Mr. Roam
Mr. Roam | |
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Origin | Canada |
Genres | Rap |
Mr. Roam is a Canadian rapper.[1] His album Tom Strokes Presents the ClasSix Plus Six received a Juno Award nomination for Rap Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2004.[2] Active in the 1990s as Mr. Roam from the Plant, he played a key role in securing label deals for Ghetto Concept and Da Grassroots,[3] and was a featured artist on several tracks from Da Grassroots' album Passage Through Time. His debut single as a solo artist, "Groupie Central" b/w "Sunny Kiss Is Wack", was released in 2000.[4] He released the six-song EP Tom Strokes Presents the Classix in early 2003,[5] and followed up later in the year with the full-length ClasSix Plus Six.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "New and Notable Releases: Mr. Roam". Now, November 6, 2003.
- ^ "Juno nominees show 'few surprises'". Welland Tribune, February 12, 2004.
- ^ "Mr. Roam's Art of Conversation". Exclaim!, January 1, 2006.
- ^ "Mr. Roam From The Plant, 'Groupie Central/Sunny Kiss Is Wack'". Exclaim!, September 1, 2000.
- ^ "Mr. Roam, Tom Strokes Presents the Classix". Exclaim!, June 1, 2003.