From the mean streets of Toronto's east end, Jason D. Harrow (aka Kardinal
Offishall) started rapping at an early age, famously performing on stage at the
age of 12 in front of Nelson Mandela during the statesman's first visit to
Canada. Originally calling himself KoolAid, he had changed his name to Kardinal
Offishall by 1993 and signed a recording deal with Warner Music in Canada by the
time he was 20. A debut single arrived in 1996 in the form of Naughty Dread,
earning the rapper a Juno Award nomination, and a year later came his debut
album Eye & I. Offishall's heady blend of ...