Just Blaze sits like a king holding court, on a riser in a lecture hall within a century-old building on the University of Toronto St. George campus. He waits to run through consecutive interviews, ahead of his keynote address at the 2018 Battle of the Beat Makers. He is deep into a text conversation on his phone. Maybe he’s exchanging top secret production techniques or some clue to an upcoming record – information that would make me an internet hero for 48 hours. More than likely though, he’s checking on an even higher priority.
“I just had a kid,” he shares, while taking what can only be described as a deep Dad breath. “Well, he’s about a year now. So, any free time I have, he’s pretty much running that show right now.”