Feeling very blessed to tell you the setting for the nxt chptr on Saturday Feb 28th:
One of the fastest rising stars in the U.K rap/Grime/UKG scenes she has performed alongside Skepta and been spitting bars on DJ AG w/ Flowdan, JME, and Frisco! She's been freestyling on BBC Radio 1 with Sir Spyro and has been getting big support from Fred Again and many more! Winner of 2025 DJ Mag breakthrough MC/vocalist of the year award we are so grateful to present to you the Canada debut of:
< JAYAHADADREAM >
(Cambridge , U.K)
https://www.jayahadadream.com
https://www.instagram.com/jayahadadream
https://jayahadadream.bandcamp.com
https://www.youtube.com/c/JayaHadADream
https://soundcloud.com/jayahadadream
JayaHadADream is a Jamaican-Irish rapper from Cambridge redefining the sound of UK rap with her raw lyricism and genre-blending style. After leaving her job teaching A-Level Criminology in 2023 to pursue music full-time, she quickly rose to prominence with her breakout single “Twiggy” and a win at the 2024 Glastonbury Emerging Talent Competition. Since then, she’s performed at Reading, Leeds, Boomtown, BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend, and SXSW London, earning acclaim from Rolling Stone UK, NME, and TRENCH. Her 2025 highlights include a Glastonbury run and a Timberland x Balamii set alongside Skepta. In October 2025, Jaya released her debut mixtape featuring Frisco, Keeya Keys, Capo Lee, Bruza, Footsie, and Big Zuu, following a double win at the Youth Music Awards and a DJ Mag Award win later. With co-signs from Emeli Sandé, Joy Crookes and Fred again.. and many more, Jaya’s poetic storytelling and magnetic stage presence place her firmly at the forefront of UK rap’s next wave !
With support from some of B.C's finest:
<- KAYA KO ->
(Vancouver, B.C)
https://www.instagram.com/kaya.ko.music
https://soundcloud.com/akosikaya
Kaya Ko is a queer Filipinx artist with a vocal presence that is bound to leave it’s mark on your soul. Blending between RnB, alt-folk and hiphop, their melodies and raps coast smoothly over beds of boombap, west-coast bass classics, EDM and more. Whether performing on her ones with her guitar, dynamically owning the stage on backing tracks or accompanied by her band, A Force of Nature, Kaya’s undeniable passion shines through every performance she delivers.
<- KAPOK ->
(Vancouver, B.C)
https://www.instagram.com/kapokrhymeswell
https://soundcloud.com/kapokmusic
Kapok seamlessly blends Jazzrap, R&B, new school hip hop and boom bap into a genre-defying experience. Whether on stage alone or with his live band, he delivers a panoramic range of emotions and narratives that captivate audiences from the first beat.
<- LOWKITA ->
(Vancouver, B.C)
https://www.instagram.com/rudegallow
https://soundcloud.com/rudegallow
Lowkita is a Vancouver-based artist whose sound seamlessly blends Hip Hop grooves, smooth R&B melodies, and Caribbean influences into something unmistakably her own. Her upcoming release,Whyte Tee is inspired by the idea of starting over and a lifelong love of Hip Hop—marking a fresh chapter in both sound and storytelling.
Custom visual experience by:
< Ineo Studios >
https://www.instagram.com/ineostudios
This event is proudly powered by PK SOUND
EARLY SHOW - Doors open at 7:00 P.M sharp - Arrive early to avoid the line and to support your amazing local artists!
19+ only w/ 2 pieces of valid ID to enter
Keep watch for our official afterparty T.B.A soon!
NXT CHPTR acknowledges that this is event is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations
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