The Lounge Presents

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.

We were amped to get 393 Dance Troupe into the lounge space to share their journey and catch us up on their movements, including The Warm-Up battle coming in January 2026.

Tap in and learn more about Mickey, Dana, JR, Jan and Jonel and 393 Dance Troupe.

Heavy G & Big J.O. have served up an amuse bouche to tide you over until the next proper RUNXGUN full-length.

They rolled through the lounge space to catch us up on their families and of course, next movements.

High key recommend you put the Crash Dummy EP on repeat.

Mans done been due for a stop in the lounge and we tried to pop off going live on TikTok but that didn't quite work out - LOL - so we hopped on YouTube Live to catch up with Il-Ry.Dope ep. Lock in.

We were happy to welcome Seth into the lounge space to share the origins of Mothership Connected: The Women of Parliament-Funkadelic, his life as the son of Mallia Franklin (Parlet) and Nate Neblett (New Birth) and why it was important for this book to be written.

Mothership Connected: The Women of Parliament-Funkadelic is available at all book retailers now.

Masia One has been a disruptor from time and we were amped to welcome her into the lounge space to share a journey that has literally taken her around the world.

Back in Canada to handle business like panels at Break Out West Festival & Conference and to work on a new record, we sat for a spell with Masia to share her journey and to drop jewels for upcoming artists.

She will be panelling at Break Out West for the Elevating Experiences and International Market Discovery: Southeast Asia panels today at 1:00p and 2:00p.

Follow her socials to stay up on the movements.