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Poor Jagmeet Singh. For such a nice guy, he sure takes more than his share of lumps.

On April 28th, Canadians consigned Singh and his New Democrats to the ash heap, reducing the party to a mere shadow of its former self and removing it from official party status in the House of Commons. The resounding electoral blow led Singh to resign as party leader, a rather inglorious fate for the man who is probably most responsible for the extension of prescription drug and dental benefits to the young and starting out and to the old and checking crowds. Both groups looked the other way, though, when it came time to cast a ballot, caught up as they were in the two-party struggle between the Liberals and the Conservatives.

On Saturday, Jagmeet went to a concert in Toronto, a man of the people, with the people, and out with the people on a weekend night. He claims he went to the concert to take in the talent of the opening act, a rapper named SZA, because apparently Jagmeet likes his rappers.

But the problems started when Singh remained for the featured artist, which is what 100 out of 100 people would do after shilling out for the tickets, which wouldn’t have been cheap, since the main event was Los Angeles rapper Kendrick Lamar. And since Lamar is pretty much one of the Hip Hop giants, nobody would ever have cause to criticize Jagmeet about his choice of concerts to attend.

Except Drake.

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So, I heard this morning that Kendrick Lamar is coming to Toronto.

Big f**king deal.

Except that it is.

We just survived six shows of Taylor Swift in The Big Smoke and now comes another performer who will command stratospheric ticket prices and bring the attention of the world onto Downtown Toronto. But, whereas Taylor Swift fans exchange friendship bracelets with one another, we can only hope that competing rap enthusiasts don’t exchange gunfire.

Before I write another word, I have to make something profoundly clear.

I’m a gunna tell ya tha’ I ain’ no racist, and I’m a gunna tell ya that tha’ ain’t no basis,
for dat shit I gotta say, as I startin’ wid ma day.
It only just da way it is and all ya gotta face it.

Or something like that.

My apologies to my children, to any rap fans, or to worshippers of rap warlords world-wide. For a sixty-five year old man to be cringe-rapping into his cornflakes on a Saturday morning is perhaps a low point for just about anyone starting their day. But in my defence, it’s important to point out that my commentary has nothing to do with skin colour, since that’s not on my list of criteria for judging a person. So there.

Kendrick Lamar is coming to the 6IX, which is rap slang for Toronto, based upon some cleverness originated by another rapper named Drake, who happens to call Toronto home. It’s a derivative of the city’s long serving 416 area code.

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SINGH GETS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE

KENDRICK LAMAR COMING TO THE 6IX