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Widely considered one of Toronto’s Hip Hop legends, Solitair has established an impressive legacy from his many contributions to Canada’s urban music landscape throughout his career. With his debut as a solo artist, the self-produced classic ‘Silver Surfer’ released in 1998, he introduced himself to the eager ears of Toronto’s burgeoning Hip Hop scene; both as an introspective and fearless mc with thought provoking rhymes and uplifting messages, as well as a budding producer with a keen ear for crafting musical masterpieces.

At 23 yrs old, Solitair made his mainstream musical debut on Choclair’s first major label album, ‘Ice Cold’ released in 1999. He produced 4 songs on it and was featured on several others. The album went gold (50,000 units sold) in less than 30 days.

In 2001 he had a breakout year, releasing two Canadian Hip Hop classic songs; Kardinal Offishall’s ‘Bakardi Slang’, which featured his unique production style combining island music sensibilities with Hip Hop’s gritty urban soundscape, and his own ‘Easy to slip’, on a song he wrote as an ode to fallen friends which continues to be hailed as one of Canada’s greatest Hip Hop songs. It also went on to be nominated for a Juno award for Best Rap recording in 2002

As a producer he has collaborated on projects with many of Canada’s elite artists, as well as artists from around the world. His production and songwriting have been featured on Baby Blue Soundcrew’s DJ albums Private Party Vol. 1 & 2, co-producing singles from Glenn Lewis’ ‘Only be in love’ and Jully Black’s ‘The Day Before’, both of which were nominated for Juno awards for Best R&B/Soul recording in 2000 & 2001 respectively. A year later he was solicited to produce the Canadian remix for UK artist Ms. Dynamite’s single ‘Dy-na-mi-tee’ and featured Kardinal.

While Solitair rose to prominence for his highly sought after producer skills during the early 2000’s, working on albums by Canadian heavyweights like Choclair (Memoirs of Blake Savage, Flagrant), Kardinal Offishall (Firestarter Vol. 1), Jully Black (This is me), K-os (Joyful Rebellion) Maestro Fresh Wes (Ever Since), Ivana Santilli (Brown), and The Rascalz (Reloaded), he continued to release his own singles such as ‘Listen’ and ‘Streets on fire’. In 2004, he released a full-length mixtape/album ‘Return of the Silver Surfer’.

By 2005, his work had caught the ear of New York DJ Cipha Sounds, a radio personality at legendary Hip Hop station HOT 97. After a meeting in Toronto orchestrated by industry veteran Mr. Morgan, Solitair moved to New York to form a production duo with Cipha called More Fire. Together they began co- producing and writing for rising R&B/Pop group Nina Sky’s sophomore album ‘The Musical’, releasing the radio single ‘Sugar Daddy’. Through their More Fire musical collaborations, they began to work with artists like Lil Wayne, Trey Songz, Busta Rhymes, Estelle, Rick Ross, Elephant Man, Jim Jones, and rising star Daytona.

Between traveling back and forth between Toronto and NYC to work with Cipha Sounds and working on his own material back home, Solitair was also traveling around the globe performing as a part of Kardinal Offishall’s world renown live stage show. The two have been performing together since high school, which explains why their stage chemistry, energy, and crowd communication is nearly flawless.

After taking a hiatus from releasing new material, in 2010 he returned with a bold new musical direction, crafting the pop-influenced, alternative smash ‘Come true’, which once again paired him with Kardinal as the featured mc. The song instantly reminded listeners of his diverse abilities as a producer and songwriter. The song was nominated for a Juno award for Best R&B/Soul recording of the year, a nod that placed him in the rare company of artists who’ve been nominated for Juno awards in more than one music genre.

As a natural extension to Solitair’s musical path, in 2013 he purchased the recording studio he worked out of for nearly 8 years, renaming it Solitairmusic studios. Since taking the reins, he’s been mentoring and collaborating with many of Toronto’s most talented emerging artists, and he continues to work on adding more great songs to his musical legacy.