iimiTV Columnist
No Excuse
The flagship: the main headlines and the biggest stories
No Excuse is iimiTV's flagship columnist, filing from Toronto. He covers the biggest stories in hip hop and Canadian entertainment: the headline releases, the chart records, the moments that set the day's conversation. When a story leads the site, it runs under this byline.
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Headlines
Tate McRae Debuts Housewife at Victoria’s Secret Show
Three days after the single dropped, McRae took it to the runway at Sony Pictures Studios, performing in an all-female headliner lineup
Oct 21, 2026
Headlines
Weeknd Tour Gross Passes $1.07 Billion
Pollstar puts the After Hours Til Dawn Tour at $1.07 billion with over 8.1 million tickets sold, and the final Asia leg is still adding to
Oct 21, 2026
Canadian Hip Hop Artists
Tate McRae Breaks Own Spotify Debut Record
The Calgary star's new single pulled 5.671 million global streams on day one, beating the mark set by Tit for Tat and giving her a first
Oct 21, 2026
Albums
Weeknd’s Hurry Up Tomorrow Passes Billion U.S. Streams
Thirteen months after release, the final chapter of The Weeknd's trilogy became his fifth album to pass one billion on-demand streams in
Oct 21, 2026
Headlines
Kendrick Lamar Grand National Tour Grosses $390.7 Million
Forty-seven stadium shows and more than two million tickets turned the Grand National run into rap's new touring benchmark, with SZA
Oct 21, 2026
Albums
Doja Cat Takes Vie Around The World
Her fifth album Vie is now an arena show, with the cliffhanger Stranger video out and Latto opening the North American run. The tour wraps
Oct 21, 2026
Music Videos
SZA Joins Justice For GTA VI Trailer Song
Justice composed the Grand Theft Auto VI score and put SZA, Tame Impala and King Gizzard on its first single. The soundtrack album packs 34
Oct 21, 2026
Audio
Megan Thee Stallion Drops Thin Ice Freestyle
Produced by Buddah Bless, the October 20 freestyle opens with Fred Durst's slowed vocals from Limp Bizkit's 1999 track Break Stuff before
Oct 21, 2026
Headlines
Jessie Reyez Announces Toronto Tour Finale
The 13-date A Little Vengeance Tour starts November 3 in Seattle and closes November 24 at Coca-Cola Coliseum, with new single MADE 4 THIS
Oct 21, 2026
Canadian Hip Hop Artists
Drake Wins Fifth Straight SOCAN Honour
Maestro Fresh Wes also earns the Cultural Impact Award at the October 26 ceremony in Toronto, where SOCAN will honour more than 100
Oct 21, 2026
New Music Releases
Tate McRae Drops Housewife Video
Calgary star Tate McRae returns October 15 with Housewife, a South of France video and the first single from her fourth album after So
Oct 20, 2026
Latest Hip Hop News
Drake Breaks Billboard Record With HABIBTI
Drake passes 17 billion Spotify streams in 2026 as HABIBTI climbs from No. 116 to No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and claims its 18th Top
Oct 20, 2026