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Host, Ashley Callingbull, is a Cree First Nations woman from the Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta. Model, actor, First Nation’s activist, and reigning Mrs. Universe 2015, the professionally trained dancer, has been featured on numeorus runways, magazine covers editorial - Fashion, Chatelaine, Dressed to Kill, and more. The international motivational speaker, shows pride in her heritage through volunteer work in the community, supporting many causes, including youth homelessness.

Tyler Shaw, breakout hit “With You,” from his album Intuition, reached Double Platinum; the ballad “To the Man Who Let Her Go” also went Platinum, and earned him a 2019 JUNO Award nomination for ‘Pop Album of the Year.’ The Chinese-Canadian's third studio album, Tyler Shaw, was released in 2021 and features the hit “Remember,” which went Gold. That year Tyler released his first holiday album A Tyler Shaw Christmas, which was also nominated for a Juno. In February 2022, Tyler released his viral rendition of GAYLE’s hit “abcdefu.” To date, “Love You Still (abcdefu Romantic Version)” has over 2.5 billion views of videos using the song on TikTok; over 10 million views of user generated content videos on YouTube; 14.5 million streams; and more than 500,000 videos created using the song.

After going viral in 2020, life has been anything but ordinary for this Toronto rapper. With over 2 million followers on TikTok, Akintoye has said that creating is now his full-time job. His hit song “Pizzazz” become a popular TikTok sound, gaining him millions of streams. He’s also worked on a song with Idris Elba, and has  found his face on a billboard at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena. With three albums, and a handful of singles under his belt, Akintoye is a force to be reckoned with.

2023 JUNO Nominee, Savannah Ré’s rise to the top of the Canadian music scene and beyond proves just how hard she’s worked to carve out a space for herself (and future Black women) in the music world. Savannah released her debut EP —the critically-lauded ‘Opia’, which earned her shoutouts from the likes of SZA and Timbaland, her historic JUNO Award win (she was the first-ever artist to receive the Traditional R&B/Soul Recording of the Year Award in 2021) and three JUNO Award nominations, two Prism Prize nominations, a nomination for the Polaris Music Prize, a SOCAN Songwriting Prize nomination, and the Slaight Music Emerging Songwriter Award nomination —all in the middle of the pandemic.

Forging her own path, Zeina has been able to create her own world by blending her inspiration for early 2000s R&B and her Lebanese heritage to become the next superstar to represent the Arab and MENA culture. Speaking 4 languages including French, Arabic, Spanish, and English. Zeina displays her multilingual skills in her forthcoming single “Nasty” which has received over 3m+ views on TikTok and 12k+ pre-saves.Over the past few years, she’s collaborated with Loshendrix, Roget, Carter Lang, Nascent, Jordan Ware, Nez, and Skrillex, and was spotlighted as one of TikTok’s “Artist to Watch” in 2022. Zeina has been covered by Billboard, Complex, Ones To Watch, and Montreality, to name a few. She surrounds herself with her “Mates” - her collective of women who work hard to pursue their creative passions, and lift each other up (and it’s what she lovingly calls her fans too!)

24 year old artist ari hicks represents the perfect paradox: soft and ethereal vocals singing from a soul cemented in strength. Making an impressive debut in 2020 with her single “Nothin’ but a Monster”, she quickly established herself as a rising star in the making. Although often attributed to pop, ari (née Arianna Hicks) has found her niche experimenting with darker alternative accents that speak to her musical mystique. The dark-pop siren recently unleashed the highly anticipated “It’s Not That Deep: Chapter 2”. Showcasing a different dimension of the pop singer, this Chapter acts as the start of her newest era. “It’s Not That Deep: Chapter 2”. follows Ari’s 2020 Kiss Me, Kill Me EP, which introduced the world to her halloween hit “Kiss Me, Kill Me” Since then, the dark pop siren has firmly proved herself as a top artist to watch this year..

RBCxMusic First Up Featured Artist – Cody Coyote is of Ojibwe/Irish descent with ancestry from Matachewan First Nation. With his fusion of strong, profound lyricism accompanied by corresponding influential sounds, this multi-award nominated and award winning Hip-Hop/Electronic artist grasps his listeners attention and delivers a mesmerizing performance. Cody Coyote's journey includes being up for nominations in the Best Rap/Hip-Hop CD and the Single Of The Year categories at the 2015 Indigenous Music Awards as well as the Best Music Video category at the 2018 Indigenous Music Awards. Cody Coyote was a recipient of the Ontario 150 Award and received the Ottawa's Favourite Hip-Hop Artist Award at the 2020 Ottawa Awards.

Dani Doucette is unapologetically herself, releasing pop electro singles oozing with attitude andvulnerability. Her songs, Craved and DITW trended in the summer of 2021 on an online gamingplatform Avakin with 1.4 million impressions and 1.5 million views on TikTok. The online communityembraced these songs.Connection and emotional discovery are what fuel Dani’s original pieces and she loves bringing themto life on stage with a sassiness and self-assuredness that is uncanny and real. She describes hersongs as diary entries and fictional stories attached to notes, and she shares them to connect withher audience on a deeper level by being transparent and willing to show the world her journey.Welcome to the Daniverse.

RBCxMusic First Up Featured Artist – DESIIRE is a Congo born, Toronto based Singer/Songwriter who delivers a unique blend mix of R&B &amp; Hip/Hop to create music that is a compilation of rhythmic instrumentals, layered melodies and moody simplicity. Influenced by soul contemporaries such as Erykah Badu, D’angelo, Lauryn Hill, Maxwell and pioneering African artists like Youssou N’dour and Femi Kuti, DESIIRE has become known for his gospel-inpired vocals, rap staccato cadences and engaging story-telling songwriting. Over the past two years, he has been featured in The Fader, AfroPunk, Noisey/Vice, Exclaim as well as graced the stage at festivals such as Luminato, Canadian Music Week, Toronto Pride, and Pop Montreal, among others.

Seven-time champion hoop dancer Lisa Odjig says she remembers the moment she realized she wanted to be a performer:“Back in Wiikwemkoong, Manitoulin Island, we had our community gathering … I was eight or nine and I went to our pow wow and they were having the grand entry so, that’s when all the dancers come in and you hear the live singing and the live drumming…and I just got goosebumps…and I thought, ‘I should be out there,'” said Odjig.That was the day Odjig said she wanted to learn more about her culture and who she was as an indigenous person.

Before Twysted Miyake-Mugler broke onto the dance scene as one of Canada's most prominent figures in ballroom culture, he was dead set on becoming a pastor at his local church."My uncle's a pastor. My grandmother is a missionary. I was in church a lot. That was my focus, period," Miyake-Mugler said.The Jamaican-Angolan man born and raised in north Toronto fell in love with singing and dancing at an early age. He joined the choir, and eventually became the choreographer of a dance group there.But Miyake-Mugler, who is gay, knew that his community wouldn't accept his sexuality. He hid it from everyone at the church, including his own family.Over time, he became accustomed to hiding who he really was, even though it left him feeling like he was living two separate lives — until he discovered the art of voguing.

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