Winnipeg's Most

Winnipeg's Most
Origin Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Genres Hip hop
Years active 2010 – 2012
Labels Heatbag Records/RezOfficial Music
Past members Charlie Fettah
Jon-C
Brooklyn

Winnipeg's Most was a Canadian hip hop group, made up of the MC's Jon-C (Billy Pierson), Charlie Fettah (Tyler Rogers), and Brooklyn (Jamie Prefontaine).[1] They were based in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Jon-C and Brooklyn are both Aboriginal artists, and the group was featured in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation documentary series 8th Fire.[2]

The group debuted in the summer of 2010 with the hits All That I Know and Bang Bang, taken from their self-titled debut studio album; released in June 2010, the album was produced by the Juno nominated producers Stomp and Jay Mak of Team Rezofficial. These initial singles spawned videos directed by Stuey Kubrick and received significant airplay on Canada's Much Music.[3][4] The group won numerous Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards in 2010, including the award for Best New Artist, and they won six APCMA's in 2011.[5]

Biography

"Northside Connection"

In early June 2010, Winnipeg's Most released their first project to the public: a pre-album promotional mixtape titled "Northside Connection." The mixtape featured artists like Blu, Ed E Buk, Zeek Illa, Bubblz, and Ladee Seduction (Jessica Bro-Z). This release was immediately popular both online and in the city of Winnipeg, and in the wake of this success, the group released two singles to the Winnipeg radio station Streetz FM: All That I Know and On These Streets. These songs quickly hit number one on the station's top 10 chart. This radio play, combined with the thousands of online downloads of the promotional mixtape, quickly established Winnipeg's Most as one of the most revered hip hop group to ever emerge from Winnipeg.[6]

Self titled debut

For their debut album, Winnipeg's Most collaborated with the Juno nominated producers Stomp and Jay Mak of RezOfficial Music. The album was released in 2010 under the group's own label, Heatbag Records, in association with RezOfficial Music. The album featured Kobe, Ed E Buk, and Zeek Illa, and it featured the hit songs All That I Know, On These Streetz, and What You In It For. Boogey the Beat co-produced one track with Stomp, titled It's A Jungle Out Here. The group won 3 out of the 4 Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards that they were nominated for.

Goodfellaz

Winnipeg's Most released their sophomore album under their label Heatbag Records in 2011. This record, titled Goodfellaz, featured artists Krizz Kaliko, The Rupness Monster, Ed E Buk, Zeek Illa, Bubblz, Big Slim, and Inez. This album won six Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards in the categories of Best Duo or Group, Best Producer/Engineer, Best Music Video, Best Album Cover Design, Best Rap/Hip-hop CD, and Single of the Year for "Don’t Stop".[7][8]

Death of Brooklyn

On September 22, 2015, it was reported that Jamie Prefontaine (aka Brooklyn), died at the age of 30.[9]

Heatbag Records

Heatbag Records was operated by the three members of Winnipeg's Most. Under this label, the group has released work by such artists as Bubblz, Ashley Blakk, the Rupness Monster, Blu, Zeek Illa n the River City Knight Ryderz, Jay Bird, Stattis, Lady Seduction, Drezus, Kid P, KiDD Kane and Charlie Stumble.

Heatbag releases

Videos

Discography

Singles

Year Song Streetz FM Album
2010 "On These Streets" ft. Kobe 1 Winnipeg's Most
"What You In It For" 1
2010 "Bang Bang" 2
2011 "Don't Stop" ft. Tha Rupness Monstah 2

Features

The members of Winnipeg's Most have appeared on a number of other releases.

Awards and nominations

Accolades

References

  1. ↑ "Straight Outta Winnipeg". MacLean's. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Winnipeg's Most". CBC. February 10, 2012. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  3. ↑ "New Music Videos | Watch Shows Online | Entertainment News & Celeb Gossip". Watch.muchmusic.com. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Winnipeg's Most – Bang Bang ft. Blu [Video". HipHopCanada.com. May 1, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  5. ↑ "APCMA – Winnipeg's Most". Aboriginalpeopleschoice.com. June 28, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Winnipeg's Most". Aboriginal Day Live. June 28, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Winnipeg's Most Sweep the APCMAs". Vancouver Sun. June 28, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Winnipeg's Most Sweep the APCMAs". Global Winnipeg. June 28, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Winnipeg rapper "Brooklyn" has passed away". pwrmoves.hiphop. September 22, 2015.

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