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The votes are in for CBC Music's Searchlight 2019

Shopé, a Nigerian-Canadian hip-hop artist from Toronto, has won Searchlight 2019, CBC Music's annual hunt for undiscovered talent.
Searchlight 2019 winner: Shopé. (CBC Music)

Shopé, a Nigerian-Canadian hip-hop artist from Toronto, has won Searchlight 2019, CBC Music's annual hunt for undiscovered talent.

His winning song Come Wid It was selected from more than 2,000 songs submitted by Canadian artists from all across the country. 

We got in touch with him to share the big news. You can hear all 10 of this year's finalists over at cbcmusic.ca.

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