The Queen's and Wanapa's Entertainment Presents
HIP HOP CULTURE FEST
Live at The Queen's
Friday, July 31 | 10 PM – 2 AM
Doors 9:30pm
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Local Hip Hop Artists
Hip-Hop Crews and Breakdance performance
DJs & Special Guest Appearances
Freestyle Cypher
Graffiti Canvas Art Showcase
A Celebration of Hip Hop Culture:
Beats • Rhymes • Breaking • Freestyle • Dance • Community
Featuring performances by:
$elfimploy, Tom Fibz Bolinski • Burns Bislin
ALPHA CENTAURI
Bags of Tangible Two, Bryan Bagshaw
G-Thirty, Guillermo Garnica Topete
S.O.S, Nate Nelson
Morgan Murray, Morgan Landry
Insane Prof, Jacob C. Eddy
5 FIRES, Brendon S Brady
Wylkez Blake Deal
Ill Lyrics
and more!
Join us for an unforgettable celebration of hip hop culture.
Early Bird $15 plus applicable taxes and fees
Advanced $20 plus applicable taxes and fees
Please bring two pieces of valid I.D 19+
"more bio, posters and flyers coming out soon" stay tuned
$elfimploy:
Is a hip hop project between producer and singer Stefin (AKA nrthsound), his long time homie and collaborator, freestyle and battlerap veteran Fibz.
Some accolades . We have opened up K-OS, Moka Only, toured with Myka 9 from Freestyle Fellowship.
Also Fibz has traveled provinces for rap battles. And is a staple in the scene.
Tommy B has always had passion for all music. He started his rap career at 16, freestyling and battling in Calgary, Alberta, and eventually running his own hip hop night in the 403. After dealing with some life shattering experiences, Fibz left town and moved out west to Vancouver.
In Vancity he continued to pursue music, living with two audio engineer rappers. They created Blankspace and made noise around Vancouver, releases an LP, rocking shows, contests and battles. After Blankspace eventually seperated, Fibz kept his skills sharp with battlerap, including features in the King of the Dot and Smoked Out battle leagues.
Freestyling is his true joy, and it was freestyling that connected him with Stefin. While both working for a painting company, they freestyled and beatboxed into the sky on hot summer days, raining music down from the rooftops of buildings that they painted. Now, whether its at a party or for your grandma on a train, Fibz can kick an unstoppable cypher. His new found motivation is the memory of his brother Matty B, who unfortunately passed in Spring 2024.
ALPHA CENTAURI:
Is a hip hop artist that is taking a fresh approach to the genre by fusing additional elements of funk, r&b, jazz, and afro-beats with distinctly personal lyrics about “the struggle”. Since 2023 he has been working on new music with producer Wes Smith. ALPHA CENTAURI records all his music with a full band. There are no pre-made beats on his tracks - everything is recorded completely fresh live-off-the-floor. The result? Songs that sound both authentic and anthemic at the same time.ALPHA CENTAURI’s new single “Higher Up” is a melting pot of jazz, subtle funk, and hip hop. The songs is about overcoming other’s (low) expectations of you and rising above the situation. The song came about as a reaction to ALPHA’s family’s disdain for his decision to pursue music instead of life as a corporate robot.
ALPHA CENTAURI’s debut album is scheduled for August 7, 2026 preceded by additional singles “Never Be’ and “We Rise”.
AlPHA CENTAURI plays full band on TRUE RHYTHM FESTIVAL
August 29 in Penticton. British Columbia withe legends PUBLIC ENEMY, G-EAZY, honestav, Collie Budz, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Bedouin Soundclash, and Junk.
Bags of Tangible Two:
Bags 1/2 Of Tangible Two has been rapping since early 2015, blending Old School Hip Hop With a entourage of his grimey, upbeat one of a kind style that is packed with emotions.
He has done over 250 shows with artist all around the world such as, Tech N9ne, Onyx, Lil Easy E, Merkules, Snak any many more. You can see the passion in his face with every word
and is a very humble down to earth human being and artist that always pushes to take his talents to another level.
Like, Share, Subscribe Or just say hi , he always finds time to do what he loves for the people that make it possible. Bags
G-Thirty:
Hailing from Guadalajara, Mexico. G thirty moved to the west coast of Canada. Rapping in English and Spanish, he learned how to speak English of Hip-Hop music. freestyling for fun over the years. This will be his 5th performance, building his name in the island, representing his Mexican roots and showing love to Canada.
A brutal combo between both languages bringing an original sound proving hip hop is universal.
https://open.spotify.com/track/3msBkzTALF5OBcA46j4s3o...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmo2zBe6TIg
https://open.spotify.com/track/1frvyVF3Rak7VkaGQ5BOMo...
Morgan Murray:
Based in the Comox Valley, BC, Nanaimo-born recording artist Morgan Murray blends singer-songwriter sensibilities with hip-hop. Since capturing his sound professionally in 2012, Morgan has brought his dynamic live performance to over 300 stages. He is currently finalizing the mixing and production on his fifth studio album
5 FIRES:
Is a Canadian artist blending hip-hop, rock, and pop. Rising from personal struggles, he built his sound through 500+ recordings and viral momentum on TikTok. His breakthrough collaboration with Kevin Rudolf led to his debut single “Threw My Life Away,” earning major attention including a Times Square billboard. Since then, he’s continued building momentum with international streaming reach, major co-signs, and performances across Canada and the U.S., quickly establishing himself as a cross-genre artist on the rise. @5_firesofficial
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Ill Lyrics:
Has been making hip hop music for over 15 years and put out more than 5 albums with great success!
ill Lyrics has performed on stage all over Vancouver island with many other hip hop artists who are an important part of the underground west coast hip hop scene such as Sweatshop Union, Slaughterhouse crew, Fatty Down, Royal T (RiP),
Emotionz, and many more.
In his early years of rap music he started on Gabriola Island while in elementary school with breakdancing.
Through high school @NDSS he got into the breakdancing scene and frequented hip hop freestyle cyphers, an integral part of the hip hop culture.
Years into the making of his music career ill Lyrics started a hip hop group called “The Beat Shiners”
Which included artists, Billy Suede, EMC, Burg, Jesse James, and JD the Architect!
After years of performing shows and putting out mixtapes with the group, ill Lyrics started his solo career. With much success he produced and released multiple albums and performed countless amounts of shows.
Around 2010 ill Lyrics started Djing on vinyl where he would frequently play at house parties,Clubs and Pubs, raves and just about anywhere he could play music he loves for others.
Today ill Lyrics still Dj’s and produces hip hop music writing sick underground lyrics and his own beat production.