YV Media: You’ve made it a mission to turn your hometown into an international hip-hop movement with The Kid from Ottawa. What makes Ottawa’s sound and story unique compared to established hubs like Toronto? Taz Bentii: Yes, I’m trying to change the hip-hop movement in Ottawa. I feel as if Canada already has a big mark on the hip-hop game as there are big Toronto Artists. Ottawa has had its artist-like Belly, Night Lovell, FTG Metro, TwoTiime and me. What makes our sound uniq

YV Media: Coming out of Amsterdam, NY, you’ve built major momentum to become one of the most streamed artists from Upstate New York. How has your Upstate roots and split performing between the Capital Region and NYC shaped your sound and stage presence? Yari Toro: Being from Upstate has played such a huge part in my career. It makes me unique from every other typical artist you see blow up from big, well-known states and cities. Everyone always says they’ve never heard of Ams