LIVE MUSIC SERIES DAY 5: RUDY RAY (MUSIC) / SHAKKOI (SPOKEN WORD)

RUDY RAY

Rudy Ray Kwaku is a Ghanaian - Canadian actor and trumpeter based in Toronto. Famed for his involvement with the Wu Tang Clan, winning the 2020 Juno award for best rap album recording with TOBi and Guillermo del Toro's movie Nightmare Alley, CBC articles identified the Ghanaian royal as a rising thinker and cultural icon. With a growing list of cameos and appearances on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video focusing on black culture, Rudy Ray advocates peace and poetry. Rudy Ray and Polly Vee are the book band "The latecomers" for Charlie Petch's 2021 Relit Award Winner "Why I was Late". This year in theater, Rudy Ray joined Ahmed Moneka in "Spaciousness", a recent play that shed light on the contributions of black soldiers in the war of 1812 and the construction of Fort York. Rudy Ray graces modeling, music, theater and film, providing an energy sincere with a sound like none you ever heard.>p> For more information visit www.rudyray.co

IG: @rudyraykwaku

SHAKKOI HIBBERT

Shakkoi is the CEO of Need Some Koi Inc. - a creative business that specializes in encouraging the use of self expression through art facilitation (Floetry Fitness). She is a poet, dance instructor & two time author. Her voice and expression has graced the stages of Afro Fest, Toronto Black Film Fest, Breakfast Television, Global News, Nia Centre for the Arts, Vibe 105 FM, The Virtuosity of Blackness, Pickering's Art Fest and was a keynote speaker for the University of Toronto, to name a few of her accomplishments. Shakkoi's unique, raw and powerful presence encourages many to "Release their Doubts & Step Out!". With plenty of experiences to share, there is no doubt that everyone needs some Koi in their lives!

Website: needsomekoi.com