A reunion years in the making, Cam’ron, Juelz Santana, and Jim Jones will be invading Toronto for one night only on Friday, January 28th at Sound Academy, along with Vado filling in for Freekey Zeekey. We have one pair of tickets (value of $100) to give away to the 7th person to tweet (must be following @realfrequency) the following line:

CONTEST: Win Pair of Tickets to Dipset Reunion Show at Sound Academy (01/28/2011) @realfrequency http://bit.ly/fA2LNh

*UPDATE: Contest over! Thanks to everyone that participated*

Good luck to all participants! Tickets are also available at Ticketmaster and select locations that are listed after the cut.

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Toronto’s premier battle league is back at it again with a full card of match-ups on January 22nd at XS Nightclub. Hit the jump for the official flyer.

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December 9th, 2010 at The Great Hall, Sound Battle Royale & Projekt Muse proudly present Bangerz, The Dipset Edition featuring Araab Muzik. “Bangerz“ is the first of type of battle that gives producers an outlet to showcase their beats in a head-to-head format. Dipset in-house producer Araab Muzik will also be displaying his incredible talents on stage as well. Tickets are $10 are still available for purchase at Play De Record and MOOG Audio. More info and a sample of what to expect after the jump.

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The show is already sold out, so good luck finding tickets or getting in at the door. Luckily for y’all, I’ll definitely have some footage and an interview for those not fortunate enough to attend.

Bilal will be performing at Revival this Wednesday with a live band, going through cuts from his classic “First Born Second” and “A Love For Sale” LPs, as well as new material from his recently-released “Airtight’s Revenge” LP. For more info, head to the Facebook event page. Tickets can be purchased at TicketPicket.com.

PREVIOUSLY: DJ Mensa Presents The Best Of Bilal

Legendary Outkast member Big Boi will be taking over Guvernment tomorrow as part of the Peace Dot Love Festival alongside 15-year old Canadian sensation Reema Major, live remix crew Keys N Krates, Grand Analog, and DJ Skratch Bastid on the 1s and 2s. The proceeds raised from the festival will be donated to Peacebuilders International, LOVE (Leave Out Violence) and War Child.

We have a pair of tickets to give away for the show to the 7th person to Tweet the following line (you must be following @realfrequency):

@realfrequency @therealbigboi at Guvernment, Peace Dot Love Festival this Thursday http://bit.ly/8QUCno

UPDATE: Contest over, congrats to Niya!

Good luck! Tickets are available online, as well as at Rotate This, Play De Record, and Soundscapes. Hit the jump for the official flyer for the show.

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The 3rd annual Nu Jazz Festival will be kicking off this Friday at The Great Hall with Rich Medina & The SoulJazz Orchestra. This festival aims to to bringing jazz into a modern context by blending this essential improvisation-based art form with other styles like funk, hiphop, electronica and more. Confirmed artists this year include: DJ Shadow, Tortured Soul, Mark de Clive-Lowe feat. Sy Smith, Aloe Blacc, Rich Medina, The Souljazz Orchestra, King Sunshine, Sunny Albeau, Minotaurs, United Soul, Footprints, John Kong, DJ Nana, DJ Goldfinger and more!

We have a pair of tickets to give away to the 5th person to Tweet the following line (you must be following us):

@realfrequency @nujazzfestival @richmedina Nu Jazz Festival Launch Party http://bit.ly/9jzJYT

UPDATE: Contest over, congrats to Adeel!

For more info, head to the official Nu Jazz Festival website. Good luck!

For those that missed his last show, Curren$y returns to the T Dot backed by a live band and along with good friends Ski Beatz, Smoke DZA, Stalley, and more this Sunday, November 7th at Wrongbar. We have a pair of tickets to give away, so the 5th person to Tweet the following line gets them:

RT @RealFrequency #BluRocContest @currensy_spitta @skibeatz @smokedza #Toronto http://bit.ly/8QUCno

UPDATE: Contest over, congrats to Melissa!

Good luck! If you don’t win, buy tickets anyways, they are only $10! Hit the jump for the official flyer.

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This Friday, October 28, Manifesto.ca together with The Academy are proud to present Dead Prez along with Toronto super-group Freedom Writers (Tona, Theology 3, Mathematik, Progress, Frankie Payne & Adam Bomb) at The Great Hall (1087 Queen St W.). DJ Dalia and Numeric will be providing the musical vibes for the night. Tickets are $25 in advance and can be purchased at Play De Record, Soundscape, MOOG, or via Ticketpicket.com. For more info, hit the jump.

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The finalists (Fresh Kils, Memorecks, Peter Project, and Silas) have been selected and this Friday, October 22nd, a new Sound Battle Royale champion will be crowned, taking home $1500 in the process. Before the champ is crowned, they will have to impress the panel of judges, including Rich Kidd, ToneMason, Rodrigo Buscanan from Pound Magazine and world-renowned producer Jake One. Tickets are $15 in advance at Play De Record and Eventbrite.com and the show is going down at Wrongbar (1259 Queen St W.). For more info, head to the official website.