Ghetto Concept - Blades Of Ice

What this video is

Released in 1998 during the peak of Canada's independent hip-hop movement, Blades of Ice emerges from Ghetto Concept's self-titled debut album — the group's first full-length after back-to-back Juno Award wins in 1995 and 1996. Operating entirely independently through their own 7Bills Entertainment label, Ghetto Concept represented the vanguard of Toronto's grassroots rap scene, drawing from the Rexdale and…

Why it matters

Blades of Ice is a primary document of Canadian Golden Era hip-hop at its independent apex — produced, performed, and directed from within the group's own ecosystem. As one of multiple 1998 singles from a Juno-decorated duo working without major-label backing, it exemplifies the self-sufficient…

The director

Kwajo 'Cinqo' Boateng is a Canadian artist, producer, and entrepreneur, and one half of the two-time Juno Award-winning hip-hop duo Ghetto Concept. Based in Toronto, he began his career in the early 1990s and co-founded 7Bills Entertainment (later G7 Records…