THE Almighty Shing Shing regime drop this timely video about the media and current events. ENJOY! and peep their bio from their website.
“Formed in 2007, “Shing Shing Regime” consists of members Cee Self 7 (MC/Producer), Salute Truth (MC), Symmetry (MC) and “The Future Buddha” DJ Akiin (DJ/Producer) [pronounced “Ah-Keen”]. All members of the group were born in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) in the province of Ontario, Canada during the late 70’s and early 80’s. Members Cee Self 7 and Salute Truth, due to the moving of family, were raised in the neighboring blue-collar city of Hamilton while members DJ Akiin and Symmetry grew up in the infamous “Malvern” and “Galloway” neighborhoods of East Toronto (Scarborough). Having grown up with hip-hop all members of the group were heavily influenced early by the consciousness, social commentary and positivity of the culture.
For the MC’s of the group, these influences lead the brothers to begin their own respective journeys into the art of writing and song creation. Cee Self 7, Salute Truth and Symmetry all began penning their first rhymes early in their adolescence which helped the young rappers to develop their writing style and confidence. For DJ Akiin, this began his foray into the world of Turntablism and DJ-ing having been influenced by the likes of such DJ’s as DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJ Premier (Gang Starr), Terminator X (Public Enemy), DJ Scratch (EPMD), and Kid Capri.
The first members of the group to get their feet wet on the Canadian hip-hop scene would be DJ Akiin and Symmetry. As the road DJ for Scarborough MC “Mathematiks” and member of the “Ojamanu Soundcrew”, DJ Akiin carved out a niche for himself in the Toronto hip-hop community (1995 – 2003) as one of the Host/DJ’s of such radio shows as 88.1 CKLN’s “Static Radio Show”, 88.9 CIRV’s “Moonlite Show” and 89.5 CIUT’s “Mixology Show” as well as producing for the well-known “Ojamanu Mixtape Series”. He is also well-known for DJ-ing numerous parties and events throughout the GTA.
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