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M.O. has performed across Canada, from Vancouver to Ottawa, Inuvik to Kuujjuaq; for varied audiences from Her Excellency Michaelle Jean to Inuit youth and Catholic school students; and has brought the joy and power of his unique lyrical hip hop to each.
Ancestry: Inuk
Language: English
Genre: Hip Hop
Albums
Awards, Nominations & Submissions
| 2012 | Best Rap / Hip Hop CD | Eskimocentricity | Submission |
| 2012 | Best New Artist | Submission |
Biography
M.O. (aka Mosha Folger) was born in Iqaluit, Nunavut (Frobisher Bay, NWT at the time) during the coldest November in the town's recorded history. A product of an Inuk mother and a Brooklynite father, he and two sisters were raised by their father in Iqaluit and in Vancouver, BC.
There were varied musical influences floating through M.O.'s childhood: from classical Indian music like the sitar and sarod, the Talking Heads and Nine Inch Nails to Kool Moe Dee just to name few. This eclectic range of influences, coupled with M.O.'s cultural history and connection to the North, has led to a truly one-of-a-kind style.
M.O. has performed across Canada, from Vancouver to Ottawa, Inuvik to Kuujjuaq; for varied audiences from Her Excellency Michaelle Jean to Inuit youth and Catholic school students; and has brought the joy and power of his unique lyrical hip hop to each.
M.O. brings a pure distillation of that hip-hop and the polar ice cap. Producing beats and using complex wordplay, M.O. "hopes to update southerner's perceptions of Inuit life." (Kate Porter, CBC Radio One)
M.O. is working on his follow-up disc, “String Games”, with Geothermal MC, which is set for a Fall 2010 release.
