HAVIAH MIGHTY
ANNOUNCES INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT  BLACK-OWNED BUSINESSES

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

PITCHES ACCEPTED UNTIL JANUARY 14, 2022

FINALISTS TO PITCH BUSINESS IDEAS ON INSTAGRAM LIVE 
WITH WINNERS ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY 2022

LISTEN TO NEW STOCK EXCHANGE MIXTAPE

ON CANADIAN TOUR WITH ARKELLS IN 2022

TORONTO, ON – December 6, 2021 – As Toronto-born, Brampton-based artist and producer, Haviah Mighty,continues to celebrate the success of her new mixtape, Stock Exchange, her next move is all about giving back. Haviah is launching her Black-Owned Business Giveaway this month, donating $10K amongst a diverse network of Black-owned businesses to help them further expand and thrive. She invites entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas - both existing and future, big or small - for an opportunity to win up to $1,000 each to support their journey. 

Haviah took to her social channels earlier today to talk more about the initiative - have a look at the announcement here. Businesses are asked to text (647) 424-3490 for instructions on how to enter.

Finalists will have the chance to pitch their business ideas to Haviah on Instagram Live in January 2022, with winners selected shortly after. Confirmed dates will be announced soon. 

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. 

While Haviah's hometown album release show at Phoenix Concert Theatre is to be rescheduled, she sets her sights on 2022, where she will support Arkells on a national run across Canada. Details and tickets can be found on Haviah's website. 

Stay tuned for more on the project in 2022.  

Sunday, December 12, 2021
Sirius XM Tailgate 2021 at the Grey Cup (supporting The Trews) - Tim Hortons Field - Hamilton, ON 

2022 Tour Dates (supporting Arkells):
Wednesday, February 2: Victoria, BC @ Rogers Arena
Friday, February 4: Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome 
Saturday, February 5: Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
Thursday, February 10: Ottawa, ON @ TD Place
Friday, February 11: Kingston, ON @ Leon's Centre
Saturday, February 12: London, ON @ Budweiser Gardens
Thursday, February 17: Barrie, ON @ Barrie Molson Centre
Friday, February 18: Kitchener, ON @ The Auld
Saturday, February 19: Oshawa, ON @ Tribute Communities Centre

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.