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trillstatik 3
Their third installment, Bun B and Statik reconvene for their TrillStatik 3 project.
Original sample on track 9 - “Big Shit” (Feat. Lukah & UFO Fev) composed by DK.
The coast
By Martin Bauman - 22.11.2023
The frequent Ghettosocks collaborator mixes hip hop royalty with homegrown talent, enlisting the likes of Ras Kass, Saukrates and Ambeez on the nine-track project.
COMPLEX CANADA
By Louis Pavlakos - 13.10.2023
Nova Scotia producer DK is set to release his upcoming project Atlantic Rap in November and dropped the soulful "Circa '91" with Rasheed Chappell and K-Tas.
2022 Music Nova Scotia Award Winners
Hip-Hop/Rap Recording of the Year - Listen to the Masters by Ghettosocks x DK
The globe and mail
by Kyle Mullin - 18.08.22
Their album Listen to the Masters not only maintains the time-honoured hip-hop tradition of sampling vintage jazz records, but also boasts exclusive live instrumentation from musicians such as Halifax saxophonist James Shaw and New York keyboardist Cas Weinbren.
COMPLEX CANADA
by Kyle Mullin - 20.05.22
Some underground Canadian hip-hop producers would be discouraged by the pandemic botching their chance to record with a major act in New York. But Halifax’s DK prefers to persist. The result: an even better collaboration with the don of that rap Mecca.
okayplayer
by Karas Lamb - 01.06.22
DK & Ghettosocks deliver the boom bap clinic Listen To The Masters featuring Rome Streets, Moka Only, El Da Sensei, O.C. and more.
The Coast - Halifax’s Website
by Morgan Mullin - 8.16.19
A blue sky, dotted with cumulus clouds, spins lazily by overhead, as if you’re out for a summer drive with your best friends—or you suddenly found your arms were replaced by wings and you needed to test ‘em out. Ghettosocks (real name Darren Pyper), the venerable Halifax MC, comes into view, towering over the frame. You’re sitting at his feet, ready to receive his imminent lesson in the form.
The drums hit, backed by the skeleton of a reworked jazz sample, and the rhythm slides across your ears, sweet as Nutella.
“I fly, we fly they fly/I looked up and saw my reflection in the sky,” Ghettosocks spits.
This is “Reflections,” the new track by producer-beatmaker Darrell Kelloway (who goes by DK) and ‘socks himself.
“I’m pretty particular when it comes to beats,” Ghettosocks continues. “When you’re on a wavelength, that’s when things come together. DK’s style just spoke to me.”
blackout hip hop
by Phat Phillie - 12.12.19
Two Canadians, producer DK & a dope MC, Ghettosocks connect for a new album set to feature numerous underground heavyweights as they tease us with a new video for a single called Reflections.