The Block Productions & Marked Up Entertainment Presents...
*K-OS*End of Summer Tour 2024
DATE: AUG 31 2024
LOCATION: THE CORONA TAVERN 721 5 St SE, Medicine Hat, AB T1A 0N5
DOORS: 8PM
K-os is a rapper, singer and songwriter hailing from Toronto, Ontario, Canada who was born on February 20th, 1972. Since debuting in 1993 he has released five studio albums and become one of the most acclaimed and respected Canadian rappers of all time.While many rappers point to hearing N.W.A for the first time as their formative musical experience, or owe their entire career to Nas, but far more of them than one might expect have a voracious appetite for all kinds of music, and nowhere is this more apparent than in Kevin Brereton. Brereton grew up enamored with Slick Rick and A Tribe Called Quest, but was also a devoted fan of New Order, Depeche Mode, The Beatles and RX Bandits, and all of them would go on to deeply influence his music when he debuted as k-os in 1993. Thanks to a grant by the MuchFACT foundation, Brereton was able to release his first single “Musical Essence” independently, which was a big success around his native Canada.In 1995. Brereton was invited to join that year's Hip-Hop Explosion Tour, sharing the stage with Rascalz and Ghetto Concept. Off the back of this tour Brereton would meet Raphael Saadiq, with whom he would partner up to record his debut album “Missing Links”. He finished the album, and even got an offer for a record deal from BMG after the release of his second single “Rise Like The Sun”.
