Sydanie

Sydanie Nichol was born to Jamaican and Trinidadian parents in the Jane and Finch area of Toronto.^[5] She studied media communications at Humber College and has a daughter, Kifaaya.^[5]

In 2012, she released her first project, Public Intoxication.^[5] Since then, she has toured with Lido Pimienta,^[5] she has released several singles,^[6] and her most recent album, 999, was long-listed for the Polaris Music Prize.^[4] In 2019, she was highlighted as one of the new faces of Canadian hip hop, specifically in the Toronto music scene, by CBC and The Globe and Mail.^[1][2]

Her song "Purple Carousel" was a nominee for the 2021 SOCAN Songwriting Prize.^[7] That year, she was also featured on the song "Bubble" by D. W. Waterson.^[8]