concept as being told with a "journalistic lens" that was largely inspired by watching the George Floyd protests in 2020. In 2022 he published the memoir Bedroom Rapper: Cadence Weapon on Hip Hop, Resistance and Surviving the Music Industry. Personal life Pemberton was based in Montreal for a period of six years in his twenties, which led to collaborations with artists such as Blue Hawaii and Jacques Greene. In 2015, Pemberton relocated to Toronto, which provided inspiration for his 2018 song, "High Rise," that addresses gentrification. Discography Studio albums Breaking Kayfabe (2005) Afterparty Babies (2008) Hope in Dirt City (2012) Cadence Weapon (2018) Parallel World (2021) Mixtapes Cadence Weapon Is the Black Hand (2005) Separation Anxiety (2009) Tron Legacy: The Mixtape (2010) Singles "House Music" (2008) "Conditioning" (2012) "When It's Real" (2013) Guest appearances Antimc - "Canadian Dream" from It's Free, But It's Not Cheap (2006) Buck 65 - "Benz." from Situation (2007) Noah23 - "Half Drunk" from Rock Paper Scissors (2008) Dragon Fli Empire - "Outside Inn" from Redefine (2009) Shout Out Out Out Out - "Coming Home" from Reintegration Time (2009) B. Dolan - "Fall of T.R.O.Y." from Fallen House, Sunken City (2010) The Hood Internet - "Critical Captions" from FEAT (2012) Shad + Skratch Bastid - "Homie" from The Spring Up (2013) The Voltage Heroes - "The Eagles" from This is Our City (2016) Jacques Greene - "Night Service" from Dawn Chorus (2019) Hot Chip - "The Evil That Men Do" from Freakout/Release (2022) Productions Think About Life - "Sweet Sixteen (Cadence Weapon Remix)" (2010) Liars - "Brats (Cadence Weapon Remix)" (2012) References External links 1986 births Living people 21st-century Canadian male musicians 21st-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian rappers Anti- (record label) artists Big Dada artists Black Canadian musicians Black Canadian writers Canadian male poets Canadian male rappers Canadian memoirists Canadian people of African-American descent Epitaph Records artists Musicians from Edmonton Poets Laureate of places in Canada Polaris Music Prize winners Writers from Edmonton