Yung Trybez and Young D, naturally connected through their love of music, wrestling and pop culture. Growing up on the ‘Rez’, close to a predominantly white town, both faced similar challenges, but ultimately found refuge in Hip-hop and inspiration in each other’s talent. SNRK was born in 2016, forged from a life-long friendship between 2 emcees using music to create, connect with their culture and language, and as an outlet to express themselves.
SNRK released two albums in 2017, Self-Titled Debut and The Average Savage. The Average Savage won SNRK Best Hip Hop Act at the Western Canadian Music Awards (WCMA), landed them on the coveted Polaris Prize Top-ten Shortlist, and was nomination for Best Indigenous Music Album by the Juno Awards. Rising popularity prepared them for their strongest release in 2019, TRAPLINE, which centred their nation, The Haisla Nation, Haisla teachings, the matriarchs in their lives, and created a bridge to other artists, tapping The Sorority, Cartel Madras, Brevner, Boslen, Tanya Tagaq and more. TRAPLINE has been streamed over 3million times, it’s music videos, viewed over 800,000 times, and it’s constant radio play kept it on the Earshot Top 10 Hip-Hop charts for over 20 weeks. The album was shortlisted for the Polaris Prize, making SNRK one of only 3 artists to ever be shortlisted in back-to-back years. Amidst it’s success, the duo was recognized as Breakout Artist of 2019 at the WCMA’s.