Pressa

Generations of personal tragedy could have kept Toronto rapper Pressa from finding success as a musician. Instead, he draws from those experiences to create streetwise works that attracted fans, critics, and the city's most popular musician, Drake. Quinton Gardner was born to a Filipino mother and a Jamaican father in Toronto and was raised in the hardscrabble Driftwood region of the city's Jane and Finch neighborhood. He took on the moniker "Pressa" after his father Prestige, who began a 15-year jail sentence for murder when his son was only five weeks old. Pressa and his br...