Citizen Kane was a Canadian hip hop duo, active in the late 1990s and early 2000s."Hometown hip-hop ; Toronto is becoming a hotbed of hard rhymes". ''

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'', December 12, 1999. They were most noted as two-time

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nominees for Rap Recording of the Year, for their EP '' The Epic'' at the

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and their album ''

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'' at the

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. Raised in the public housing of

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,Raisin' Kane: A Rapumentary

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. Accessed on July 20, 2019. the group consisted of rappers Jeff "J-Spade" Duke, a first-generation Canadian, and Rob "Blye" Paris, a

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; they were managed by Adrian Perry. Duke started in the music business as a dancer for

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and Dream Warriors. They released their debut single, "Soul Survivor" in 1995, and followed up with a number of singles before releasing '' The Epic'' in 1997. They followed up with ''

'' in 1999; their efforts to promote ''Deliverance'', in the face of

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's struggle to gain commercial and critical attention in that era, were filmed by Duke's sister Alison for the

documentary ''Raisin' Kane: A Rapumentary'', which was released in 2001. They released a couple of further singles after ''Deliverance'', but broke up before releasing another album. In 2012, TopLeft Recordings released the mixtape ''Scartown Unreleased Classics'', composed of tracks recorded by the group from 2001 to 2005, which were intended for a second album.(Mixtape) Citizen Kane – "Scartown Unreleased Classics"
The Come Up Show. Accessed on July 28, 2019. Several of their singles, including "Soul Survivor", "Black Rain" and "Raisin' Kane", were reissued in 2018.

Discography

*'' The Epic'' (1997) *''

'' (1999)

References

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