TUNE IN ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 27
AND FRIDAY, JANUARY 28 AT 7:00 P.M. EST

ENTREPRENEURS TO SHARE THEIR IDEAS WITH HAVIAH IN CONTEST TO WIN INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS

ON TOUR WITH ARKELLS NEXT MONTH

TORONTO, ON – January 26, 2022 – Toronto-born, Brampton-based artist, DJ and producer, Haviah Mighty, began the year in full-form; rested, reflected and ready to give back. Following the success of her 2021 mixtape, Stock Exchange, Haviah announced her Black Entrepreneur Giveaway, where she will donate $10K amongst a diverse network of Black-owned businesses to help them further expand and thrive. After receiving incredible feedback number of  submissions, Haviah will be interviewing the top 20 finalists on Instagram Live at 7:00 p.m. EST on both Thursday, January 27 and Friday, January 28.

Tune in here, see the full finalist schedule below, and learn more about the process in Haviah's recent announcement here.

Each of the 20 finalists will have three minutes to answer one question that Haviah has tailored to their application. Following their responses, Haviah will narrow this list down to 10 winners, who will be awarded up to $1,000 each to support their entrepreneurial journey. Winners will be announced in February to celebrate and honour Black History Month. 

The initiative arrives in alignment with Stock Exchange and its messaging to value systems of both economic and creative forms. Following Haviah's 2019 Polaris Music Prize winning album, 13th Floor, Stock Exchange features an array of highly acclaimed singles and guests. This year, Haviah celebrated her ever-evolving and progressive career with numerous accolades and a monumental return to live shows - defying all odds around a time of change worldwide. Listen to Stock Exchange everywhere you enjoy music.    
 
The title, Stock Exchange, refers to a reckoning Haviah had internally over the last year, connecting with how artists are forced to validate their value based on random data - such as followers and subscribers - and losing a part of the authentic human-to-human universal experience of art. 

"These statistics that we use to compare ourselves to others and to define our successes, have become proof of our worth. It’s all perception," Haviah reflects. "These ideas around perceived value got me thinking about the Stock Exchange. Seeing parallels between the way it flows - the constant rising and falling – all dictated by the general public’s perception of an entity’s value, and ultimately how that influences the moves that we make as individuals."

For a behind the scenes look, Haviah has been producing visual pieces expanding on the process of each song for her YouTube series, The Making Of. Watch them here.

Stock Exchange highlights a guest list of international artists, including multiple Latin GRAMMY winning Barcelona-based artist, Mala Rodríguez (Flamenco), UK artist, Yizzy (Protest), US artists Jalen Santoy (Way Too Fast) and Old Man Saxon (Antisocial), to  Toronto's Astrokidjay (Coulda Been U), JUNO Award-winning rapper, TOBi (Good On My Own Tonight), and Toronto DJ and Producer Grandtheft (Avocado). The mixtape also highlights Haviah’s expansion as a producer, as well as with her collaborators, such as Toronto's Devontée, Taabu, her brother, Prynce2x (formerly Mighty Prynce), Denise De’ion, Saucy Junky, MTL-based Young Dreadz, and Weird Mahdi. Haviah has been depicting the project through incredible visuals – Tesla, Protest and Obeah – while blackpowerbarbie is at the helm for the incredible artwork and animated excerpts. 

Stay connected with Haviah and her Black Entrepreneur Giveaway, with more coming in 2022.

DOWNLOAD - Black Entrepreneur Giveaway Graphics 

Listen to Stock Exchange  
DOWNLOAD – Stock Exchange Artwork

Art by BlackPowerBarbie (@blackpowerbarbie)

Photo by Yung Yemi (@yung.yemi)

DOWNLOAD – Hi Res Press Photo

About Haviah Mighty
Haviah Mighty didn’t need to change her birth name when she decided to dedicate her career to music. Mighty could not better describe Haviah’s craft of provocative challenges and uncompromising truths.

Based out of Toronto, Haviah has spent a lifetime developing her skills as a songwriter, vocalist, producer, and performer culminating in a style of profound introspection and incisive socio-political critique. Her dynamic combinations of rap, song, and instrumental, transition seamlessly from hip-hop to soul to afrobeats with a meticulous flow and cadence that transcends any traditional expectation of genre. 2019 saw Haviah earn break-out success with her album, 13th Floor, garnering overwhelming praise from publications such as Pitchfork and Billboard, and making her the first hip-hop artist and the first Black woman to win the Polaris Music Prize, celebrating the “best Canadian album of the year."

In 2020, the recognition spread internationally. Haviah made an acclaimed appearance on Sway in the Morning, impressing with a performance of immaculate flow and fierce lyricism, “showing you something you NEED to be looking at.” Likewise, in the UK, BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders recognized Haviah as “one of the most exciting new rappers out there.”

2021 might have seen Haviah’s momentum stalled by a certain global pandemic… But for Haviah, attrition is met with defiance, and hardship with inspiration. She describes the enforced solitude of lockdown as not an obstacle, but “a window of immense opportunity” to develop the art that has always been a realization of deep contemplation and self-examination. Haviah pushes forward continuing to carve out spaces that boldly defy gendered expectations for women in hip-hop.

Stay locked in for new projects to challenge, move, and entertain, coming your way soon. Unyielding and irresistible - Haviah Mighty will be heard.