Solitair
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Solitair is a Canadian rap MC/producer from Toronto, Ontario. He is currently a member of the Black Jays record label and production team. Solitair has been producing hip-hop for over ten years, and has produced for Nina Sky, Glenn Lewis, Baby Cham, Kardinal Offishall, Jully Black, Choclair and Sugar Jones among others.
Solitair and fellow MC/producer Kardinal Offishall founded a production company called Silver House and the Girl (S.H.A.G.) in 2000. They mainly produced for other hip-hop artists on the local Canadian music scene. After Solitair produced Kardinal Offishall's smash hit "BaKardi Slang" to critical acclaim in 2001, he felt that it was his turn to shine. Also in 2001, Solitair released a video for his single "Easy 2 Slip", which he calls a "tribute to fallen soldiers". He was nominated for a MuchMusic Video Award in 2002 for Best Independent Video.
In 2004, Solitair and Kardinal renamed their label Black Jays, and they almost immediately made an impact on the music scene. Solitair and Kardinal produced a remixed version of Jay-Z's The Black Album and called it the The Black Jays Album, then XXL Magazine took notice once the album got leaked all over the internet, so they interviwed him about it. Kardinal Offishall was inspired to make a mixtape after MCA Records folded in 2003, and called it Kill Bloodcott Bill. It featured guest appearances by rappers and dancehall deejays alike, and of course much of the production was credited to Solitair and Kardinal. Solitair even found the time to spit a verse with Black Jays rapper Ro Dolla for the intro to NBA XL, on Rogers Sportsnet.[1]
By 2006, Solitair teamed up with Cipha Sounds of Hot 97 and Shade 45 fame. Cipha Sounds is a DJ who joined Black Jays International (subsidiary of Black Jays) and is now working with Solitair as a producer. So far, the duo has produced for Nina Sky's upcoming release The Musical, and its first eventual single "Sugar Daddy". They are currently working on the debut album by an up-and-coming rapper from the Bronx named Daytona. Solitair will drop his debut album Make a Movie in spring 2007, and the lead single will be "Streets On Fire".[2]
