Ehski is doing his part to put Nunavut on the hip hop map.
On Aug. 25, the Sanikiluaq-born rapper released his first full length album, an 11-track project called Final Legacy.
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Ehski started working on the songs that comprise Final Legacy years ago, but the project finally came together during his time in the 2021-2022 Ajungi Mentorship Program.
The program, created by Iqaluit-based record-label Hitmakerz, provided him with one-on-one mentoring sessions on performance skills, production, entertainment law, and marketing, and ultimately helped him record his project with Ottawa-based production company Tev Sound.
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Ehski got into hip hop when he was about 13, and credits Eminem as one of his earliest influences. However, he didnSA国际影视传媒檛 begin working on his own music until he was 16, when he was incarcerated as a young offender at the Isumaqsunngittukkuvik Youth Center in Iqaluit, and started writing poems and lyrics to SA国际影视传媒渃ope.SA国际影视传媒�
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After his time at the youth centre, Ehski began to grow as a musician by rapping over beats he found on YouTube, and picking the brains of other performers, many of whom have also worked with Hitmakerz.
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EhskiSA国际影视传媒檚 favourite songs on his new album are Believe in Yourself, and the title track, Final Legacy, which features fellow Nunavummiut and Hitmakerz artist Shauna Seeteenak.
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He also hopes to inspire other musicians across Nunavut, wider Canada, and internationally.
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