Shad & Open Mike Eagle w/ Moto - Winterruption YEG 2026

Winterruption YEG 2026 lines up a sharp hip‑hop double bill at The Starlite Room in Edmonton on January 24, 2026: Shad teams up with Open Mike Eagle, with Moto on opening duties. Two voices, two angles on rap writing, same appetite for detail and storytelling.

Shad, born in Kenya to Rwandan parents and raised in London, Ontario, has built a catalog where introspection, social commentary and everyday scenes meet boom‑bap foundations, soul and jazz textures. From When This Is Over and The Old Prince to TSOL, Flying Colours, A Short Story About a War and Tao, he refines a clear, melodic flow, precise phrasing and a taste for narrative that lands as naturally on a head‑nodder as on more reflective cuts. On stage, he keeps it direct and conversational, letting the writing lead.

Open Mike Eagle, LA‑based figure of art‑rap, pushes a different angle: sly humor, pop culture side‑steps and self‑analysis over production that leans off‑kilter and warm at once. Albums like Brick Body Kids Still Daydream, Anime, Trauma and Divorce or Component System with the Auto Reverse show a knack for hooks that creep up on you and verses that unfold in snapshots. Live, he brings that same dry wit and detail‑rich delivery.

Moto opens the night and sets the tone, easy on the build‑up and heavy on groove.