Freedom Writers are a Canadian hip hop collective from Toronto, Ontario,Luke Fox, "Freedom Writers: Collective creativity". Exclaim!, October 31, 2013. whose debut album Now was a longlisted nominee for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize.Brad Wheeler, "Long list for the Polaris Prize is diverse, but not all-inclusive". The Globe and Mail, June 20. 2014.
The members of the collective are rappers Theo 3, Tona, Adam Bomb, Frankie Payne and Progress, and producer Big Sproxx.
They released Now in 2013,Luke Fox, "Freedom Writers, Now". Exclaim!, October 9, 2013. and followed up with Again in 2017.D. Cowie, "Tona on 'July 26th,' His Spot in Toronto Hip-Hop, and Police Brutality". Complex, June 16, 2020.
Several of the members have also recorded and performed as solo artists, and Adam Bomb and Tona have been associated with Naturally Born Strangers.
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