We first caught notice of The Team as the closing act of a local dance school's Fall Showcase and we already knew after the curtain drop that we wanted to bring them into the lounge space to share their journey in the culture.

Make sure to follow their socials to stay up on their movements including their upcoming performances this year.

We first encountered The Team at a fall recital for a local dance school and had no idea they were closing out the show.

After that watching that performance

, we knew we had to get The Team (Genie, J-Littlez, Ahaan, Robin, Franz) on the pod to share their journeys in the culture and what led to the formation of an incredibly dope dance crew.

Tap in & then follow them on socials to stay up on their movements.

We were blessed with the first appearance of Alison in the lounge space as she shared a deep dive into her lore as a filmmaker and how it led to the production of Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story, where the documentary nabbed eight nominations at the Canadian Screen Awards.

Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story is streaming now on Crave and Kinema.

We were amped to welcome 7XVETHEGENIUS into the lounge space for the first time as she shared her journey in music.Dope episode. Major key salute to this exceptional Buffalo, NY talent.

Follow her on socials and add Self LXVE III and Desired Crowns to your library.

We had a great time welcoming Claire Voy and Ciccio Spagnolo, the creative braintrust behind SHEBAD, into the lounge space to share their journey in music and how symbiotic moments led to the formation of the band.They just released the Inner Openings EP, available now on all platforms.Stay up on their socials to stay current.

Mighty salute to Vast Aire and the Can Ox team (Shadow, Lou Minoti) for blessing the lounge space with their time.We had a dope deep dive into the lore of Cannibal Ox and if you've been down since day one, we believe you will enjoy our conversation with Vast Aire.Aireplane is available now and the 25th anniversary repress of The Cold Vein will be shipping soon.

We know Stephen very well with some common shared history so it was apropos to invite him into the lounge space to tell us about his new app, Hostly, a social connection app available now on the App Store and Google Play.

He also dropped the news that he is currently working on a hip hop festival and will return with more details.

Follow Stephen on all socials to stay up on Hostly and future events.

We got to welcome Brendan Grey into the lounge space for the first time to share his journey in the culture and how he discovered James "J. Dilla" Yancey, who he will be celebrating on Dilla's birthday - February 7 - with a Dilla Day celebration at Public Domain.

Tickets are available now on Eventbrite.

We had the opportunity to welcome RX into the lounge space to share her journey in music including notable stops along the way like BTS' multi-platinum My Time, to working with Stargate and establishing SoundAdvice, the music mentorship program she co-founded. The visuals for Nex Ting, her current single, is streaming now on all platforms to whet the palatte in advance of her upcoming full-length.

We had Joe Boy Rock stroll into the lounge space to catch up on his movements, more specifically, the Funk Styles workshop he's hosting at Drop-In Dance Winnipeg today at 7pm.

He gave us an update on Machina II and their plans for the new year.

You can register for the workshop via dropindancewpg.com.

The workshop will be followed by a screening of the Chris Stoke-helmed early aughts classic, You Got Served.