For those who come straight outta the ’burbs, breaking in to the big-city business of hip hop is no small task. You need an in, some way to bridge the proverbial gap. Born and raised in Ajax, Ontario, Peter Jackson cut his key in the concert business.

It all started in the Durham Region, though reports differ as to exactly where. The bio on his website connects the 20-something rapper (performing Oct. 13 at Toronto’s Annex Wreckroom) with Ajax’s neighbour Oshawa, pointing to parallels between the “Sh’wa” and Detroit — home, of course, to the preeminent against-all-odds white rap success story, Eminem. Oshawa, so says Peter Jackson’s bio, has given Canada its own “pretty decent white (boy) that can rhyme.” ——click below for the full article

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