Winnipeg's Most


Winnipeg's Most was a Canadian hip hop group, made up of the MC's Jon-C, Charlie Fettah, and Brooklyn. They were based in the city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Jon-C and Brooklyn are both Aboriginal artists, and the group was featured in the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation documentary series 8th Fire. The group released two albums and a number of singles and videos, some of which where played on MuchMusic. The group won several Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards in 2010, including the award for Best New Artist, and they won six APCMA's in 2011.

History

"Northside Connection"

In early June 2010, Winnipeg's Most released their first project to the public: a pre-album promotional mixtape titled "Northside Connection". The mixtape featured artists Blu, Ed E Buk, Zeek Illa, Bubblz, and Ladee Seduction. Next, the group released two singles to the Winnipeg radio station Streetz FM: "All That I Know" and "On These Streets." These songs hit number one on the station's top 10 chart, and the mixtape was downloaded thousands of times. These initial singles spawned videos directed by Stuey Kubrick and received airplay on Canada's Much Music.

Self titled debut

For their debut album, Winnipeg's Most collaborated with the Juno nominated producers Stomp and Jay Mak of RezOfficial Music. The album was released in 2010 under the group's own label, Heatbag Records, in association with RezOfficial Music. The album featured Kobe, Ed E Buk, and Zeek Illa, and it featured the hit songs "All That I Know", "On These Streetz", and "What You In It For". Boogey the Beat co-produced one track with Stomp, titled "It's A Jungle Out Here". The group won 3 out of the 4 Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards that they were nominated for.

''Goodfellaz''

Winnipeg's Most released their sophomore album under their label Heatbag Records in 2011. This record, titled Goodfellaz, featured artists Krizz Kaliko, The Rupness Monster, Ed E Buk, Zeek Illa, Bubblz, Big Slim, and Inez. This album won six Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards in the categories of Best Duo or Group, Best Producer/Engineer, Best Music Video, Best Album Cover Design, Best Rap/Hip-hop CD, and Single of the Year for "Don't Stop".

Disbandment and death of Brooklyn

Winnipeg's Most disbanded after 2013. Jon-C was arrested that year after cocaine and other drugs were found in his home during a 2012 police raid. On September 22, 2015, Jamie Prefontaine, died at the age of 30.

Heatbag Records

Heatbag Records was operated by the three members of Winnipeg's Most. Under this label, the group has released work by Bubblz, Ashley Blakk, the Rupness Monster, Blu, Zeek Illa n the River City Knight Ryderz, Jay Bird, Stattis, Lady Seduction, Drezus, Kid P, KiDD Kane and Charlie Stumble.

Heatbag releases

Features

The members of Winnipeg's Most have appeared on a number of other releases.