Artist description With intricate wit, edgy humour, and the guts to address topics most artist would flee from, Gold Spade takes the world by storm with his ground breaking debut LP, entitled "Buy My Album".

Music Style HipHop/Rap

Musical Influences Slick Rick, (early) Big Daddy Kane, Lord Finesse, and Grand Puba

Similar Artists Slick Rick, Eminem, Casual, and Chino XL

Artist History Gold Spade, Gold being the complexion of this Canadian up and coming rapper. Spade representing his ethnic background. Which fittingly suits his tendency to mix humour with witty simplicity balancing clever wordplay with easily understood messages. But to really describe Gold Spade's new strand of this young artform, we need simply to take a brief look at his musical background, style and his lyrical content.At only 23 years of age, Spade comes to the table with years of music knowlegde and experience. Spade's mother being a former writer, songwriter and poet, he grew up with a sound knowledge of lyrical content. His uncle a part of a very popular reggae band in Jamaica(The Paragons) and cousins and family friends involved in various forms of black music set the foundation for a career in producing nurtured by his surroundings.This obviousliy helped form a great sense of what qualities were needed for the high standards of the music he creates.Gold spade's youth was also deeply entrenched in music through school choir practices and recitals, enhancing his ear for music even further. He also gained thorough knowledge of music structure through piano and keyboarding classes, which is quite evident throughout recordings produced by Spade. As a result of older family members involment in the rap industry, Spade gained interest at a very young age, and wrote his first verse at the age of 9. His first performances brought about a confident stage presence, and the ability to involve the audience in his stage shows.Battling on a regular basis gave Spade the inspiration to paramount his talents, allowing him to stand out in the crowd of laclusture rappers. Using all his spare time encompassed in music, Gold Spade has released his debut album, "Buy My Album". With this current release he promises to not only step forth as a breath of fresh air, but a refreshing new gust of wind, and you do not need to be long winded to take it all in.

Group Members Greg Ralph/Gold Spade

Instruments KORG Trinity, and SP1200.

Albums Buy My Album

Additional Info The first sighting of a top of the line producer, who dominates the mic to the fullest extent.

Location Toronto, Ontario - Canada

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