The event, hosted in Canada’s youngest and largest Arctic territory, is part of the second Nunavut music week. Nunavut’s music scene is the result of generations of knowledge, and helps the Inuit arts industry generate more than C$87m (£50m) a year for the Canadian economy. Inuit families were forcibly relocated to unfamiliar, desolate parts of the high Arctic in government bids for northern sovereignty. She emphasises that Inuit artists are nonetheless thriving – “We’re making history right now. I got to be born Inuk, and it’s a beautiful fuckin’ thing.”Like Qamaniq, Iqaluit rapper Mister turns those dark realities into communal healing.

Source: The Guardian May 24, 2019 08:02 UTC