Calgary, AB

The soulful productions at the foundation of A.Y.E.’s sound offer the perfect bedrock for his precise and conscious rhyming style. Like a pro, he makes it sound easy to bounce staccato, double-time lines against cosmic flourishes of keys and heaves of humid bass tones. If you haven’t seen him on stage opening for acts like MURS and Pusha T, you really ought to correct that this June.