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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Hiragino Kaku Gothic Pro";color:black"><img width="108" height="108" id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CFF34F.7F9E23F0"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:106%"><br>
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Introducing…SonReal</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%"><br>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:106%">2014 MUCH MUSIC AWARD WINNER<br>
+ 2-TIME JUNO AWARD NOMINEE <br>
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</span></b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTNae8HxkTE&feature=youtu.be"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:106%">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:106%;color:red">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:106%">to Watch Official Video for “Preach”
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:106%"><br>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:106%">Embarks on “Everywhere We Go” U.S. Tour<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:106%"><img border="0" width="538" height="360" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CFF34F.7F9E23F0" alt="SonReal_photo cred Dane Collison"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:106%"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:106%">(Photo Credit: Dane Collison)<br>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:106%">“Outside of his visual brilliance, SonReal displays a command of his music inside the studio.” –
<b><i>MTV <br>
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</i></b><span style="color:black;background:white">“Fresh from his collaborative effort with Toronto’s Rich Kidd, we see Real showing off his incredible skills as a emcee, effortlessly flowing on this classic beat.”<span class="apple-converted-space"> –
<b><i>XXL Mag<br>
</i></b><br>
”This video was filmed during SonReal's recent 53 city U.S. tour capturing 2-5 seconds of the music video every day. Now that's dope!”
<b><i>– Hip Hop DX<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>Los Angeles, CA – October 29, 2014 –</i></b> Canadian hip-hop artist
<b>SonReal</b> (2 Juno Award nominations and a 2014 Much Music Video Award Winner) premieres his official music video for “<b>Preach,</b>”
<b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTNae8HxkTE&feature=youtu.be">PRESS HERE</a></b><span style="color:red">
</span>to watch. The video follows SonReal’s crossover journey through America paying visits to iconic landmarks such as Mount Rushmore, the Rio Grande, New Orleans’ Bourbon Street and others. The video was filmed during his recent 53 city U.S. tour capturing
2-5 seconds of the music video every day. <br>
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“We always strive to push the boundaries of what music videos can be, and go against the grain with the way we create them,”
<span style="color:black">says SonReal about the making of the video.</span><br>
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A perfect example of this can be seen in the video for his single<b> “Everywhere We Go”
</b>that has racked up over <b>1.4 million YouTube views</b>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNVtM9P-yLM">
<b>PRESS HERE</b></a><span style="color:red"> </span>to watch.<b> </b><span style="color:black">SonReal recently
<b>led the pack in nominations next to Drake</b> for this particular video at the
<b>2014 Much Music Video Awards </b>in the following categories: MuchFACT Video of the year (Winner); Video of The Year; Hip Hop Video of the Year; Director of The Year; and Fan Favorite Video Of the Year.<br>
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<b>In 2013 and 2014 he was also nominated alongside </b></span><b>Rich Kidd and Drake for the Juno</b>
<b>Award</b> for <b>Best Rap Recording of the Year</b> for “The Closers” and “Everywhere We Go” (Black Box).
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<span style="color:black"><br>
</span>SonReal got his start in high school when he realized his passion hip hop superseded everything else. Following high school SonReal moved to Vancouver where he got a taste for performing at open mic nights throughout the city and slowly built a fanbase
in his own backyard.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>After attending Pacific Audio Visual Institute, SonReal graduated as an audio engineer and began recording and mixing his own music. <b> </b>The Vancouver rapper<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color:black">has
independently garnered attention through consistently releasing original and innovative material. As proven by the high accolades he has received in his home country of Canada, SonReal has landed himself at the forefront of not only Vancouver's hip hop scene
but the Canadian music industry as a whole.</span><br>
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He kicked off his latest U.S. tour on October 7<sup>th</sup> in San Francisco and will be touring major markets in promotion of his free album<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>One Long Day<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></i>(<a href="http://www.smarturl.it/onelongday"><span style="color:windowtext">www.smarturl.it/onelongday</span></a>).<span style="color:black">
For the latest tour dates and to purchase tickets, visit </span><a href="http://www.iamsonreal.com">www.iamsonreal.com</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">.</span><span style="color:black"><br>
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Post “Preach” video using the following link: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTNae8HxkTE&feature=youtu.be">
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTNae8HxkTE&feature=youtu.be</a><br>
<b><u><span style="color:black"><br>
Upcoming Tour Dates</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><br>
Oct 29 Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary<br>
Oct 30 New York, NY @ The Studio at Webster Hall<br>
Nov 1 Buffalo, NY @ Studio at Waiting Room<br>
Nov 2 Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose – Upstairs <br>
Nov 4<sup> </sup> Chicago, IL @ Reggies Rock Club<br>
Nov 5 Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar <br>
Nov 7 Minneapolis, MN @ 7<sup>th</sup> St. Entry<br>
Nov 19 Kamloops, BC @ Cactus Jacks Nightclub<br>
Nov 20 Edmonton, AB @ Pawnshop<br>
Nov 21 Calgary, AB @ The Gateway (SAIT) <br>
Nov 22 Red Deer, AB @ International Beer Haus & Stage<br>
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</span><a href="http://www.iamsonreal.com">www.iamsonreal.com</a><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><br>
</span></u><a href="http://www.facebook.com/therealsonreal">www.facebook.com/therealsonreal</a><u><span style="color:#0563C1"><br>
</span></u><a href="http://www.soundcloud.com/sonreal">www.soundcloud.com/sonreal</a><br>
Twitter - @therealsonreal<br>
Instagram - @therealsonreal<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:black">About Black Box Music</span></u><span style="color:black"><br>
</span>Black Box Music is home to a diverse roster of recording artists including multi-Platinum sellers, Juno Award winners & Polaris Short-List nominees such Classified, The Glorious Sons, Shad, SonReal & Northcote. The company’s interests include a record
label, management firm and most recently has expanded to include a publishing operation. With multiple international placements, and three top-5 radio singles within the last year, Black Box Music is representing next wave of great artists, songwriters and
producers. <a href="http://www.weareblackbox.com/">www.weareblackbox.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>For more information on SonReal, please contact</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b>PRESS HERE</b><br>
<span style="color:black">Gina Schulman</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="FR" style="color:black"> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="color:black">// Ashley Lanaux</span><span style="color:#3CA1FF"><br>
</span><span style="color:#0070C0"></span><a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com"><span style="color:#0070C0">gina@pressherepublicity.com</span></a><span style="color:#0070C0"> //<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><u><a href="mailto:ashleyl@pressherepublicity.com"><span class="hyperlink2"><span style="color:#0070C0">ashleyl@pressherepublicity.com</span></span></a></u><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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