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Cadence Weapon is the stage name of Roland "Rollie" Pemberton, a Canadian rapper born on February 21, 1986. He was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, and is based in Toronto, Ontario. Pemberton released his debut album, Breaking Kayfabe, in 2005. He signed with the American record label ANTI- and released the albums Afterparty Babies in 2008 and Hope in Dirt City in 2012. In 2009, he was named Edmonton's Poet Laureate. His first book, Magnetic Days, was published in 2014. He released a self-titled album in 2018. His fifth studio album, Parallel World, was released in 2021 and received the Polaris Music Prize that same year.