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Solo artist Backxwash is photographed in black and white. Warm toned flowers fill the background.

Backxwash

Montreal, QC

Influenced by traditional Zambian music, industrial metal and experimental hip-hop, Ashanti Mutinta has carved out a noisy place in Canada’s rising rap scene. After a prior win in 2020, her most recent album, Only Dust Remains, was also considered for the 2025 Polaris Music Prize. Uncompromising, unpredictable, and deeply political; Backxwash is all this, and so much more. 


Selected by clipping. 

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Hazy photo of rapper billy woods, shot from below.

billy woods

 Three members of clipping. stand indoors in a dim, mixed‑tone studio space, surrounded by electronic equipment and monitors. The central figure looks directly at the camera while the others stand to the sides, one closer to the lens and slightly out of focus, creating an atmospheric, behind‑the‑scenes portrait.

clipping.

 Black and white photo of experimental artist Lana del Rabies, dressed in black, staring into the camera in a forested setting.

Lana Del Rabies

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