It's time to get our Canadian rap and RB icons recognized and canonized academically or otherwise, and it is critical for scholars and historians to examine the Toronto music scene that birthed Drake/Weeknd and helped create the conditions for them to become mega-successful.

Ryerson Professor-In-Residence Dalton Higgins

When you have these two Black Canadian artists from Toronto who are performing rap, RB and pop, and are arguably on their way to becoming billionaires at some point in the future, there is a lot to learn from them.

Ryerson Professor-In-Residence Dalton Higgins