It Lives In The North ™: 2009

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If you were downtown Toronto the day before Christmas Eve, you probably noticed quite a commotion outside Eaton Centre (the city's largest tourist attraction). That's because Scott Jackson (one of Canada's best beatboxers) joined Bizz, Ceazar, Caddy, Photo Nick and a few others to hand raise awareness about Itlivesinthenorth.com and our movement.

They gave out 1000 flyers, 100 mixtapes, 30 kids t-shirts and a whole lot of love. With Scott Jackson manning the beats, almost two dozen passers-by stopped to grab the other mic and try their hand at rapping. From Unknown Mizery to Adam Bomb to random kids and fans, the response was incredible. For five hours, the street team proved that hip hop can be manifested at will in the north.

Photos by Nick

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Beautiful young lady wearing her It Lives In The North t-shirt.

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Coming soon!

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Bishop, JD Era, Jonny Rox and Maestro performed at Circa.

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Few months back.

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Shout out to Chinx & Kin Smuv. Bizz dropped by their video shoot last week and got a quick cameo for the It Lives In The North hoodie. Listen to "On My Way" HERE.
Check out Chinx HERE

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While on the Busta Rhymes tour, Bizz got to kick it with Spliffstar.

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Shouts to Da Corner, Big Blax & Shanuk

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Shouts to R-Tripz and Mason Payne

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Shout to Bishop for rocking the t-shirt!

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Bizz, DJ Dames Nellas, Cancariss, Dylan Dube

Cancariss & Big Blax

Dylan Dube, Cancariss, Peter Jackson & Bizz
King Of The Dot

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Monday October 26th marked the release of Hip Hop Ain't Dead It Lives In The North - The Mixtape Vol 2. Kleen Media graciously invited Jonathon "Bizz" Brown to co-host Mashup Mondays at Rockwood. Between Kap'n Kirk of 4 Corners, Lissa Monet and DJ Dames Nellas, the music was oh-so-on-point. Around 200 mixtapes were given out and everyone went home satisfied, if not smashed!

Shout out to all the great people that came out: DJ P Plus, Hudson (Deep Waters), Sunny Diamonds (Diamond Factory), Legend (Ignite Ent), Captain Hooks, Chris Hughes (Fashion Freakers), Dre Guy (Local Hustlers), Peter Jackson, Stumma (Tax Free Ent), Set2, Kid Nap & Blue (Urbanology Mag), and all the other great friends and supporters of Canadian urban music.

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Check out Bizz interviewed on Off Da Tracks Radio. They air every Tuesday night 8-10pm on 88.1 FM.

Part ONE HERE
Part TWO HERE

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Available Tuesday October 27th

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Shouts to Bigmouthsonline.com They've been following the movement for a while now and have been making the rounds interviewing different big mouths in Toronto and the GTA for a few months now. Check it out.

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hustleGRL is easily one of the city's most ambitious and talented young people. She also designed the original version of our Hip Hop Ain't Dead It Lives In The North T-shirts. Her blog is poppin and she showed some love recently displaying the new hoodies!

Check the post HERE and general blog HERE

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Shouts to Priya from Urbanology for wearing her Hip Hop Ain't Dead It Lives In The North t-shirt for the cover shoot!

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Ajani Charles continues his massive Project Tdot in which he visually represents players, personalities and moments in Toronto hip hop. More HERE

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Hip Hop Ain't Dead It Lives In The North sponsored the Canadian Hip Hop Showcase that went down in Durham. Bizz hosted the event. Above are all the pictures in a video which also uses pieces of the Hip Hop Ain't Dead It Lives In The North mixtape.

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Ladies, we're taking care of you too! PG is seen here wearing her new hoodies. Get yours now buy ordering on the sidebar.

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twitter.com/mixremusic
myspace.com/mixremusic
facebook.com/mixremusic

He's got a sizeable stock and can help you out immediately.

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BIG BANG - CAMOFLAUGE FT KIN SMUV

1st single off Camo's next mixtape. Kin Smuv is seen in several scenes wearing the grey on black Hip Hop Ain't Dead It Lives In The North t-shirt.

PAPER BOY - PETER JACKSON FT ROYCE DA 5'9

Directed by Chris Stacey

FANTASY - CANCARISS

DIRECTED BY DYLAN DUBE
Shouts to Cancariss

BACK TO BASICS - SINOTRA & JUNIA T FT RICH KIDD

Shouts to Rich Kidd on the production as well.

CHARGE IT TO THE GAME - LUU BREEZE

DIRECTED BY L&G FILMS

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Famous holding up his t-shirt.

Quinn Maybach in ATL repping her t-shirt

A.K. swimming in his new order of t-shirts.

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DOWNLOAD HERE

"This mixtape is part of proving the thesis - Hip Hop Ain't Dead It Lives In The North." - Jonathon "Bizz" Brown

With over 5,000 t-shirts sold across Canada, the groundbreaking brand is expanding to include a mixtape series of its own. And after a successful cross-Canada tour with Busta Rhymes, Belly and Peter Jackson, it is finally available online.

This dynamic collection of music plays more like a compilation album than a mixtape. Insightful commentary anchors the interludes, live freestyles by Drake, Big Blax and Rochester bring exclusivity and a plethora of quality songs come together to prove there is in fact energy behind hip hop culture in the north. Hosted by founder and co-owner Jonathon "Bizz" Brown and mixed by DJ Big Nasty, this collection is as eclectic as it is groundbreaking. From Bishop Brigante's "Man In The Mirror Remix" to Jahvon's "Hypebeast" to Peter Jackson's "Paper Boy" featuring Royce Da 5'9, the music speaks for itself.

This is the first volume of the series with a second compilation scheduled for mid to late October.

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The Back On My B.S. Tour brought Hip Hop Ain't Dead It Lives In The North t-shirts across Canada with over 120 units sold in only seven shows. Here are some links to Jonathon "Bizz" Brown's tour blogs as well as video blogs of the entire tour.

Bizz' Tour Blog 1 - CLICK HERE
Bizz' Tour Blog 2 - CLICK HERE
Bizz' Tour Blog 3 - CLICK HERE
Bizz' Tour Blog 4 - CLICK HERE
Bizz' Tour Blog 5 - CLICK HERE

Tour Vblog 1

Tour Vblog 2

Tour Vblog 3

Tour Vblog 4

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Sakina (22 months) is seen here wearing her very own Hip Hop Ain't Dead It Lives In The North T-shirt.
Courtesy of Bigman & Tammy

Youth shirts available small,medium and large.
Order yours now and outfit the next generation!

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Behind the scenes from video shoot in Montreal.

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Around 7:30 Classified is seen wearing his red on black Hip Hop Ain't Dead t-shirt

Shouts to Classified who recently won a Much Music Video Award for 'Anybody Listening.'He won the MuchVibe Hip Hop Video of the Year.

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Bishop Brigante wearing one of the original Hip Hop Ain't Dead T-shirts while giving the background story to his critically acclaimed video "Hard Times"

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Shouts to A Game

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B-boy rocking his Hip Hop Ain't Dead It Lives In The North t-shirt

Shouts to Trif who brought this to our attention!

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Hip Hop Ain't Dead It Lives In The North t-shirts are now available @ Mad One's Barbershop inside The Black Market in the heart of Downtown Toronto for $25.

Located on the north west corner of Queen and John is The Black Market. Downstairs is Mad One's Barbershop. This will act as our primary downtown location.

Walk in, crack some jokes, get fresh and buy your t-shirt!!

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Be sure to download the new This Is DJ Big Nasty Volume 3, hosted by It Lives In The North's very own Jonathon "Bizz' Brown. Peep the front cover reppin' the movement heavy! We appreciate your continuous support.

Download link:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/76ug8q

Download link:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/76ug8q

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This beautiful little girl isn't even two years old yet and is already down with the movement.

Shouts to BIGMAN

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On March 29th 2009, Hip-Hop Ain't Dead, It Lives In The North was featured on HipHopCanada.com. Click here to view the article or click the screenshot below:

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Shouts to Support Your Local Hustlers.

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On April 2nd 2009, It Lives In The North was featured by the good people over at Format Magazine. The blurb was written by Mark Teo... huge shout-out to Format Mag for the support. Click the screenshot to check it out:

or CLICK HERE