October 10, 2025, saw the drop of Thunder Child, Q052‘s latest full-length via Musique Nomade, a project that sharpens his blade against inequality with the lead single ‘Look It Up‘ already turning heads. The Gesgapegiag-born, Sherbrooke-based Mi’gmaq artist—Quentin Condo behind the moniker, nodding to his Quentin initials and community tag 052—has forged a path blending activism and beats, spotlighting Indigenous youth issues and protections for women and girls. His track record boasts 140K-plus Spotify plays, the 2023 International Indigenous Hip-Hop Awards’ Best Male win, and key nods such as 2021 ADISQ Gala‘s Indigenous Artist of the Year, dual 2022 Teweikan Gala entries in Expressive Music and Blues/Rock, and a Hip-Hop Album nom at the 2022 GAMIQ. Q052‘s live sets pack a punch, earning props from CLASH Magazine, rotations on Radio Canada, and a recent boost from ‘Loud Sunday‘ on BBC Radio 6 via Don Letts‘ Culture Clash. He’s logged festival slots with Cypress Hill at spots like FEQ, La Noce, OFF Québec, Innu Nikamu, Festival Kwe!, FME, Festival Bleu Bleu, and Festival en chanson de Petite-Vallée.
Across Thunder Child, Q052 delivers dense, truth-loaded rhymes over instrumentals that grind with vintage hip-hop texture, rewarding multiple plays for the full weight of his worldview. The anchor track ‘Look It Up‘ pares back the production to amplify his urgent takedowns of authority, evoking the raw urgency of KRS-One, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Danny Brown in its no-holds-barred stance. Pulling from a broad sonic palette—think Rage Against the Machine, Black Sabbath, Immortal Technique, Ty Segall, Public Enemy, Run DMC, and King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard—he fuses hip-hop’s pulse with grunge edges, alt-rock bite, and spoken-word drive, all underscoring themes of identity, justice, and grit.
Q052 shared: “Hip Hop artists are considered to be street journalists who share stories from their environment. In this album, I’m taking listeners on a tour in my mind and expressing how I view the world right now. It’s gone to hell!! From world leaders to the environment, from television shows to the news, from law enforcement agencies invading homes to assassinations, from social media platform addictions to a cold beer!! I’m reporting on it…is this mic on?”
Thunder Child Album Tracklist
1. Whap Bam-Boo
2. Wickedness
3. Look it Up
4. Thunder Bows
5. Piece of Man
6. Loud Sunday
7. Post Like Addict
8. Space Invaders
9. Restricted Radio
10. Sláinte
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