Saskatoon women's hip hop history being celebrated
Event Saturday night part of national project
They're women. They're rappers. And they're putting their story on the record.
On Saturday, Lindsay "Eekwol" Knight is leading a discussion celebrating the achievements of Saskatoon women in hip hop.
"A lot of times, women in hip hop aren't given as much attention as the men," Knight said. But this event will put the attention on women as part of a national effort to archive Canadian hip hop.
"If young kids are listening to hip hop and getting into hip hop, it's important to know where that hip hop history comes from."
For Knight, her passion for hip hop began when she would watch Rap City on Much Music every week as a teen.
"It was an instant love affair with the way you could tell a story over a beat."
Fellow Saskatoon rapper Tara "T- Rhyme" Campbell said she was still in elementary school when she came across the Salt-n-Pepa album Very Necessary.
"I wanted it just based on what they were wearing," Campbell recalled, saying the album was an amazing experience for her.
It was an instant love affair with the way you could tell a story over a beat.- Lindsay "Eekwol" Knight
As Indigenous artists, both women agreed that it's important for the project — and their music — to show who they really are.
"We keep it honest to who we are," Knight said. "So the stories that come up in the music is about who we are. It's about being Indigenous women on the Prairies."
I Was There!: A Celebration of Saskatoon Women in Hip Hop is being held at Village Guitar & Amp. The discussion gets underway at 7:30 p.m. CST.
With files from CBC Radio's Saskatoon Morning