Mr. Roam

Mr. Roam is a Canadian rapper.[1] His album Tom Strokes Presents the ClasSix Plus Six received a Juno Award nomination for Rap Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2004.[2] Active in the 1990s as Mr. Roam from the Plant, he played a key role in securing label deals for Ghetto Concept and Da Grassroots,[3] and was a featured artist on several tracks from Da Grassroots' album Passage Through Time. His debut single as a solo artist, "Groupie Central" b/w "Sunny Kiss Is Wack", was released in 2000.[4] He released the six-song EP Tom Strokes Presents the Classix in early 2003,[5] and followed up later in the year with the full-length ClasSix Plus Six.[1]

Mr. Roam
OriginCanada
GenresRap
Associated actsGhetto Concept, Da Grassroots

References
  1. "New and Notable Releases: Mr. Roam". Now, November 6, 2003.
  2. "Juno nominees show 'few surprises'". Welland Tribune, February 12, 2004.
  3. "Mr. Roam's Art of Conversation". Exclaim!, January 1, 2006.
  4. "Mr. Roam From The Plant, 'Groupie Central/Sunny Kiss Is Wack'". Exclaim!, September 1, 2000.
  5. "Mr. Roam, Tom Strokes Presents the Classix". Exclaim!, June 1, 2003.


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