Sebastian Gaskin
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Sebastian Gaskin is a Cree singer-songwriter from Canada.[1] He is most noted as winner of the Juno Award for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2025 for his 2024 single "Brown Man".[2]
A member of the Tataskweyak Cree Nation in Manitoba,[1] his style blends rhythm and blues, rock and pop elements.[3]
Gaskin released his debut single "6 a.m." in 2017,[4] and followed up with the EP Contradictions, in 2019.[5] He was the opening act for a Winnipeg concert by rapper Common that year, with the Winnipeg Free Press praising him as "Post Malone mixed with Frank Ocean, all swag and smooth vocals, hits of hip-hop and rap, rounded out with emotive, thoughtful lyrics", and concluding that he was "on the cusp of becoming something truly exceptional".[6]
He followed up with the single "Snakehold" in 2020,[7] winning the award for R&B Artist of the Year at the 2021 Western Canadian Music Awards.[8]
He signed to Ishkōdé Records in 2023,[9] releasing the singles "Medicine", "Brown Man" and "Ghost" on the label in 2023 and 2024, before releasing the full-length album Lovechild in 2025.[10] "Medicine" won the Vince Fontaine Indigenous Song Award at the 2024 SOCAN Awards,[1] while "Ghost" peaked at #1 on the CBC Music Top 20 in June 2024.[11] He also participated in The Rainbow Collective, a group of Canadian LGBTQ musicians organized by Theo Tams who recorded the charity single "This Little Light" in 2024.[12]
In the same year, Tataskweyak erected a billboard celebrating him as a native of the community.[13]
In addition to Gaskin's 2025 Juno nomination, Hill Kourkoutis received a nod for Recording Engineer of the Year for "Ghost".[2]
He received a second Juno Award nomination for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2026, for the album Lovechild.[14]