Haviah Mighty is a rapper, singer and producer from Toronto and Brampton, Ontario, who won the 2019 Polaris Music Prize for her debut album 13th Floor.
Background
She was born on 17 December 1992 in Toronto, took music lessons in Scarborough from age four and later moved to Brampton. She began producing at fifteen, released the mixtape No Studio in 2010 and won So You Think You Can Rap Canada in 2016. With three other Toronto-area women rappers she formed The Sorority, whose album Pledge appeared in 2018.
Releases and milestones
The EP Flower City (2017) was followed by 13th Floor (2019), which won the Polaris Music Prize; she was the first full hip-hop artist to take it. The video for “Thirteen” won the 2021 Prism Prize, and her mixtape Stock Exchange (2021) won the 2022 Juno Award for Rap Album/EP of the Year. Her second studio album, Crying Crystals, followed in 2023.
Where to start
Watch “Thirteen” below, then listen to 13th Floor and Stock Exchange.
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