October 30, 2012, k-os announced via Facebook that the album release date would have to be pushed back due to "sample clearance issues". He went on to mention that a sample from Neil Young was taking longer than expected to clear. On November 5, 2012, K-OS announced the release date for his double LP entitled, Black on Blonde via Twitter and Facebook. A November 13, 2012 pre-order via iTunes was also announced. The first single off the album "The Dog Is Mine" was released on iTunes on September 18, 2012. The follow up single "Nyce 2 Know Ya" was released on iTunes on October 9, 2012, and peaked at number 47 on the Canadian Hot 100. On January 29, 2013, Black on Blonde was released and charted at number 16 on the Canadian Albums Chart. 2014–present k-os' latest album, Can't Fly Without Gravity, was released in September 2015. He followed it up with mixtape Views From the Stix which was a surprise released on May 20, 2016, ahead of the Victoria Day holiday in Canada. The mixtape was produced when k-os visited his family's countryside home near Whitby, Ont., about thirty minutes outside Toronto. The title is a direct reference to Views from the Six, the original title of Drake's album Views (2016). In 2018, k-os released a new single titled "No Bucks" along with the music video. On May 29, 2020, k-os released an EP called Boshido, a collaboration effort with producer Kaytranada. It contains a remix to "Crucial", previously released on Kaytranada's SoundCloud in 2013. Activism He is a longtime vegetarian and promoted animal rights with PETA. Discography Studio albums Exit (2002) Joyful Rebellion (2004) Atlantis: Hymns for Disco (2006) Yes! (2009) BLack on BLonde (2013) Can't Fly Without Gravity (2015) Compilation albums Collected (2007) The Trill: A Journey so Far (2009) MuchMusic presents K-OS LIVE (2011) EPs Boshido (2020) Mixtapes The Anchorman Mixtape (2010) Views from the Stix (2016) See also Canadian hip hop Music of Canada Need for Speed: Nitro References External links 1972 births 20th-century Canadian rappers 21st-century Black Canadian male singers 21st-century Canadian guitarists 21st-century Canadian rappers 21st-century Canadian male musicians Astralwerks artists Canadian hip hop record producers Canadian hip hop singers Canadian male guitarists Canadian male rappers Canadian male singers Canadian people of Trinidad and Tobago descent Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year winners Juno Award for Single of the Year