TLOY TALKS

On the 174th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Josh (Yashu) speaks with CROOKS, a Kitchener rapper and artist who's recently signed to GHOSTOWN RECORD$ accompanied by previous TLOY TALKS guest and rapper, producer, artist, and owner of GHOSTOWN RECORD$, GHOSTBOYRJ. We discuss about his upbringing, playing ball in Nova Scotia, transitioning from ball to music, his musical background and history, his influences and who he would like to work with someday, his creative process when making music and what a day in making music is like for him, his stage name, immersing into the Toronto/GTA music scene, The Principle of Least Interest (TPOLI), his music, 4SZN.Studio, linking up with GHOSTBOYRJ and signing to GTR and Urbnet, AI in the music industry, if bars still matter and much more.

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On the 172nd episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Scarborough rapper and artist KGDASAV returns to the pod to speak about his recent music, the Allstar JR situation, Rio Da Yung OG, working with BZB Convenience, his time in Michigan, the Toronto accent, life in Toronto, and much more.

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On the 168th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Scarborough R&B singer-songwriter and artist 0nekay came by to the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time to speak more about his upbringing in Malvern and in Scarborough, the Malvern scene, living in an apartment of family of 8, getting into singing and music, what inspired him to become an R&B singer-songwriter and artist and take it seriously, his influences and who he would like to work with, his creative process when making music, his stage name, his music, working Maccadelic, Evil Eye & OTRJae, getting co-signed by Toronto Rapstars, the Toronto/Canadian music scene and much more.

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On the 167th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Ralph aka "The Mayor" of The Mayor's Office Network/Podcast came by to the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time to talk about his upbringing, how The Mayor's Office came about and the podcast/network itself, his thoughts on the Toronto accent, mental health, if Joe Budden and Rory & Mal can ever resolve their issues, favourite television shows to recommend, comedy, and much more. We also previewed our first-ever game edition of 'Wife or Trife' in which Ralph had the honour of being the first participant for it.

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On the 164th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Scarborough-born, Pickering/Scarborough-raised former artist, dancer, and now videographer, director, and owner/founder of The Ammaar Show, Ammaar O.D. came by to the TLOY TALKS for the first time to discuss his upbringing, his first introduction to breakdancing, videography, the Torronto music scene and making music, his influences, immersing into Toronto’s breakdancing and dance community industry, getting into videography as a career, creating The Ammaar Show and the inspiration behind it, how he manage to meet and work with Toronto Rapstars and forming the Rapstars Freestyle/Spotlight series, his music, directing his own videos instead of shooting for other artists for their own music and not charging artists for the videos, the importance of creating open mic/music-curated videos for the music industry and within hip-hop, the Toronto music scene, Toronto media, mental health, and much more.

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On the 163rd episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Toronto photographer, videographer, social worker, and childhood friend of Josh aka Yashu, Angie [aka. ShotsByDrea] came by to the TLOY TALKS for the first time, and Josh and Angie reminisce about their time during high school and how high school can change a lot over time. The podcast lead off with Angie discussing her upbringing in Toronto, how she got into photography and the creative arts, establishing a career within her photography, how her first major shoot/project came about, her creative approaches when doing a photoshoot or working on a photo project, being a photographer in the Toronto dancehall and soca communities, receiving major co-signs and various opportunities from her work, the misconceptions about the photography and creative industries, being a woman in a male-dominated photography industry in her field, mental health and much more.

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On the 162nd episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Centuryselfmade & Gettyselfmade came by to the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time. It starts with Centuryselfmade doing a freestyle for the podcast. It led to them speaking more about their upbringings, their start in music, how they got into music growing up, their influences and creative process, how they linked up, their music, providing game on how to be successful within music and how to focus on social media more, the Toronto/Kitchener music scenes and much more.

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On the 160th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, rapper and artist $paceboi came by to the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time to speak more about his upbringing, getting into music and the artists and sounds he grew up listening to, what inspired him to become a rapper and artist, his influeences and who he would like to work with someday, his creative process when making music and what a day in making music is like for him, having writer's block, his stage name, his music, Vile Murk, the Toronto/Canadian music scene, his experience building and finding a team as an artist, the current state of the music business and the industry, gentrification, mental health and much more.

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On the 159th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Toronto-born, Scarborough-raised, now Durham Region-raised and residing rapper, producer, artist, and podcaster K Tr3y came by to the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time to speak more about his upbringing, his first introduction to music and how he got into it, starting as a producer and producing for Heartless G, working with Heartless G, what inspired him to become an artist and take it seriously, his influences, who he would like to work with someday, Drake, his creative process when making music and what a day in the studio is like for him, his music, working with Macadellic, Solo YS, Portion, Buggz, & Snackz, running a meme page back in the day, social media, forming a podcast with CringeKev, his thoughts on the state of podcasting today, his thoughts on the Toronto/Canadian music scene and much more.

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On the 155th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Durham Region's own Seko came by for the first time, and we started by previewing an unreleased track with him and Solo YS that will be dropping soon. Seko spoke more about his upbringing in Pickering, Courtice, and Peterborough, growing up Kenyan, getting into battle rap and freestyling, growing up in a big musical family, artists collaborations he would like to work with, his creative process when making music and what a day in the studio is like for him, having a lisp, being shadowbanned on streaming platforms, working with Cleanopatra, Solo YS, and Jon Kabongo, opening up for De La Soul, the Vybz Kartel co-sign, if he ever regret his time at Nycesound Productions and backstotry on leaving the label, working and meeting with Yoko Gold, the Tory/Meg situation, the Toronto/Canadian music scene, and much more.

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