Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy.

My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC.

It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs,

moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous.

And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music

means we can tell those stories like no one else.

We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative.

So whether you want an insightful take on music right now

or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music,

check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds.

A summer storm has just swept off the plains. Steam is rising from hot concrete walkways.

We're in Canada's northernmost big city, Edmonton.

It's August 2018.

In the south of the city, on the edge of an industrial estate,

a stream of cars pulls into a parking lot of a low-slung ranch-style building.

It's a bar where the bouncers have a reputation to taking no nonsense.

People are gathering in the early evening sun.

There's a buzz in the air, a chatter of expectation.

Inside, the dance floor is already packed, a mass of bodies jostling to get closer to the

stage.

Their phones raised at the ready.

On to the stage, strides a young rapper.

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