He said the ECMAs and Music Nova Scotia don't recognize the new acts in urban music, including rap, hip-hop and R&B, and people in their genre find it harder to access funding. Some Black Nova Scotian musicians say they don't get enough recognition from the ECMAs or Music Nova Scotia. He said they "strongly encourage" any initiative in support of East Coast artists and would welcome any potential collaboration with a new urban music organization. An urban music committee was established and got a non-voting seat on the board, but Pelerine said nothing concrete came of it. "They were encouraged to develop proposals to be submitted by Music Nova Scotia for projects they were interested in pursuing, that fit within Funding Guidelines.

Source: CBC News July 26, 2020 09:00 UTC