Just John x Dom Dias are a Canadian hip hop duo from Toronto, Ontario, consisting of rapper John Samuels and producer Dominique Dias.[1] They are most noted for their song "Soundboi", which was a shortlisted nominee for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in 2019.[2]
They formed in early 2018 after the duo met on Instagram;[1] both Samuels and Dias were already active in Toronto's music scene, with Samuels releasing the solo hip hop EP Black Beret in 2017 and Dias active as a club DJ.[3]
They released the EP Don in June,[4] and followed up with the EP Don II in November.[5] The third and final EP in the trilogy, Don III, followed in April 2019.[6] In November 2019 they released the full-length album PROJECT.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b Chaka V. Grier, [https://www.socanmagazine.ca/features/just-john-x-dom-dias-pull-up-to-their-future/ "Just John x Dom Dias “pull up” to their future". Words & Music, July 4, 2019.
- ^ Brock Thiessen, "SOCAN Songwriting Prize Unveils 2019 Finalists". Exclaim!, June 3, 2019.
- ^ Erin Lowers, "JustJohn and Dom Dias Complete the 'DON' Trilogy, But Their Ambitions Are Much Bigger". Exclaim!, April 25, 2019.
- ^ Daniela Campos, "JustJohn & Dom Dias, DON". Exclaim!, June 18, 2018.
- ^ Erin Lowers, "JustJohn & Dom Dias, Don II". Exclaim!, November 21, 2018.
- ^ Claudia McNeilly, "Review: Just John x Dom Dias chart new ground for Toronto hip-hop on Don III". Now, April 18, 2019.
- ^ Calum Slingerland, "Stream JustJohn & Dom Dias' 'PROJECT'". Exclaim!, November 15, 2019.
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