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Too Black Guys
”The name was derived from Malcolm X’s 'Message to the Grass Roots' speech. Inspired by the 'do for self' sentiment of early 90’s hip hop… Too Black…
”The Warehouse/ Kool Haus”
”The Warehouse - a concert venue that occasionally hosted DJs would make up the rest of the Guvernment venue.”
”Little Trinidad”
”As the number of students from the Caribbean attending Toronto colleges increased they established informal clubs; hosted on- and off-campus parties; staged talent contests; and formed bands as a means of seeking camaraderie.'”
”the Calypso Club”
”Toronto’s first calypso club opened over the week-end with more than 150 devotees of Caribbean music squeezed into a tiny room…'”
”the Caribbean Club”
”The Caribbean-themed clubs like other after-hours clubs received regular visits from members of the Metro Toronto Police’s morality division trying to exert a measure of control.'”
”the Port of Spain”
”Located one block west of Bay Street just south of College... the Port of Spain featured The Original Tropitones steelband—”Toronto’s most exciting group” one ad proclaimed—as the house band.'”
”the Caribbean Club”
”On a visit in November 1961 Jeff Henry a Trinidad-born university student and member of the Little Carib Dancers
”the Calypso Club”
"The lush new digs had more than double the seating capacity air conditioning and adjacent indoor parking for customers; a bamboo hut bandstand and a 12-speaker sound system. It included a proper restaurant kitchen allowing an expanded menu of West…
”Club Tropics”
”One of the clubs opened during the calypso craze but also a safe space for West Indian people.”
”The Comfort Zone”
”Hip Hop Jam Swingers.' At a nightclub in Queen West before it became commercialized and trendy... the Comfort Zone was a welcoming space for fans of funky electronic music. ”
”the Bermuda Tavern”
”One of the clubs opened during the calypso craze but also a safe space for West Indian people.”