A Great Day in Toronto Hip Hop

A Great Day in Toronto Hip Hop^[1] is a black-and-white photograph of 103 key players from the Canadian hip hop scene in Toronto, taken by photographer Patrick Nichols for the Art Gallery of Ontario on August 14, 2024.^[2] Echoing inspirational notes of the iconic 1958 Art Kane photo "A Great Day in Harlem" and the 1998 Gordon Parks photo "A Great Day in Hip Hop", "A Great Day in Toronto Hip Hop" features a collective likeness of MCs, DJs, break-dancers, graffiti artists, producers, promoters, designers and media personalities -- together representing three-generations of Hip Hop culture in Canada -- grouped standing on the steps of the Liberty Grand Entertainment Complex.^[3] The image was captured with a Phase One digital camera, shortly after noon.^[4]

Subjects featured in the photograph

Jelleestone
Eyes (BrassTacks), aka Tar Baby God
Diamond X
Infinite
Red Ants
Kane
Ron Nelson (DJ)
Paul Pitter
King Lou Dream Warriors (band)
Terry "Top Gun" Headley
Precious Headley
Jerome Cummings (The 5 Aces)
Bobby Spinner Martin
Tara Chase
Motion
Lady P
Michie Mee
Freddy "Freeze" Lopez (Wildstyle Crew)
Wade Bipatnath (Wildstyle Crew)
Lindon "Chico" Pincay (Wildstyle Crew)
Nigel B (Wild Style Crew)
Ford Medina
DJ Cartel
Cooley the Kid
Capital Q (Dream Warriors (band))
Christopher Lee Clements
Solitair
Gary McCalla (The 5 Aces)
David Cropper
Eugene Tam (Play De Record)
Rohan Campbell (The 5 Aces)
B-Kool (aka Don Carlito)
Ebonnie Rowe
Jason Cameron (The 5 Aces)
Snow (musician)
DJ Jel (Get Loose Crew)
Toney Duncan (Sunshine Sound Crew)
Julian Arthur (Groove-A-Lot Records)
JC Sunshine (Sunshine Sound Crew)
2Rude
Paul Pickering
DJ MasterMind
Saukrates
YLook
Dolo Ghetto Concept
David Strickland (music producer)
Jeff "J-Spade" Duke (Citizen Kane (band)), aka Crazy Roc (Graffiti Knights)
Chase Parsons
Michele Geister
D.nd (Brass Tacks)
Mathematik
Steel (Down ta Erf)
Xentury
Master T
J Rebel (Supernaturalz)
William Deniro (Code Blue)
Lex Leosis (The Sorority (rap group)
Alison Duke (filmmaker)
pHonenix Pagliacci
Keysha Freshh
Blackjack aka Stadic (Concrete Mobb)
David "Click" Cox
Kwame Mason
Chico Umengam
Mark Stoddart
MC Shadow (Get Loose Crew)
DJ Power
MC Pin (of Organized Rhyme)
Rupert Gayle (Beat Factory)
Alex Jr. Miller
DJ Mercilless (It's Called Life
KDB (Babylon Warchild and Crooks of Da Round Table)
DJ Starting From Scratch
Junior Lewis (Monica's Beauty Supply)
Adam Bomb
Tanya Mullings
Addi "Mindbender" Stewart
DJ Mo Betta
Adrian Aitcheson (Too Black Guys)
Big Sproxx
Barry Boothe (TKO Sounds)
Malichi Male
Craig "Big C" Mannix
Sady Ducros (The Graffiti Knights)
Enza Ruscillo
Styles (Intrikit)
Tona
Choclair
JellyTooFly
Eternia (rapper)
Haviah Mighty
Thrust (rapper)
Dan-e-o
Jemeni
Jimmy Prime
DJ MelBoogie
Garie Adamson (100 Miles)
Gee Wonder
Robert Osbourne (Too Black Guys)
Maurice Davis
Harv Glazer
Eldon Mascoll (Phat TV)

References

^ "'A Great Day in Toronto Hip Hop' A Throwback". Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
^ "Patrick Nichols on his photographs of Toronto's hip-hop scene". CBC. December 9, 2024.
^ Dart, Chris (December 10, 2024). "A massive new exhibition examines hip-hop's impact on the modern world". CBC.
^ "The magic behind 'A Great Day in Toronto hip-hop' shoot". Ron Fanfair. 2025-01-08. Retrieved 2025-03-20.

[1] "'A Great Day in Toronto Hip Hop' A Throwback". Art Gallery of Ontario. Retrieved 2025-03-20.

[2] "Patrick Nichols on his photographs of Toronto's hip-hop scene". CBC. December 9, 2024.

[3] Dart, Chris (December 10, 2024). "A massive new exhibition examines hip-hop's impact on the modern world". CBC.

[4] "The magic behind 'A Great Day in Toronto hip-hop' shoot". Ron Fanfair. 2025-01-08. Retrieved 2025-03-20.

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