “God Has Nothing ...