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TLOY TALKS

Joshua Habtwold (The Lens of Yashu)

147 episodes

2 days ago

Content Creator, Journalist/Blogger, and Entertainment Enthusiast Joshua Habtwold [aka. The Lens of Yashu] brings people from all walks of life and speaks on various topics that will surely never get you out of your seat such as music, entertainment, politics, life, and much more. Direct from Toronto, Canada, he will make sure that no topic is missed and that everything will be in-depth to the core.

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Content Creator, Journalist/Blogger, and Entertainment Enthusiast Joshua Habtwold [aka. The Lens of Yashu] brings people from all walks of life and speaks on various topics that will surely never get you out of your seat such as music, entertainment, politics, life, and much more. Direct from Toronto, Canada, he will make sure that no topic is missed and that everything will be in-depth to the core.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Music Interviews

Episodes (20/147)

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TLOY TALKS #152: RAXX City (W/ RAXX)

On the 152nd episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Collingwood-born, Toronto-residing rapper, singer-songwriter, and artist RAXX returns to the TLOY TALKS podcast, and she spoke more on her recent releases, Matthew and RAXX City, and details the creative process and inspiration for those tracks.

The conversation continued with her touring with Danny Fernandes as an opener, being nominated for an award for Playaz Ball, touring, mental health and dealing with loss and grief, the importance of therapy, the MeToo and Time's Up movement, strip clubs, thoughts on Cardi B's Am I The Drama, if Nicki Minaj is a hater, women in hip-hop, the XXL Freshman and current state of hip-hop & much more.

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2 days ago

1 hour 29 seconds

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TLOY TALKS #151: The Jett Podcast

On the 151st episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Brampton rapper, artist, and creative Jett came by to the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time to speak more on his upbringing, getting into music, video gaming and the creative arts, how his influences shaped his artistry and uniqueness as an artist, who he would like to work with someday, his creative process when making music and what a day in making music is like for him, his musical style, his stage name, his music, the Brampton music scene and his impact on it, the Toronto/GTA music scene, mental health, and much more.

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1 week ago

1 hour 50 seconds

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TLOY TALKS #150: The Aftershock Overdrive Podcast

On the 150th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Toronto-based metal band Aftershock Overdrive came by to the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time and they spoke about their upbringings, how they all met and got involved in forming the band, their musical experiences and influences, how they make their music, hating pedophiles, their music, performing, using pop culture references in their music, their favourite television shows, Cena vs. Mark Henry, the Toronto metal scene and the music scenes around, the state of rock/punk/metal music right now, fan appreciation and the importance of family and relationships in the metal community, and much more.

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2 weeks ago

59 minutes 20 seconds

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TLOY TALKS #149: The Hallow Erbs Podcast

On the 149th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Toronto former child actor, now rapper, artist, and Israelite Hallow Erbs came by to the TLOY TALKS podcast to discuss more about his upbringing in Toronto's Flemingdon Park neighbourhood, and getting into music and acting. He talked about his experience being in films and plays like Four Brothers, Saw II, Take The Lead, King of Sorrow, Sunday at Tiffany’s, and The Yard, and acting with the likes of Mark Wahlberg and Antonio Banderas, and his experience in the film and theatre industry as a child.

Hallow Erbs also discusses his background and history in music, his latest project, SEEK, and the creative process and inspiration for that project, his stage name, his previous music releases, how he became an Israelite and following the faith and much more.

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4 weeks ago

1 hour 3 minutes 11 seconds

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TLOY TALKS #148: The Solo YS Podcast

On the 148th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Etobicoke-born, Malton-raised/Bowmanville-raised and residing rapper, artist, and founder of Young Soldiers (YS), Solo YS, returns to the TLOY TALKS podcast to speak more about his latest track #FRETORY, and the creative process and inspiration for that track, as well as the challenge for the song and how that came about. He also talked about his other music releases, experimenting with dancehall and working with One Don, the Tory and Meg situation, dealing with haters, Toronto music, strip clubs, building fanbases in other cities, iconic rap albums, the XXL Freshman, crime in Toronto and Canada, and much more.

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1 month ago

30 minutes 12 seconds

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TLOY TALKS #147: The Toronto Rapstars Podcast

On the 147th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, the founder and creator of Toronto's rising media platform, Toronto Rapstars, came by the TLOY TALKS for the first time. Justin [Toronto Rapstars] spoke more about his upbringing and his start in media and content, as well as how he founded Toronto Rapstars. The conversation dove into the discussion of the Toronto music scene, how the media is today, and much more.

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1 month ago

48 minutes 55 seconds

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TLOY TALKS #146: The 40oz Heroes/River Mouth Podcast

On the 146th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Jawn Taboika of 40oz Heroes and Testament came by to the TLOY TALKS for the first time to speak more about the 3rd Annual River Mouth concert series. They both talked about their upbringings and backgrounds, in which Jawn is a content creator, videographer, rapper, artist, and co-founder of the media platform and music incubator, 40oz Heroes, and Testament being a poet, spoken word artist, emcee/host, professional speaker, facilitator, artist educator, community leader, and owner and founder of PEACE [People Everywhere Actually Co-Existing Equally].

The conversation then continued on regarding the story and journey of how 40oz Heroes became a thing, how Testament became Ontario's 2nd Poet Laureate, the 3rd Annual River Mouth Concert Series and what people can expect and much more.

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1 month ago

53 minutes 10 seconds

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TLOY TALKS #145: The SP1D3R Podcast

On the 145th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Dominican Republic-born, now Toronto residing rapper, artist, producer, and creative SP1D3R came by to the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time to speak more about his upbringing and how he got into making music, the differrence between living in DR and in Toronto, moving to Toronto in the mid 2010s, his introduction to music and the arts, Jenesis Sanchez (the mother of the late XXXTENTACIONS's child) being his cousin, his influences and who he would like to work with someday, his creative process when making music and what a day in making music is like for him, his music, the Toronto underground music scene and his status, his beef with Bandanna$aint, his mental health and much more.

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1 month ago

32 minutes 54 seconds

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TLOY TALKS #144: The Jovi [aka. Don Von Jovi] Podcast

On the 144th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Scarborough rapper and artist Jovi [aka. Don Von Jovi] returns to TLOY TALKS podcast to speak more about his recent releases, Extended Stay & VIP, what life's been like for him since last time we spoke, budgeting as an artist, the lack of infastructre within the Toronto/Canadian music scene, hip-hop/urban radio in Toronto becoming a thing of the past, hip-hop media, if bars still matter, gentrification and the cost of living in Toronto, if Toronto has OGs to help the youth and young people, how gun violence in the GTA can be prevented, and much more.

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1 month ago

1 hour 5 minutes 57 seconds

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TLOY TALKS #143: The Rare Podcast

On the 143rd episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Toronto creative and community leader Rare (born Natalie Chattargoon) came by to the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time to speak more about her upbringing, getting into the arts and being involved in the community, her experience in photography and cinematography, and other creative works, how she got her name, Royal Bankrolls, her work being covered on Globe and Mail & Toronto Public Library, being Black in the creative arts scene, her growth within her artistry and community work, gentrification, youth violence, mental health and much more.

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1 month ago

1 hour 5 minutes 27 seconds

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TLOY TALKS #142: The Tusco Podcast

On the 142nd episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Pavia, Italy rapper and artist Tusco came by to the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time all the way from Italy to speak more about his upbringing, the Italian music and hip-hop scene, his start in music, his influences and who he would like to work with someday, Italian rap culture and the industries there, his music and creative process, performing all over the world, working with Reks, Chè Noir, ReadyRockDee, DJ Ghost and Don Enzo, his stage name and much more.

Nel 142° episodio del podcast TLOY TALKS, il rapper e artista di Pavia, Italia, Tusco è arrivato per la prima volta dall'Italia al podcast TLOY TALKS per parlare della sua educazione, della scena musicale e hip-hop italiana, dei suoi inizi nella musica, delle sue influenze e con chi gli piacerebbe lavorare un giorno, della cultura rap italiana e delle industrie locali, della sua musica e del suo processo creativo, delle sue esibizioni in tutto il mondo, della collaborazione con Reks, Chè Noir, ReadyRockDee, DJ Ghost e Don Enzo, del suo nome d'arte e molto altro.

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2 months ago

57 minutes

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TLOY TALKS #141: IGOTAWAYWITHDYING (W/ Dexray)

On the 141st episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, rapper, studio co-owner, and artist Dexray returns to the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first-ever in-person conversation to speak on his latest project, IGOTAWAYWITHDYING W/ NLCK, working with Ghostboyrj and The CHMST, the subject matters in his latest releases, travelling to Asia and if it's worth it, his growth as an artist, the Kendrick and Drake beef, if bars still matter today in hip-hop, AI in the music industry, mental health and much more.

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2 months ago

1 hour 13 minutes 17 seconds

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TLOY TALKS #140: The Lil Sim Podcast

On the 140th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Mississauga drill rapper and artist Lil Sim came by to the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time to speak more about his upbringing, playing basketball at one point, being a b-boy dancer and being heavily influenced by Jabbawockeez in regards to dance, wanting to step out of his brother's shadow and becoming his own man, getting into music and making music, what inspired him to become a drill rapper and artist and take it seriously, his influences and who he would like to work with someday, his creative process when making music and what a day in making music is like for him, his upcoming album and opening up for Savv4x, his thoughts on “dissing the dead/smoking on the dead” going on in music, meeting and working with The Broken Playground, the Toronto underground music scene and much more.

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2 months ago

38 minutes 32 seconds

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TLOY TALKS #139: The Supreme Swiss Podcast

On the 139th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Toronto rapper, producer, and multi-disciplined artist Supreme Swiss came by the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time to speak about getting into music and musical background and history, what inspired him to become a rapper and artist and take it seriously, his influences, what a day in the studio is like for him, his music, the Toronto dancehall scene making a rise, working with Ray J, Charly Black, Stonebwoy, Sarkodie, & Vory, if female and non-hood artists can blow up in Toronto, working with Toronto Rapstars and Universal Music Canada, his hairstyle, his experience dealing with the music industry in America and much more.

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3 months ago

25 minutes 26 seconds

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TLOY TALKS #138: The YSLV Podcast

On the 138th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Toronto-born and rased, now Malton, ON-residing rapper and artist YSLV came by the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time to speak more about his upbringing, being half Jamaican and Japanese, how he got into music and how he started rapping and making music, his musical background and history, his influences and who he would like to work with someday, his creative process when making music, his stage name, his alternative melodic drill sound and what inspired him to work on that specific sound, his music, working with Keke Baby & The Broken Playground, the Toronto/Canadian music scene, mental health and much more.

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3 months ago

48 minutes 52 seconds

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TLOY TALKS #137: The CHXXX Podcast

On the 137th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Nigerian born and raised, now Toronto-raised and residing rapper, producer, and artist CHXXX came by the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time to speak more about his Nigerian upbringing, moving to Canada, getting into music and producing, what inspired him to become a rapper, producer, and artist, and take it seriously, his creative process when making music and what a day in making music is like for him, his stage name, Afronadia, his go-to McDonalds order and his restaurant recommendations, how Lit Hill came about, running and maintaining an independent record label like Lit Hill, the importance of collaborating with artists and musicians, performing, and much more.

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3 months ago

40 minutes 18 seconds

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TLOY TALKS #136: STAYconnected (W/ Valintino)

On the 136th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Rexdale's own Valintino came back to do a legendary freestyle and speak more on his recent releases, being off probation/house arrest, the criminal justice system, getting into sound engineering, dealiing with haters in the industry and artists/personalities who cause or expose issues, touring all over Ontario, the lack of OGs and strippers in Toronto, Jim Jones, the XXL Freshman, and much more.

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3 months ago

45 minutes 56 seconds

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TLOY TALK #135: The JB EDEN Podcast

On the 135th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Scarborough-born, Pickering-raised and residing rapper and artist JB EDEN came by the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time to speak more about his upbringing in Scarborough and Pickering, wanting to play ball professionally growing up, the music scenes there, leaving ball to pursue music and his start in music, artists he would like to work with someday, the XXL Freshman cover, his creative process when making music and what a day in making music is like for him, his stage name, working with MXRZ, his music, using 808 Mafia production tags on a majority of songs, his unique style, if being a consumer of art and content while creating your art/content helps within the process, the Toronto/Canadian music scene and much more.

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4 months ago

34 minutes

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TLOY TALKS #134: Dreams 2 Reality (W/ Jbrazyy)

On the 134th episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, Scarborough content creator, YouTuber, and social media personality Jbrazyy came by the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time to speak more about his upbringing, playing ball, how he got into social media and YouTube as a consumer turned creator, his influences and who he would like to work with, his content, making music and his beef with Ronnie2K, the Toronto music scene from his perspective, working with Bucks Be Balling, growing his fanbase and his thoughts on the current state of YouTube, streaming, and social media today, getting the name Jbrazyy, if Canadian YouTubers and content creators need to Americanize themselves to reach broader audiences and much more.

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4 months ago

35 minutes 19 seconds

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TLOY TALK #133: The BIMB Podcast

On the 133rd episode of the TLOY TALKS podcast, R&B singer-songwriter and artist BIMB came by the TLOY TALKS podcast for the first time, accompanied by his manager and creative director, Ryan. BIMB spoke about his upbringing in Scarborough and Newmarket, the music scenes there, getting into music and being revolved around it, becoming an R&B singer-songwriter and artist and taking it seriously, his influences and who he would like to work with someday, his creative process when making music and what a day in the studio be like for him, his stage name, his music and his collaborations, how he and his manager linked up, his experience utilizing Ometv/Omegle/Monkey along with Discord to connect with new fans and listeners, using social media to build his growth as an artist and creating lots of engagement, meeting Kishka at Canada's Wonderland, his thoughts on social media, the Toronto/Canadian music scene, and much more.

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4 months ago

58 minutes 41 seconds