ABOUT ME
Sinzere is a rap/hip-hop artist from Calgary, Canada. For her, music serves as a vessel she uses to inspire people through her cutting-edge lyrics, and deep cinematic sound.
Sinzere is inspired by many different styles of music, everything from Queen Latifah, Notorious BIG and Jay-Z, to James Brown, and Canadian rap royalty, Drake. With an immense appreciation and diverse ear for music, Sinzere is intent on building something that is completely her own, yet also pays homage to the golden age of Hip Hop.
Sinzere is transparent with her listeners - her music is raw, gritty and created with the intent to inspire her fans. Her lyrics are witty and go against the grain, she stays true to the idea that storytelling comes from the heart.
LATEST RELEASE
Ghetto gabby is available on all platforms.
an album by sinzere
Ghetto Gabby, a narrative hip-hopera about a melanated girl growing and evolving, experiences with violence and eventually going over the edge. This is Sinzere’s most personal work, and most diverse, working with Taylor King Beats, Dopeboyzmuzic, and NY Bangers to make her most sonically experimental work to date. The Album is out now on Hers&Herz records, a label which, surprising no one, Sinzere runs herself with her fiancé. An emotional and sweeping concept Album entitled Ghetto Gabby.
LATEST MUSIC VIDEO
PRESS
BeatRoute
Calgary Rapper Sinzere Fueled By Her Family’s Resilience on Ghetto Gabby
Calgary rapper Sinzere has channeled a lifetime of music and the resiliency of her family into a career that’s landed her on the same stage as artists like Elephant Man, Obie Trice, and Mavado.
The young artist originally began as a dancer, then naturally drifted into DJing and MCing. It’s a process that started in childhood, where the love of music was passed down through the generations of her Jamaican family.
By Jonathan Crane
COMPLEX
Sinzere Calls out All the "Posers" on Her Latest Single
Posers—we all know at least a couple, especially in the era when flexing for the 'gram is commonplace (#bowwowchallenge anyone?). But Calgary's Sinzere is here to let us all know that she isn't standing for it with her new single, "Posers."
The record features Sinzere flexing her lyrical chops and her melodic flows atop a heavy bassline, while delivering a deeper message about her need for keeping it real: "On this record I address people who habitually act like something they’re not," Sinzere tells us by email, "while expressing my need for authenticity." Sounds like this is exactly the kind of anthem we need in this day and age.
Check out "Posers" below via Spotify or on Apple Music, and be sure to follow Sinzere on Instagram or Twitter to keep up with her.
Steam Whistle
SLED ISLAND SPOTLIGHT: SINZERE
This Sled Island Spotlight focuses on hip-hop/R&B musician, Sinzere. She brings her unique genre bending style to our show.
From her humble beginnings growing up on the streets of Calgary, Alberta, renowned artist Sinzere has come a long way. The struggles she faced in her youth fashioned her into the strong, artistically gifted woman she is today. Using the obstacles she faced to her advantage — but not allowing them to hold her back from following her dreams — she’s used her experiences to shape her singular sound. She’s channeled all of her experiences, all of her pain, all of her passion, and all of herself, into her music.
Calgary folk music festival
Block Heater 2019
Winning awards, making killer videos, singing/rapping/freestyling over sick, thick beats: all just another day at the office for Sinzere. She’s a self-proclaimed Bohemian, an avant-garde free spirit who has no room in her life for your drama; she’s too busy honouring her craft. From dancer to award-winning DJ to lyricist/songwriter/hip hop champion, all of Sinzere’s previous and ongoing passions alchemize in her fierce, charismatic performances. She has an expert ear for melody, rhythm and rhyme and uses her voice and words to transport rock, jazz, soul, R&B or reggae to new places but, honestly, the genre is almost inconsequential. For all her Bohemian tendencies, Sinzere is a savvy, unrelenting creator who is amassing a fortune in unique musical currency.
Sled Island music festival
“From Biggie to Toni Braxton, Sinzere’s influences are varied, explaining why demolishing different beats seems effortless to her. She switches comfortably between silky flows and poetically-punchy bars to singing like R&B was her full-time gig. Sinzere doesn’t need any features to carry a track—they’d probably just block her shine, anyway.”
CBC MUSIC
SEARCHLIGHT 2018
“Flow. Sinzere has it, effortlessly mixing hip-hop, funk, R&B and soul in a rapid-fire delivery.”