Breakdown is a 1997 American thriller film, written and directed by Jonathan Mostow. The film stars Kurt Russell, J. T. Walsh and Kathleen Quinlan. The original music score was composed by Basil Poledouris. The film was released on May 2, 1997 by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

Married couple Jeff and Amy Taylor are driving across the country to move to California and almost collide with another truck on the road. Jeff is later confronted by the driver, Earl, at a gas station. A short time afterwards, their car breaks down in the middle of the desert. Amy accepts a ride with a trucker named "Red" Barr to a small diner to call for help, while Jeff stays with the car. Jeff discovers disconnected wires to be the problem with the car and drives to the diner, but no one there has seen his wife. When he catches up with Barr, the trucker swears that he has never seen her, or Jeff, before. Jeff hails a passing sheriff, but a brief search of Barr's truck is fruitless.

Jeff goes to a police station where he is advised to go back to the diner. Jeff does so, only to end up meeting with Billy, supposedly a town simpleton, who says that he saw his wife come in with Red and leave in another truck. Billy tells Jeff where they have taken her and Jeff gives chase, but is ambushed on the road by Earl. Jeff escapes by driving his car into a river. He exits the sinking car and floats down the river, later circling back around to where his attackers are salvaging it from the water. He is discovered and knocked out by Billy.

Jeff awakes in the trunk of a car. Billy opens it and asks how much money Jeff has, which is then demanded in exchange for his wife, who is being held hostage. Red demands that Jeff withdraw a large sum of cash in exchange for Amy. Jeff heads into the local bank to withdraw money. While the manager is busy with the transaction, Jeff takes some money ribbons and a letter opener from the manager's desk. Jeff is then instructed by phone to leave town, where he is picked up by Earl.

While gloating about how easy Jeff and his wife were to trick, Earl discovers that Jeff has wrapped stacks of $1 bills with a single $100 bill on the top and the bottom of the stacks, using the money ribbons he took from the bank manager's desk. Jeff then stabs Earl with the letter opener and forces him to reveal where his wife is. The sheriff, seeing the truck being driven erratically, pursues the vehicle. Earl shoots the sheriff with a pistol concealed in his boot. Just as Earl is about to shoot Jeff, the wounded sheriff shoots and kills Earl. Jeff uses the sheriff's radio to call for an ambulance and leaves to find his wife.

Jeff spots Barr and manages to jump onto his moving truck, which eventually returns to Barr's farm. Jeff hides in a barn and watches as Red, Billy, and Al take a bound and gagged Amy, and lock her in the barn's basement and return to the house. Jeff enters the house with a pistol and demands the barn keys from Red. Red's son appears with a rifle and threatens Jeff, but accidentally shoots Al in the arm after Jeff knocks the gun away. Jeff forces them to return to the barn basement and free Amy from the box. Jeff locks everyone in the basement, as he and Amy steal a pickup truck and drive away. Billy, who escaped the house during the struggle, frees them from the basement.

Billy, Al, and Red pursue Jeff and Amy. Jeff forces Billy's and Al's cars off the road, but Red follows them onto a bridge and tries to push the pickup truck over the edge with his semi. Amy's leg gets pinned underneath the dashboard, but Jeff escapes and fights Red in his truck, which falls off the bridge and catches a barrier support. While Jeff hangs from the truck, Red tries to whip him off with a chain. Jeff grabs it and pulls Red off the truck and to the rocks below. Jeff frees Amy, who pulls the automatic shifter on their pickup truck causing Red's truck to fall and crush him.

Cast

Kurt Russell as Jeff Taylor

J. T. Walsh as Warren "Red" Barr

Kathleen Quinlan as Amy Taylor

M. C. Gainey as Earl

Jack Noseworthy as Billy

Ritch Brinkley as Al

Moira Harris as Arleen Barr

Rex Linn as Sheriff Boyd

Kim Robillard as Deputy Len Carver

Jack McGee as Belle's Bartender

Steven Waddington as Cowboy in Bank

Thomas Kopache as Calhoun

Production

Breakdown was filmed on location in Sacramento, California, Moab, Utah, and Sedona, Arizona.

Release

Critical reception

The film had mostly positive reviews. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 79% of critics gave the film positive reviews based upon a sample of 47, with an average score of 7 out of 10. At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 73 based on 19 reviews. Peter Stack of the San Francisco Chronicle praised the film, "Breakdown use[s] old-fashioned ingenuity — plus a compelling star, a fast-paced mystery and a deadpan villain — to come up with a sizzler." Roger Ebert gave the film a positive review, calling it "taut, skillful and surgically effective" although he felt the "ending is unworthy of it". Stephen Hunter of The Washington Post criticized Russell for not conveying a desperate husband willing to fight for his missing wife, writing "He does a lot of running around while making desperate faces, but he never projects a sense of deep rage. He never gets dangerous. Thus the movie is shorn of its one primitive gratification: the image of the civilized man who finds the Peruvian commando inside himself and lays waste to louts who have underestimated him."

Box office performance

Breakdown debuted at first place at the box office with $12.3 million. After initially opening to 2,108 theaters, the film later expanded to 2,348 theaters and grossed a total of $50,159,144 in the United States and Canada.

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Caption	Russell at the premiere of Grindhouse in Austin, Texas, March 2007
Birth name	Kurt Vogel Russell
Birth date	March 17, 1951
Birth place	Springfield, Massachusetts
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1957–present
Spouse
Partner	Goldie Hawn (1983–present)

Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American television and film actor. His first acting roles were as a child in television series, including a lead role in the Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963–1964). In the 1970s, he signed a ten-year contract with the Walt Disney Company, where he became, according to Robert Osborne, the "studio's top star of the '70s." He starred in many Disney films, such as Follow Me, Boys!, The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band with then-newcomer Goldie Hawn, The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, and The Strongest Man in the World. He auditioned for the role of Han Solo in but lost the role to Harrison Ford.

In the autumn of 1976, Russell appeared with Tim Matheson in the 15-episode NBC series The Quest, the story of two young men in the American West seeking the whereabouts of their sister, a captive of the Cheyenne.

Russell, like his father before him, had a baseball career. In the early 1970s, Russell played second base for the California Angels' (now the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) Double-A minor league affiliate, the El Paso Sun Kings. During a play, he was hit in the shoulder by a player running to second base; the collision tore the rotator cuff in Russell's right/throwing shoulder. Before his injury, he was leading the Texas League in hitting, with a .563 batting average. The injury forced his retirement from baseball in 1973 and led to his return to acting.

In 1979, Russell was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special for the made-for-television film Elvis. This would be his first pairing with John Carpenter, the director of Halloween. Although Russell did not perform the singing vocals in the series—which were provided by country music artist Ronnie McDowell—he would later go on to provide the voice of Elvis Presley in the 1994 film Forrest Gump.

1980s

Over the 1980s, Russell would team with Carpenter several times, helping create some of his best-known roles, usually as anti-heroes, including the infamous Snake Plissken of Escape from New York and its sequel, Escape from L.A.. Among their collaborations was 1982's John Carpenter's The Thing, based upon the short story Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr., which had been interpreted on film before, albeit loosely, in 1951's The Thing from Another World. In 1986, the two made Big Trouble in Little China, a dark kung-fu comedy/action film in which Russell played a truck driver caught in an ancient Chinese war. While the film was a financial failure like The Thing, it has since gained a cult audience.

Elvis Presley connections have run like a thread through his career. Aside from appearing as a child in one of Presley's films and giving a convincing portrayal of the singer in the 1979 television biopic, Russell starred as an Elvis impersonator involved in a Las Vegas robbery in 3000 Miles to Graceland and provided the voice of Elvis for a scene in Forrest Gump.

Russell is one of the very few famous child stars in Hollywood who has been able continue his acting career past his teen years. Russell received award nominations well into middle age. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture for his performance opposite Meryl Streep in the 1984 film, Silkwood.

1990s–2000s

In 1994, Russell starred as Colonel Jack O'Neil in the military science fiction movie Stargate.

His portrayal of U.S. Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks in the 2004 film, Miracle, won the praise of critics. "In many ways," wrote Claudia Puig of USA Today, "Miracle belongs to Kurt Russell." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times wrote, "Russell does real acting here." Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times wrote, "Mr. Russell's cagey and remote performance gives Miracle its few breezes of fresh, albeit methane-scented, air."

In 2006, Russell revealed that he was the director of Tombstone, not George P. Cosmatos, as credited. Russell owns the rights to the masters and makes reference to possibly re-editing the film, as he was not originally involved in the editing.

Russell appeared as villain Stuntman Mike in Quentin Tarantino's segment Death Proof of the film Grindhouse. After a remake of Escape from New York was announced, Russell was reportedly upset with the casting of Gerard Butler for his signature character, Snake Plissken, as he believed the character 'was quintessentially [...] American.'

Personal life

Russell married actress Season Hubley, whom he had met on the set of Elvis in 1979; they had a son, Boston Russell, in 1980. In 1983, in the middle of his divorce from Hubley, Russell re-connected with Goldie Hawn on the set of the film Swing Shift and they have been in a relationship ever since. They had a son, Wyatt, in 1986. One year later, in 1987, the couple starred in the film Overboard. Hawn's son and daughter with Bill Hudson, actors Oliver and Kate Hudson, consider Russell to be their father.

It was long reported that the final written words of Walt Disney were Kurt Russell's name scribbled on a piece of paper. Russell confirmed that he had seen the paper himself, but did not know what Disney was trying to convey.

Russell is a Libertarian. In 1996, he stated: "I was brought up as a Republican. But when I realized that at the end of the day there wasn't much difference between a Democrat and Republican, I became a libertarian." He claims he was often viewed as an outcast in Hollywood because of his libertarian views, so he and Hawn moved to an area outside Aspen, Colorado.

In February 2003, Russell and Hawn moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, so that their son could play hockey. Russell is a FAA licensed private pilot holding single/multi-engine and instrument ratings and is a Honorary Board Member of the humanitarian aviation organization Wings of Hope. Former Major League Baseball player, Matt Franco, is his nephew.

Filmography

{| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film and television |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | 1963 | It Happened at the World's Fair | Boy who kicks Mike | Uncredited |- | 1964 | Guns of Diablo | Jamie McPheeters | Lead role |- | 1964 | | Toby Shea | Episode 3.8, "A Father For Toby" |- | 1965 | Gilligan's Island | Jungle boy | Episode 1.19, "Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy" |- | 1965 | | Andy Denning | Episode 4.1, "The Brothers" |- | 1966 | Follow Me, Boys! | Whitey | |- | 1966 | Mosby's Marauders | |- | 1968 | | Sidney Bower | |- | 1968 | | Ronnie Gardner | |- | 1969 | Guns in the Heather | Rich | |- | 1969 | | Dexter Riley | |- | 1971 | | Steven Post | |- | 1971 | Fools' Parade | Johnny Jesus | |- | 1972 | Now You See Him, Now You Don't | Dexter Riley | |- | 1973 | Charley and the Angel | Ray Ferris | |- | 1973 | Superdad | Bart | |- | 1974 | Gunsmoke | Buck Henry Woolfe | Episode "Trail of Bloodshed" |- |1975 | | Dexter Riley | |- | 1975 | | Charles Whitman | TV Movie |- | 1975 | Search for the Gods | Shan Mullins | TV Movie |- | 1979 | Elvis | Elvis Presley | Nominated—Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie |- | 1980 | Used Cars | Rudolph "Rudy" Russo | |- | 1981 | Escape from New York | Snake Plissken | |- | 1981 | | Adult Copper | Voice Only |- | 1982 | | R.J. MacReady | |- | 1983 | Silkwood | Drew Stephens | Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture |- | 1984 | Swing Shift | Mike "Lucky" Lockhart | Co-starred with Goldie Hawn |- | 1984 | Terror in the Aisles | | archival footage |- | 1985 | | Malcolm Anderson | |- | 1986 | Big Trouble in Little China | Jack Burton | |- | 1986 | | Reno Hightower | |- | 1987 | Overboard | Dean Proffitt | Co-starred with Goldie Hawn |- | 1988 | Tequila Sunrise | Det. Lt. Nicholas 'Nick' Frescia | |- | 1989 | Winter People | Wayland Jackson | |- | 1989 | Tango & Cash | Detective Gabriel "Gabe" Cash | |- | 1991 | Backdraft | Stephen 'Bull' McCaffrey / Dennis McCaffrey | |- | 1992 | Unlawful Entry | Michael Carr | |- | 1992 | Captain Ron | Captain Ron | |- | 1993 | Tombstone | Wyatt Earp | Also (Uncredited) Director |- | 1994 | Stargate | Col. Jonathan "Jack" O'Neil | |- | 1994 | Forrest Gump | Voice of Elvis Presley | Uncredited |- | 1996 | Executive Decision | Dr. David Grant | |- | 1996 | Escape from L.A. | Snake Plissken | Sequel to Escape from New YorkAlso Writer/Producer |- | 1997 | Breakdown | Jeffrey "Jeff" Taylor | |- | 1998 | Soldier | Todd | |- | 2001 | 3000 Miles To Graceland | Michael Zane | |- | 2001 | Vanilla Sky | McCabe | |- | 2002 | Interstate 60 | Capt. Ives | |- | 2003 | Dark Blue | Eldon Perry | |- | 2004 | Miracle | Herb Brooks | |- | 2005 | Sky High | Steve Stronghold / The Commander | |- | 2005 | Dreamer | Ben Crane | |- | 2006 | Poseidon | Robert Ramsey | |- | 2007 | Death Proof | Stuntman Mike | Segment from the Quentin Tarantino film Grindhouse |- | 2007 | Cutlass | Dad | |- | 2011 | Touchback | Coach Hand | Post-production |- |}

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Birth date	November 19, 1954
Birth place	Pasadena, California, U.S.
Birthname	Kathleen Denise Quinlan
Occupation	Actress
Yearsactive	1972–present
Spouse	Bruce Abbott (April 12, 1994–present) 2 children

Kathleen Denise Quinlan (born November 19, 1954) is an American actress, mostly seen on television and in motion pictures.

Personal life

Quinlan was born in Pasadena, California, the daughter of Josephine (née Zachry), a military supply supervisor, and Robert Quinlan, a television sports director. She was raised in Mill Valley, California, where she attended Tamalpais High School and began her acting career. She has been married to actor Bruce Abbott since April 12, 1994. They have a son, Tyler (born 1990).

Career

Quinlan made her film debut in George Lucas' 1973 nostalgic look at the early sixties, American Graffiti, at the age of 19 (although she did appear in an uncredited role in 1972's One is a Lonely Number). As a young actress, she guest-starred in several 1970s television series including Police Woman, Ironside, Emergency! and Kojak.

She has appeared in over 50 films, but is perhaps best known for her roles as Deborah, a schizophrenic, in the film version of I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture-Drama, and for a Golden Globe and Oscar nominated turn in the Best Supporting Actress category as an astronaut's wife, Marilyn Lovell, in the 1995 true story Apollo 13 opposite Tom Hanks.

Quinlan also made a mark as Jim Morrison's Celtic Pagan lover Patricia Kennealy in Oliver Stone's The Doors, and won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award as Favorite Supporting Actress-Suspense, for Breakdown (1997) with Kurt Russell. Her recent work includes the TV series House, the 2006 remake of the horror classic The Hills Have Eyes and as the wife of a government traitor in the 2007 film Breach.

On November 10, 2008, TV Guide reported that Quinlan would join Fox drama Prison Break in a recurring role as a high-ranking player within the Company. Quinlan played Michael and Lincoln's mother, Christina Rose Scofield, who never died but, in fact, has been working for the Company.

Filmography

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%;" border="2" cellpadding="4" background: #f9f9f9; |- align="center" ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Year ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Role ! style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Notes |- |1972 |One Is a Lonely Number | |(uncredited) |- |1973 |American Graffiti |Peg |(as Kathy Quinlan) |- |rowspan=3|1974 |Can Ellen Be Saved? |Melissa |(TV) |- |Lucas Tanner |Joyce Howell |(TV) |- |Where Have All The People Gone? |Deborah Anders |(TV) |- |1974/1976 |The Waltons |Selina Linville |(2 episodes) |- |rowspan=3|1975 |The Missing Are Deadly |Michelle |(TV) |- |The Abduction of Saint Anne |Anne Benedict |(TV) |- |The Turning Point of Jim Malloy |Edith Evans |(TV) |- |1976 |Lifeguard |Wendy | |- |rowspan=3|1977 |Little Ladies of the Night |Karen Brodwick |(TV) |- | Airport '77 |Julie | |- |I Never Promised You a Rose Garden |Deborah Blake |Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama |- |1978 |Nightmare in Blood | | |- |rowspan=2|1979 |The Runner Stumbles |Sister Rita | |- |The Promise |Nancy McAllister/Marie Adamson | |- |1980 |Sunday Lovers | Laurie |(segment "Skippy") |- |1981 |She's in the Army Now |Pvt. Cass Donner |(TV) |- |1982 |Hanky Panky |Janet Dunn | |- |rowspan=2|1983 |Independence Day |Mary Ann Taylor | |- | |Helen Foley (School Teacher) |(Segment #3) |- |rowspan=2|1984 |The Last Winter |Joyce | |- |When She Says No |Rose Michaels |(TV) |- |rowspan=3|1985 |Blackout |Chris Graham |(TV)MystFest Award for Best Actress |- |Warning Sign |Joanie Morse | |- |Children of the Night |Lois Lee |(TV) |- |1986 |Man Outside |Grace Freemont | |- |rowspan=2|1987 |Wild Thing |Jane | |- |Dreams Lost, Dreams Found |Sarah McAllister |(TV) |- |rowspan=2|1988 |Sunset |Nancy Shoemaker | |- |Clara's Heart |Leona Hart | |- |1989 |Trapped |Mary Ann Marshall |(TV) |- |1990 |The Operation |Ginnie |(TV) |- |rowspan=2|1991 |The Doors |Patricia Kennealy | |- |Strays |Lindsey Jarrett |(TV) |- |1992 |An American Story |Hope Tyler |(TV) |- |rowspan=2|1993 |Stolen Babies |Bekka |(TV) |- |Last Light |Kathy Rubicek |(TV) |- |1994 |Trial by Jury |Wanda | |- |rowspan=2|1995 |Apollo 13 |Marilyn Lovell |Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureNominated — Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture |- |Perfect Alibi |Melanie Bauers | |- |1996 |In the Lake of the Woods |Kathy Waylan |(TV) |- |rowspan=4|1997 |Zeus and Roxanne |Mary Beth Dunhill | |- |Breakdown |Amy Taylor | |- |Event Horizon |Peters, Med Tech | |- |Lawn Dogs |Clare Stockard | |- |rowspan=2|1998 |My Giant |Serena Kamin | |- |A Civil Action |Anne Anderson | |- |1999–2002 |Family Law |Lynn Holt |(TV Series) (68 episodes) |- |1999 |Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke |Nanaline Duke |(TV) |- |rowspan=2|2003 |The Battle of Shaker Heights |Eve | |- |Blessings |Meredith Blessing |(TV) |- |rowspan=4|2004 |Perfect Romance |Tess Kelley |(TV) |- |The Riverman |Sande Keppel |(TV) |- |El Padrino |Judge Scorsi | |- |The Dead Will Tell |Beth Hytner |(TV) |- |rowspan=2|2006 |The Hills Have Eyes |Ethel Carter | |- |House |Arlene McNeil |Episode "Meaning" |- |rowspan=4|2007 |American Fork |Agnes Orbison | |- | |Barbara Tallman |Episode "Monster in the Box" |- |Breach |Bonnie Hanssen | |- |Harm's Way |Bea | |- |rowspan=2|2008 |Poundcake |Carol | |- |Made of Honor |Joan | |- |2008–2009 |Prison Break |Christina Rose Scofield |(7 episodes) |- |rowspan=3|2009 | |Mary Bernstein | |- |Empire State |Colleen Cochrane |(TV) |- |The River Why |Ma |}

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Name	Kardinal Offishall
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Jason D. Harrow
Born	May 12, 1976
Origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre	Canadian hip hop Reggae fusion
Occupation	Rapper, producer, songwriter
Years active	1996–present
Label	MCA (2000–2003)Kon Live/Geffen (2007–present)
Associated acts	Sean Paul, Black Jays, Akon, T-Pain, Rock City, Clinton Sparks, Keri Hilson, Rihanna, Nicole Scherzinger, Lady GaGa, Colby O'Donis, Estelle, Raghav
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Jason D. Harrow (born May 12, 1976), better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall (), is a Canadian rapper and record producer. He is often credited as Canada's "hip-hop ambassador", and is best known for his distinctive reggae and dancehall-influenced style of hip-hop.

Life and career

Harrow was born in Scarborough, Ontario, in Toronto's east end, and raised by Jamaican immigrant parents. He later settled in the Oakwood-Vaughan neighbourhood of York, in Toronto's west end. He started rapping at the age of eight and was winning competitions by the time he was 12. Also at the age of 12, he performed live and on stage for the first time, with Nelson Mandela in attendance during Mandela's first visit to Toronto. By 1993, he decided to change his alias "KoolAid", and went by the moniker "Kardinal Offishall" after being inspired by the great 17th century French politician Cardinal Richelieu.

Kardinal was signed to a publishing deal with Warner/Chappell Music Canada at the age of 20. In 1996, he released his first single "Naughty Dread", which was featured on the Rap Essentials Volume One compilation and earned him a Juno Award nomination for Best Rap Recording. In 1997, Kardinal released his debut album Eye & I on Capitol Hill Music. The only single from the album, "On Wit Da Show", had considerable video play on MuchMusic. In 1998, he was featured on the Juno-winning single "Northern Touch" with the Rascalz, Choclair, Checkmate and Thrust.

In 2000, Kardinal signed with MCA Records. He released the album in 2001, which spawned the hits "BaKardi Slang" and "Ol' Time Killin'". After MCA folded in 2003, Kardinal's highly anticipated follow up album Firestarter Vol. 2: F Word Theory was shelved along with the single/video for "Belly Dancer" featuring Pharrell, and Kardinal eventually found himself without a label. Had the album been released, there would have been production from Timbaland and The Neptunes, among others. He released an independent mixtape titled Kill Bloodclott Bill in 2004 with his production company, The Black Jays, and he also released his second major-label album titled Fire and Glory on November 15, 2005, through Virgin Records in Canada only. Hits on Fire and Glory include "Everyday (Rudebwoy)" and "Heads Up". Also in 2000, Kardinal Offishall teamed up with Maestro Fresh Wes for the hit "Bustin Loose" featured on Maestro's album Ever Since.

In 2007, Akon signed Kardinal Offishall to his label Konvict Muzik and Kon Live Distribution. Kardinal Offishall released an album under the album Not 4 Sale. It spawned the hit single "Dangerous", which peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In 2009, Kardinal performed as the main act for Denison University, and on September 3rd at the CNE in Toronto.

In 2010, he was included in the Young Artists for Haiti's version of "Wavin' Flag" in an effort to raise money for disaster relief. He starred along with many Canadian stars. Also in 2010, he was featured in Raghav single release "So Much".

Discography

Studio albums

Eye & I (1997)

(2001)

Fire and Glory (2005)

Not 4 Sale (2008)

Mr. International (2011)

EPs

Husslin' (2000)

Awards

1999: Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year for Rascalz' "Northern Touch"

2000: Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year for producing Choclair's "Let's Ride"

2000: SOCAN Award for "Husslin'"

2001: MuchMusic Video Award - Best Rap Video for "Money Jane"

2002: SOCAN Award for "Money Jane"

2004: Canadian Urban Music Award for "Empty Barrel"

2006: 3 MuchMusic Video Awards - Best Video, Best Director (RT!) and VideoFACT Award for "Everyday (Rudebwoy)"

2009: Juno Award for Single of the Year for "Dangerous"; Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year for Not 4 Sale

2009: SOCAN Urban Music Award for "Dangerous"

See also

Canadian hip hop

Music of Canada

References

External links

Kardinal Offishall interview by Pete Lewis, 'Blues & Soul' February 2009

Rhapsody Interview

Border Block - Canadian Hip Hop vs. America

Much Music

MMVA Awards

Interview with DJ Stallion

Kardinal's KonvictMuzik.net page

Kardinal Offishall on Flow.TV

Kardinal Offishall Spits 16 Bars in Studio - AOL Music

Kardinal Offishall RBMA video lecture session

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