Arts·Q with Tom Power

Lioness Kaur on breaking into the Canadian hip-hop scene with Drake's endorsement

The Toronto-based rapper sits down with Q's Tom Power to talk about her debut album, The Lion with Emerald Eyes, and how she found support from the likes of Drake and Lloyd Banks.

The Toronto-based rapper's debut album, The Lion with Emerald Eyes, is out now

A smiling woman sits in front of a studio microphone.
Lioness Kaur in the Q studio in Toronto. (Vivian Rashotte/CBC)

Lioness Kaur is a Canadian rapper who's just released her debut album, The Lion with Emerald Eyes. She sits down with Tom Power to talk about the challenge and triumph of breaking into the Canadian hip-hop scene as a young Punjabi Sikh woman, and how she found support from the likes of Drake and Lloyd Banks. Plus, she sets up her new song Black Sheep.

WATCH | Official video for Black Sheep:

The full interview with Lioness Kaur is available on our podcast, Q with Tom Power. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.


Interview with Lioness Kaur produced by Catherine Stockhausen.