(Ottawa, ON) May 11, 2021 – On this week’s Roots & Hoots episode, LHF host, Gordon Spence, is joined by special guest Thomas Matthew “666God” Lambe, an Inuk rapper from Grise Fiord currently living in Iqaluit. They discuss his upbringing and how he first got into making music. Thomas shares the Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song with noted Indigenous artists Dan General and Adam Tanuyak for the song “Trials” that was featured in the film “The Grizzlies.”

Thomas talks about his issues with identity brought on by living in so many different places throughout his life – something that he doesn’t explicitly include in his lyrics. He originally started making beats for his music after a hockey related shoulder injury that prevented him from playing. Eventually he began collaborating with other artists and producing music in his home studio and started earning more and more recognition. He goes on to discuss how hip hop and rap music aren’t commonplace in the North; a music scene that is dominated by folk, country and other forms of more popular genres.

“We are so happy to have Thomas on this week’s episode. It’s always nice to hear the stories of thriving, young, Indigenous musicians and how they interact with their cultural and surroundings to draw inspiration for their art. It helps recognize the Indigenous expressions of culture in music and gives us a sense of the artists experiences through another form of Indigenous story-telling.” said LHF’s Executive Director and In-House Legal Counsel, Teresa Edwards.

To listen to Thomas’s full story, visit: https://legacyofhope.podbean.com/

The LHF is a national, Indigenous-led, charitable organization that has been working to promote healing and Reconciliation in Canada for 20 years. The LHF’s goal is to educate and raise awareness about the history and existing intergenerational impacts of the Residential and Day School Systems and subsequent Sixties Scoop on Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Metis) Survivors, their descendants, and their communities to promote hope and healing in Canada. The LHF works to encourage people to address discrimination and injustices in order to contribute to the equality, dignity, and respectful treatment of Indigenous Peoples and to foster Reconciliation. The LHF also has 20 exhibitions available for loan and, which can be shipped across Canada. For more information about the LHF visit our website at www.legacyofhope.ca.

The LHF is working on making its other exhibitions available on line. LHF also has curriculum from K-12 and for adults, along with Activity Guides aimed at educating Canadians about Indigenous history and the shared history of Residential and Day Schools, the Sixties Scoop, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and other colonial acts of oppression. The LHF works to develop empathy and understanding in Canadians so as to eliminate racism, inspire positive action in order to foster Reconciliation in Canada.

For media inquiries:
Teresa Edwards, B.A. JD.
Executive Director and In-House Legal Counsel
Legacy of Hope Foundation
Phone: 613-237-4806 Ext. 303 info@legacyofhope.ca