BIO

Troy Junker is a Canadian Métis rapper harnessing his idiosyncratic upbringing into his music. Born in Saskatchewan and having lived in Jacksonville, Florida and spending most of his upbringing back in the small city of Prince Albert, SK, Troy’s path is one that is truly unique. Influenced by great lyricists such as J Cole, Nipsey Hussle and Mac Miller, Troy has always had a love for the stories being told in the songs but also loved to make music for the parties.

Junker began an electro-hop group in Saskatchewan where they would go on to record with XO/Rocnation artist, Belly and place #2 on ShawTV’s Urban Star before touring the prairies. Around this time, Troy dropped out of high school to pursue music but wound up becoming a Uranium miner for three years, funding his musical passion.

Flown in and out of Cigar Lake, SK on a weekly basis, Troy would trade 80-hour work weeks for a week off for nearly three years. On his week off, he would travel North America to record, network and educate himself with exotic music culture. In 2013, he travelled to his old home of Jacksonville, Florida to record and film sunny visuals for his debut single titled, Life's Good. In late 2014, Troy made the bold decision to leave his well-paying mining job and move to Oshawa, Ontario to enroll in the Music Business Management program at Durham College. Troy was no longer a dropout and was on the honour roll every semester while he learned marketing, accounting, copyright, tour planning, music industry history, contracts and more.

Troy closed out the last year and a half by being featured in MusicOntario’s Indigenous Songwriting camp, where he had a helping hand in creating, So Close by The Wolf Den which charted at #5 on Sirius XM’s Indigenous Music Countdown. During this time, he used his second artist development in tandem with a mentorship and recording grant from the OAC to create his EP, The Path which was released in July 2020 and garnered over 100K streams across DSPs. The project’s lead single, 4U Ft. LUVR charted on Sirius XM’s IMC #2.

Since then Junker has put out a series of singles followed up with a #5 charting position on the Indigenous Music Countdown for his joint release, Runaway with Pop act, Thea May. Runaway also gained the attention of CTV News Ottawa where the duo performed on the Morning Jam.

In July 2021, it was announced that Troy would be included in the TD / SOCAN Foundation Incubator for Creative Entrepreneurs. 2021 will be Troy’s most exciting year yet as he works toward releasing the new bangers he’s been working on quietly.