As Haviah Mighty sits at the center of the Canadian rap scene – currently nominated for what would be her second JUNO in thee years – today she teams up with Queens, NY-based rapper Poiison for a heated remix of “Pursuit,” channelling the momentum, hunger and enthusiasm required to relentlessly hunt down your dreams. Watch and listen to “Pursuit” here.

Haviah Mighty is constantly hunting down authenticity in her work, whether that involves exploring new musical styles as proxy for different sides of her own self, honing her ever-slick flow beyond everyone’s expectations, or weaving an unmatched level of perspective, history, and empathy into her storytelling. “Pursuit” is no different, in its crisp, cool, icy trap beat mixed in with Poiison’s melodic instinct.

Of the song’s origin, Haviah Mighty explains, “Just over a year ago, an important member of my team left the music business. This stunted my output, caused me major pause, and slowed down my momentum. The pause gave me rest, but also restlessness. In that time, I had to accept stagnancy. I had to be very patient. I had to allow my doubts and fears to exist, and live in that discomfort … I didn’t know what was going to happen, and I simply had to wait.

“The universe responded in the months that passed. I authentically aligned with new individuals who worked in that same sector of the music industry. Soon, I was back in the momentum of creating music. In contrast to the pause I took, which was necessary but not a choice, I fell back into doing what I love everyday. But this time, I had new perspectives, new opinions, new strategy, new approaches, new producers, new hunger … It feels good to ‘chase’ my dreams again. Pursuit is Round 2. Pursuit is the new pace.”

Watch “Pursuit Remix (ft. Poiison)” here

Poiison adds, “The song was already perfect, so when I listened, my goal was to figure out how I could bring myself into an already perfectly created song. I did what I do best: I talked my Queens fly shhh melodically. I wanted to warm up the coldness of the song. I linked up with Haviah in Toronto, which was literally cold, and we shot a movie and had an amazing night. Simple 1-2-3: connecting and making great records. Such a pleasure, such a Talented soul.”

All eyes stay glued on Haviah with her second JUNO nomination, following her solidification in the history books as the first woman to win the JUNO (Grammy equivalent) in the Best Rap Album/EP of the Year category for her 2021 Stock Exchange mixtape. From her fans who eagerly await each release, to the critics who sing her praise at NPR, COLORSxSTUDIOS, Sway In The Morning, BBC Radio 1, HipHopDX, HotNewHipHop, FADER, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, KEXP, & more. Haviah also won the Prism Prize for her powerful video for 13th Floor‘s “Thirteen” from the album that made her the first Hip Hop artist and first Black woman to win the Polaris Prize. She was the only Canadian to be nominated for Best International Flow for 2022’s BET Hip Hop awards, and opened for Sampa The Great at the end of last year.

Throughout her career, Haviah Mighty has tackled a range of deeply felt ideas and topics: the roots of capitalism, systemic racism, self-awareness, independence, strength in community, and beyond. On Stock Exchange we saw Haviah’s growth as a producer and her expansion as a collaborator – she’s continued to rack up collaborators like TOBi, Jalen Santoy, Mala Rodríguez, Shad, Canadian rapper Connor Price (with whom she’s earned over 50 million streams on Spotify alone), Amir Jamm (Madonna, Preme), Bizness Boi (Lil Baby, J.Cole, 6LACK, Rihanna), Derelle Rideout (Lil Uzi Vert, Saweetie, Kodak Black, Gucci Mane), Tony Parker (Smiley, OhGeesy, 42 Dugg), and many more. On Crying Crystals we saw that Haviah is unafraid to evolve as she explored elements of hip-hop, dance, pop, and even afro and amapiano energies as new ways of storytelling, and delves inward thematically.