Winnipeg, Manitoba




For those of you who know your geography then you'll notice how I skipped over Saskatchewan, the "middle" Province in Canada. If you know anything about Saskatchewan then you'll understand why I skipped it because besides wheat, I think their only other export is the comedy show "Corner Gas". To sum it up, I don't have any artists from that Province, but I do have one from Winnipeg, so it made sense to just skip over it and move on.

You'll also notice that I decided to a frame from a Simpsons episode rather than an actual real picture. I chose that one in particular because it pretty much sums up my feelings for Winnipeg and Manitoba altogether. It's a cold place that's only redeeming factor is that they have polar bears, that's it. So rather than drone on about why I dislike Winnipeg (It could basically be summed up into one word, "Cold") I'll move onto the only artist I could find from that region on Canada, Gruf The Druid or just Gruf.


Gruf is an... interesting man to say the very least. He's a hip hop artist, however his songs tend to deal more with nature, the human mind, and the existence of extra terrestrials. Production wise... I'm pretty sure he does everything himself and on his first album Druidry it's pretty evident. His second album, Hopeless is a far more polished version, but there's just something lacking there. As rough as Druidry may have been, I do think it's the stronger of the two just due to the content matter. You can really hear his passion for it and you can tell that he's most likely faced harsh criticism from his peers, however he continues to record and distribute despite all the naysayers. I'm not going to lie to you, his stuff is a little weird and can be hard to get into, I don't expect many people to come back to me with "oh my god this is the greatest thing ever", I know I sure as fuck didn't. Give it a try and if you don't like it, keep it and try again another time when you don't have anything else you want to listen to. He does grow on you, I can assure you of that, it just takes time.