Kardinal Offishall

Kardinal Offishall Sets Up GoFundMe Page For His Free The City Performers

Kardinal Offishall Sets Up GoFundMe Page For His Free The City Performers Kardinal Offishall — photo credit: Paul Jones Media.Kardinal Offishall, who often lends his many talents as a rapper and connector, to help various causes, has set up a GoFundMe page to raise funds for the performers at his sold-out Free The City event, June 30, at Toronto’s…

Year-End: MusiCounts Donated $525K Worth of Instruments and Gear to 33 Community Groups

Year-End: MusiCounts Donated $525K Worth of Instruments and Gear to 33 Community Groups Kardinal Offishall performs at the MusiCounts TD Community Music Program Union Station event — photo via Strut Entertainment Twitter page Thirty-three community groups received musical instruments and equipment worth $525,000 this year, thanks to the MusiCounts TD…

TIFF Soirée with Michael Fassbender on Track to Raise $300K

TIFF Soirée with Michael Fassbender on Track to Raise $300K Actor Michael Fassbender — photo courtesy of TIFF.TIFF isn’t all about the Who’s Who. It’s also about Who Helps. The 41st Toronto International Film Festival kicks off Wednesday (Sept. 7) with the fundraising gala TIFF Soirée, featuring an onstage conversation with Academy Award and Golden Globe…

Shawn Mendes, Lights, Tom Cochrane, Kardinal Offishall, Shawn Hook Join Others in Sign-Holding Kidney Foundation campaign

Shawn Mendes, Lights, Tom Cochrane, Kardinal Offishall, Shawn Hook Join Others in Sign-Holding Kidney Foundation campaign Shawn Mendes — photo credt: Cathy CutzNothing gets the word out as far and wide as social media. Attach a celebrity to your message —making their diverse followers a de facto workforce via Facebook, Instagram and Twitter shares — and…

Canadian Musicians On Board For Unison Jam and Big Announcement

Canadian Musicians On Board For Unison Jam and Big Announcement (L to R) SOCAN's Betsy Chaly, Unison Benevolent Fund's Jodie Ferneyhough and Catharine Saxberg — photo courtesy of Unison.Unison Benevolent Fund — the emergency relief services charity set up to help members of the Canadian music community — might finally be activating its financial…

Rude Band MAGIC! To Play First Charity Show But Music Is Their Cause

Rude Band MAGIC! To Play First Charity Show But Music Is Their Cause (L to R) MAGIC! drummer Alex Tanas, bassist Ben Spivak, singer Nasri Atweh and guitarist Mark Pelli — photo credit: Chapman Baehler.MAGIC!, the Los Angeles-based Canadian transplants whose reggae-pop song “Rude” went double-platinum in Canada before their debut album comes out in June,…

Billy Talent To Co-Design T-shirt For Bluenotes Kids Help Phone Campaign

Billy Talent To Co-Design T-shirt For Bluenotes Kids Help Phone Campaign Toronto rock act Billy Talent is next in line to create a graphic t-shirt for Bluenotes clothing retailer to benefit Kids Help Phone. The shirt is due in stores and online the first week of October. “We sent some ideas to them and we’re going to collaborate,” guitarist Ian D’Sa told…

Billy Talent, Kardinal, Lights, Harmer Contrast Their Childhood With War Kids

Billy Talent, Kardinal, Lights, Harmer Contrast Their Childhood With War Kids Billy Talent, Kardinal Offishall, Sarah Harmer, Lights and Kay are among the Canadian musicians who reflected on their own childhood for a series of online video clips, as part of War Child Canada’s powerful advertising campaign, entitled JAM. So far the Billy Talent, Kardinal and Harmer videos have been released.…

Bluenotes Release Anti-Bullying T-Shirt With Simple Plan, Hedley & More

Bluenotes Release Anti-Bullying T-Shirt With Simple Plan, Hedley & More Canadian denim retailer Bluenotes will be selling a $10 fundraising t-shirt for Kids Help Phone, as of Monday (Nov. 19). Emblazoned on the back are the words “Artists against loneliness, hate, bullying, anger, suffering” and the names of the Canadian musicians involved in the anti…

Young Artists For Haiti’s “Wavin’ Flag” Single Still No. 1 Download

Young Artists For Haiti’s “Wavin’ Flag” Single Still No. 1 Download Young Artists For Haiti, the Canadian collective of 50+ musicians which covered K’naan’s “Wavin’ Flag” to raise money for the victims of January’s devastating earthquake, remains at No. 1 on the SoundScan Hot Digital Songs chart for the fourth week in a row and has sold 80,000 downloads…

Russell Peters Hosts, Estelle, Jully Black, Divine Brown And More Join Kardinal Offishall’s 12th Annual Charity Event for Breast Cancer

Russell Peters Hosts, Estelle, Jully Black, Divine Brown And More Join Kardinal Offishall’s 12th Annual Charity Event for Breast Cancer Kardinal Offishall Returns Home For Annual Charity GalaRapper Kardinal Offishall has spent little time in Canada the past year, as he’s been touring the world following the success of his smash single “Dangerous”…