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HAVIAH MIGHTY
rises with new mixtape
‘STOCK EXCHANGE’
Out Now

+ Listen to
‘SO SO ft. DAI BURGER’

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Photo by Yung Yemi

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Praise for HAVIAH MIGHTY

“Her flow is fantastic, but the sound of her voice – it’s so dark and so deep too” Richard Kingsmill, triple j

“After having a breakout 2020, Haviah’s unapologetic hooks are bound to travel even further in 2021” GQ

“Mighty’s flow is slick and her tone wary” FLOOD

“Straightforward and urgent…piercing” The FADER

“Ominous, bass-heavy beats and hard-nosed bars that could go toe-to-toe with any challenger” Pitchfork

“Haviah Mighty’s ‘Protest’ keeps 2020’s BLM demonstrations alive” Rolling Stone

2019 Polaris Prize Winner

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Haviah Mighty has delivered with the release of her new mixtape, Stock Exchange, out now. LISTEN HERE.

Following Haviah’s 2019 Polaris Music Prize-winning album 13th Floor, her latest project features an array of highly acclaimed singles and guests, launching exactly one year ago with the powerful ‘Atlantic‘. with Stock Exchange, Haviah celebrates her ever-evolving and progressive career with numerous accolades and live shows – defying all odds around a time of change worldwide. The final album track, ‘So So‘, featuring Lenape Land / Queens, New York rapper, Dai Burger, rings in the occasion with bold bars, catchy production, and unwavering confidence. LISTEN TO ‘SO SO’ HERE.

Over the last two years, Haviah has been expanding her career on a global scale in between support from triple j’s Richard Kingsmill, to her feature on BBC Radio’s Future Artists with Jack Saunders. With Stock Exchange she continues to highlight her artistic expansion through her lyricism and production alongside the mixtape’s long list of collaborators. Its guest list of international artists includes multiple Latin GRAMMY-winning Barcelona-based artist, Mala Rodríguez (‘Flamenco‘), UK artist Yizzy (‘Protest‘), US artists Jalen Santoy (‘Way Too Fast‘) and Old Man Saxon (‘Antisocial‘), to fellow hometown artists Astrokidjay (‘Coulda Been U’), JUNO Award-winning rapper, TOBi (‘Good On My Own Tonight‘), and producer-DJ Grandtheft (‘Avocado‘) and Young Dreadz (‘Tesla‘).

Throughout the mixtape, Haviah tackles a range of deeply felt ideas and topics: the roots of capitalism, systemic racism, self-awareness, independence, strength in community, and beyond. The title – Stock Exchange – refers to an internal reckoning the rapper underwent across the past year in regards to how artists are these days forced to validate their value as creators and the merit of their work based on (a nauseating set of) random data metrics (follower counts, views, streams, etc.), losing the authentic, universal human-to-human experience of art in the process. She reflects, “These statistics that we use to compare ourselves to others and to define our successes, have become proof of our worth. It’s all perception. These ideas around perceived value got me thinking about the Stock Exchange. Seeing parallels between the way it flows – the constant rising and falling – all dictated by the general public’s perception of an entity’s value, and ultimately how that influences the moves that we make as individuals.”

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Stock Exchange by Haviah Mighty is out now,
buy/stream it here

TRACKLIST

Atlantic
Occasion
Antisocial ft. Old Man Saxon
Obeah
Good On My Own Tonight ft. TOBi
Way Too Fast ft. Jalen Santoy
Protest ft. Yizzy
Avocado
Flamenco ft. Mala Rodríguez
Tesla
Coulda Been U ft. Astrokidjay
So So ft. Dai Burger

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Follow HAVIAH MIGHTY
Website – Facebook – Instagram
YouTube – Soundcloud – Bandcamp

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About HAVIAH MIGHTY

Haviah Mighty didn’t need to change her birth name when she decided to dedicate her career to music. Mighty could not better describe Haviah’s craft of provocative challenges and uncompromising truths. Based out of Tkaronto / Toronto, Haviah has spent a lifetime developing her skills as a songwriter, vocalist, producer, and performer culminating in a style of profound introspection and incisive socio-political critique. Her dynamic combinations of rap, song, and instrumental, transition seamlessly from hip-hop to soul to afrobeats with a meticulous flow and cadence that transcends any traditional expectation of genre. 2019 saw Haviah earn break-out success with her album, 13th Floor, garnering overwhelming praise from publications such as Pitchfork and Billboard, and making her the first hip-hop artist and the first Black woman to win the Polaris Music Prize, celebrating the “best Canadian album of the year.”

In 2020, the recognition spread internationally. Haviah made an acclaimed appearance on Sway in the Morning, impressing with a performance of immaculate flow and fierce lyricism, “showing you something you NEED to be looking at.” Likewise, in the UK, BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders recognized Haviah as “one of the most exciting new rappers out there.” 2021 might have seen Haviah’s momentum stalled by a certain global pandemic… But for Haviah, attrition is met with defiance, and hardship with inspiration. She describes the enforced solitude of lockdown as not an obstacle, but “a window of immense opportunity” to develop the art that has always been a realization of deep contemplation and self-examination. Haviah pushes forward continuing to carve out spaces that boldly defy gendered expectations for women in hip-hop.

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AMNPLIFY – DB