Featured artist: Roland Pemberton III

DJ Roland Pemberton III, Music Artist

Born and raised in Edmonton, Roland Pemberton III began rapping at 13 and released the underground mix tape Cadence Weapon is the Black Hand in 2005. His full-length debut Breaking Kayfabe was an impossibly accomplished hip-hop album stacked with clever writing and impressive rhymes, paired with the electro-tones of UK grime and West Coast hip-hop. The album yielded instant praise and notoriety, culminating in nominations from the Polaris Music Prize (modeled after the Mercury Prize), the Canadian Indie Awards and “Best Rap Album of 2006″ at the Plug Independent Music Awards, and won the CBC Radio 3′s Bucky Award. Cadence Weapon and Breaking Kayfabe garnered fans from Pitchforkmedia.com, Urb Magazine, XLR8R, CMJ, Q Magazine, Uncut, Drowned In Sound to name only a few.

http://www.cadenceweaponmusic.com

rolandpemberton Born and raised in Edmonton, Roland Pemberton III / Cadence Weapon began rapping at 13 and released the underground mix tape Cadence Weapon is the Black Hand in 2005. His full-length debut Breaking Kayfabe was an impossibly accomplished hip-hop album stacked with clever writing and impressive rhymes, paired with the electro-tones of UK grime and West Coast hip-hop. The album yielded instant praise and notoriety, culminating in nominations from the Polaris Music Prize (modeled after the Mercury Prize), the Canadian Indie Awards and “Best Rap Album of 2006″ at the Plug Independent Music Awards, and won the CBC Radio 3′s Bucky Award. Cadence Weapon and Breaking Kayfabe garnered fans from Pitchforkmedia.com, Urb Magazine, XLR8R, CMJ, Q Magazine, Uncut, Drowned In Sound to name only a few. In 2009, Roland was named Edmonton’s new Poet Laureate. Catch Rollie DJing at the artsScene Edmonton Summer Party this Thursday!