The rapper says he took the stage with five minutes to spare after his DJ was delayed, then watched thousands of people jump with the music.
Kardinal Offishall says a last-minute DJ delay raised the stakes at his sold-out Sauble Beach concert. With five minutes before showtime, he took the stage and delivered what he described as a full-force hip-hop set.
“My DJ hadn’t arrived,” Kardinal wrote in a post after the performance. “We had 5 minutes to go on stage!” He also said he had been told Sauble Beach had never hosted a hip-hop show before.
A first hip-hop show for the area?
Kardinal said that possibility added pressure because he might be the first live hip-hop performer many people in the area had seen. His response was direct: “We tore it alllll the way down!!!!”
He described the crowd as thousands of people jumping high enough to “touch the sky” at the same time. That attendance figure comes from Kardinal’s own account. Images from the performance show him onstage beneath a banner carrying the words “Sauble Beach Party.”
The event was identified as a live hip-hop concert connected to Sauble Beach Party. The supplied announcement does not identify an exact date, formal venue name, address or ticket details, but it does describe the concert as sold out.
Flo joined Kardinal for the Sauble Beach performance
Kardinal also thanked his brother Flo, writing that he was always a pleasure to “rock with.” The post confirms the two shared the performance, although it does not specify Flo’s formal role in the show.
He gave additional shoutouts to DJ Agile, Solitair and Davakii Mylaud. The announcement does not identify their specific roles, so their contribution to the concert remains unspecified.
A new song is out now
Alongside the concert recap, Kardinal announced that his new song, “Kiss Me When I”, is out now. He also pointed to an upcoming East Coast appearance at a University of New Brunswick Students’ Union concert.
For the Sauble Beach crowd, the night came down to a narrow window before showtime and a performance that Kardinal says turned the pressure into momentum.
Kardinal Offishall
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Toronto-born rapper, producer and music executive whose dancehall-infused hip-hop, global collaborations and decades of mentorship helped turn Canadian rap into an international…
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