Rollie Pemberton

Rollie Pemberton is rapper and producer Cadence Weapon. His albums Breaking Kayfabe and Hope in Dirt City were both shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize. He served as Poet Laureate of Edmonton from 2009 to 2011. Find him on Twitter here.

(photo credit: Coey Kerr)

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Rollie Pemberton (Cadence Weapon) Talks Ty Dolla $ign’s Free TC

By Rollie Pemberton | November 13, 2015

By Rollie Pemberton | November 13, 2015

Rollie Pemberton (Cadence Weapon) Talks Ty Dolla $ign’s Free TC

With great skill and exceptional attention to detail, Ty Dolla $ign has made the transition from mixtape fixture to major label artist.

Rollie Pemberton (Cadence Weapon) Talks Travis Scott’s Rodeo

By Rollie Pemberton | September 16, 2015

By Rollie Pemberton | September 16, 2015

Rollie Pemberton (Cadence Weapon) Talks Travis Scott’s Rodeo

Travis Scott says he’s “everything except a rapper” on his debut studio album. Is he right?

Rollie Pemberton (Cadence Weapon) Talks Future’s DS2

By Rollie Pemberton | August 10, 2015

By Rollie Pemberton | August 10, 2015

Rollie Pemberton (Cadence Weapon) Talks Future’s DS2

Future returns to the drug-fueled morass of his early work, but in the process loses some of the introspection that made that work special.