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Red Suga
Website: www.redsuga.com
 Red
Suga is a 20 year old ECMA-Nominated rap artist, hailing
from Pabineau First Nation, New Brunswick, Canada.
His first performance for CBC's 2003 Canada Winter Games
HYPE! concert landed him a spot on MuchMusic's MuchNews
and Going Coastal. Since then he's been featured on
Much's Aboriginal Day Celebration and Rap City. Red
Suga has also appeared on CBC Television and Radio,
APTN National News, CTV's Breakfast Television, RDI
(french version of CBC); in Spirit of Aboriginal Youth
Magazine, as well as by various local media, including
Rogers Cable and The New Brunswick Reader.
 Red
Suga is a member of the ECMA, SOCAN, and CARAS (Juno's)
On June 28, 2003, he held his first independent concert
at KC Irving Regional Center, Bathurst, New Brunswick.
Red Suga's debut album was released in October, 2003,
from Suga Records, his independent label.
He has done shows and conducted youth workshops at the
Creative Arts Festival 2003, in Happy Valley, Goose
Bay, Labrador, and in Rigolet, Labrador! In 2003, he
performed on the Mainstage at the SKYDOME for the Canadian
Aboriginal Festival in Toronto, Ontario!
In 2004, Red Suga garnered an East Coast Music Award
nomination for Aboriginal Recording of the Year! On
Feb.15, 2004, he presented awards to Jimmy Rankin, Havanna
Fax, and Crush at the CBC Gala Awards Show for an audience
of 5,000 in St. John's Nfld!
 Red
Suga recently performed at the Museum of Civilization
in Ottawa, Ontario and on Victoria Island, Ottawa/Hull
for Aboriginal Day Celebrations, June 21, 2004! On June
26, 2004, he performed for the Prime Minister of Canada
and the Prime Minister of France at the 1604-2004 Historic
Arrival of the Acadians Celebration in St. Stephen's
and St. Andrews, New Brunswick!
Red Suga has been nominated for a Canadian Aboriginal
Music Award 2004 in the Rap and Hiphop Category! The
Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards are broadcast from
CBC in Toronto! For more info about the awards, click
here.
Red Suga is currently studying while producing his second
independent album when not performing at selected venues
across Canada.
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