About ME

Dylan CTK Jones is a hip hop artist and story teller from Yellowknife, NT. Born and raised in the Canadian Arctic, he has developed a passion for the culture and preservation of his home, the North. Growing up in the isolated northern community of Fort Good Hope, NT, Dylan has taken the role of being a voice for the hardship and beauty of a more rugged way of life. Now an independent artist, Dylan brings his Métis culture and love of home to a broader audience, while touching on the preservation and current social destruction of both.

Artist’s Statement:

At 16 I left home, headed south and found myself completely lost in a whole new world. When I was out there, making music wasn't an option as I had nothing and no place to go. In between jobs and ideas, I had taught myself to write rap while sitting in a truck at work and wouldn't show a single person until I felt confident it was something.

"Staring out my window through cracks in the broken glass - I picture a sunny day with old friends and tall grass - whole family's sittin’ together now as we laugh - just kids at the cabin watching dad pull in his nets”

A section of a song about my sister dying and how we used to be -  Dylan

MOVING FORWARD

I am currently working on a full-length studio album of all new material. I have completed the writing phase and am now approximately halfway through the recording and production. The album will have three accompanying singles to be released ahead of the full track list. My motive behind these songs is to continue educating my audience on suicide prevention, imparting the knowledge gained from living a hard life on the younger generation so that they will not have to go through what we did growing up, sharing my community’s issues with addiction and violence, and showing the world that we are here, and we are powerful. Using the experience, I have gained from traveling and performing around the country I’ve been able to shape the tracks into a modern hip hop sound while still maintaining my core beliefs and values. My music is a representation of finding friendship, true love, and success in the face of absolute adversity.