Indigenous hip-hop group Winnipeg’s Most is performing in the city this week for the first time in 12 years, as a tribute to founding member Jamie Prefontaine, a.k.a. Brooklyn.
The group, which consisted of Billy Pierson (Jon-C) from Sagkeeng First Nation; Tyler Rogers (Charlie Fettah) who is Métis; and Prefontaine, launched in 2010.
“We made a record in my dining room, didn’t hear it for three months and then got it back and the rest kind of just was history,” said Rogers.
“We just snowballed from there.”
The group won three Aboriginal Peoples Choice Music Awards (now the Indigenous Music Awards) in 2010 including for best new artist, and six more in 2011.
“We were speaking for not only ourselves but for a lot of young people,” said Rogers.
“The Indigenous population, especially in Canada, just elevated us to an incredible height that I don’t think any of us could even see.”
Prefontaine died in …