If you’ve seen them before, you don’t need a spiel from me. If you’ve never seen them, I’m not gonna give you one either.

Press play or hit up www.keysnkrates.com for all the hard creative proof you’ll require:

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Keys N Krates – Unforgettable (Drake Remix)

Tonight Ron Dias takes his “Way Past Love” album to the stage.

Nice lineup too.

Vote for “I Won’t Budge” on The MCC!

Previously: NEW VIDEO: Ron Dias feat. Nel “Stay Dreamin” (Directed by Brenda Ha & Wolf J)

The beauty of posting this is I know most you already know about; are already coming; and are already amped about it.

See you there!

http://themanifesto.ca/

MANIFESTO presents…
TORONTO to BROOKLYN
The Road Trip
JULY 8 (late night) – JULY 12 (early morning)

SIGN UP TODAY & Please spread the word!!

The MANIFESTO crew is hitting the road to take in a weekend in
Brooklyn NY. Festivities will include the debut MANIFESTO Brooklyn
Meets Toronto concert showcase, the 2010 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival and
the OkayAfrica Celebrate Brooklyn concert at Prospect Park. Whether to
network the weekend away or just enjoy a weekend of music and culture,
we’d love to have you join us!

MANIFESTO Brooklyn Meets Toronto: Shad, Masia One, Tona, Eternia, Rich
Kidd, Punchline, Mr. Mecca, Poison Pen, Jah C + more.

Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival 2010: De La Soul, Buckshot & 5FT, Smif ‘n
Wessun, DJ Evil Dee, Masta Ace, The Money Making Jam Boys (Black
Thought, Dice Raw, Truck North, and P.O.R.N.), Black Milk, Rakaa
Iriscience w/ DJ Babu, Fashawn, Curren$y, Skyzoo, DJ Rhettmatic, and
more.

OkayAfrica: The Roots, Talib Kweli, Bajah + the Dry Eye Crew, and
more. ($3 donation – presented by OkayPlayer.com)

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If only I had the time to just take off on trips like this. Should be dope!

Full details after the jump!

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Check out T-West (A Remix Project alum & one of the truly promising young artists coming out of Toronto) as he does his thing tonight as part of NXNE!

His latest project “Maybe It’s Okay” is out now!

Vote for “Black Kid/City Life” on The MCC!

Previously: NEW VIDEO: T-West “Black Kid/City Life” (Directed by Hank Devos)

K-os. Saukrates. Woodhands. Does anything else really need to be said? See you there!

The tag line for last Saturday’s low-end movement at The Drake Underground could have been “He’s the DJ, I’m the rapper, and this is my band”, as two crews with similar designs for their disparate hip hop expressions teamed up for a tight little showcase in the cozy bowels of the landmark Queen west hotspot.

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