Toronto Rapper tj. Releases "Kill Me 1st"

tj. is part of an ever-growing Toronto underground scene that’s filled with post-modern tastemakers and artists that are beginning to shape the new Canadian cultural capital. He’s finally stepped out of hiatus and drops a brand new single labelled “Kill Me 1st.” The song comes off his forthcoming project DRUGS DRUGS DRUGS DRUGS DRUGS.

The high potency track paints a vivid picture of a generation that can use religious imagery to paint Toronto’s drug-fueled youth culture in cruder but YouTube-friendly way. The instrumental is constructed by a producer named Ashley Scott, a frequent collaborator.

tj. took a minute to speak to RESPECT. Mag about his process that went behind composing the single and this is what he had to say:

‘”Kill Me 1st” is a celebration of my deepest fears. A Party. I stopped celebrating my birthday after my first one and began planning my death day party. After White Jesus died he died he no longer feared death. This is my liberation from death. The rise.

The culmination of this will happen on the upcoming EP DRUGS DRUGS DRUGS DRUGS DRUGS. It will be like swimming in a pool of blood. Don’t eat for at least three hours before jumping in. It will make you throw up upon impact. Just spoke to Billboard about creating a new rating system to protect the unready from the level of profanity this tape will exercise.’

Also if you want to learn more about the rapper, read his exclusive interview that he did with RESPECT. Mag previously by clicking here.