TUESDAY,, FEBRUARY 15, 2011 TUESDAY
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A ‘NOW’ EDITORIAL ‘Nina, you got your 15 minutes, now please, drop it and let the House get on with serious business.’
TURN DOWN THE NONSENSE OUR VIEW: Forget crime or the economy – Surrey MP seems to think our real enemy is loud TV ads. Page 3
❚PHOTO/Ted Colley
Oops, didn’t mean you, boss! Maybe Fleetwood-Port Kells MP Nina Grewal didn’t see who was on the TV when she plugged her ears for this photo.
Grewal has introduced a bill in Ottawa to make commercial sound consistent with program loudness. What do we think? See page 3.
❚MUSIC/“I was screaming like a kid last night and, oh man, it’s amazing”
Surrey producer shares Grammy win with Eminem Tom ZILLICH Staff Reporter
CHIN INJETI
SURREY – Chin Injeti is a Grammy winner, thanks to his work on Eminem’s Recovery, voted Best Rap Album in Los Angeles Sunday night. The musician/producer has called Surrey home for the past 12 years. On Monday afternoon, Injeti was still in Los Angeles after soaking up the Grammy awards the
night before. “It’s so crazy, so crazy, man – it hasn’t really settled in,” he told the Now. “I was screaming like a kid last night and, oh man, it’s amazing.” Injeti has never before been nominated for a Grammy, although he earned Juno awards with his Toronto-based soul/funk band, Bass is Base, in the early 1990s. For Eminem’s mega-seller Recovery album, Injeti has writing/performing credits on a pair
of tracks, “Almost Famous” and “Talkin’ to Myself.” “It’s amazing to be part of it. I’m so proud,” said Injeti. It’s a landmark week for Injeti, whose new album, D’Tach, is released today (Tuesday) on Sparks Records. Later this month, on Feb. 25 at the iconic Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, he opens for saxophone legend Maceo Parker, who played on James Brown’s most celebrated albums.
In recent years, Injeti’s production work with studio partner DJ Khalil has been featured on albums by 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Kanye West, Drake and other hip-hop stars. Born in India, Injeti’s family moved to Canada when he was five, where he earned a degree in music education at the University of Toronto. Injeti was diagnosed with polio as a child and was in a wheelchair until his teen years. tzillichnewspaper.com