Charmaine drops debut EP, Hood Avant Garde, featuring singles 'BOLD' and 'WOO!'

“While the industry at large sees a female rap renaissance, Charmaine is helping to get Canada caught up.” - Complex

“bop connoisseur” - Notion

“Charmaine plays with hip hop and r&b influences and asks for listeners to consider challenges, alongside her own journey, that lead to self-discovery and growth.” - Link Up TV

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Olivia Rayner

Hood Avant Garde, the debut EP by Toronto’s “bop connoisseur” Charmaine, is available today on all streaming platforms and digital stores here. Following her addictive singles “BOLD” and “WOO!” Charmaine’s first project offers a curated selection of bars and attitude that can’t be ignored. Hood Avant Garde is a BOLD formal introduction, packed with five must-rewind “did she just say that” songs that are multidimensional, playful, boasty and fresh.

TRACK LIST:
I DON’T CARE
WOO!
BOLD
DOUBLE DUTCH
SMH

Hood Avant Garde hears Charmaine define the peak of her confidence. She makes it clear that she’s bolder than ever on “BOLD,” celebrates her freedom on “WOO!” and proves that she doesn’t care much about the nonsense with the other accompanying tracks on her debut project.

Charmaine’s introduction to the scene has been explosive, to say the least. With 3 million combined streams for “BOLD” and “WOO!” it’s clear that Charmaine is making noise that fans can’t get enough of. Charmaine is listed as one of 25 artists to watch in 2021 by Complex Canada that followed a collaboration with Girl Connected alongside Ashley Outrageous, Tiffany Calver and Lola Plaku for a conversation on overcoming challenges as a woman. UK’s BBC 1XTRA featured Charmaine’s “WOO!” while Earmilk dubbed Charmaine the “Queen of the North.”

Charmaine has been selected as Spotify Canada’s April RADAR artist as well as Amazon Music Canada’s Breakthrough artist, and was the only Canadian included as part of the global First on SoundCloud campaign, while boasting Apple Music playlist adds on “Rap Life,” “It’s Lit,” “High Maintenance” and “New in Hip Hop.”

Charmaine may have started with nothing, but with her debut EP Hood Avant Garde, it’s clear that she’s coming for everything

About

Born in Zimbabwe, Charmaine and her family immigrated to North America in search of a better life that led to multiple stops in the US before finally settling in Toronto, Canada where she now calls home. Calling Toronto home was not an easy feat for her, as her family lost their house in the beginning after father got laid off from his job, turning all six of her family members to live in dirty motel rooms. A kitchen so small, only one person could fit in there at a time; no stove, just a little hot plate. The silver lining is that her struggle inspired the young Charmaine to sit on the floor with her little notebook and write songs, just dreaming of being any place but within the walls of a Motel 6. Out of her tough upbringing was birthed survival, a hard work ethic that led to a confident rapper with all the accompanying strut and swagger, and a brilliant R&B vocalist able to deliver a heart-stopping ballad.

Source Olivia Rayner