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Kardinal Offishall making new fans on the West coast

I caught up with Kardinal Offishall during the Games when he was dropping off some sneakers for Nike's Reuse-A-Shoe drive, then he shared his favourite things about Vancouver with me...

I caught up with Kardinal Offishall during the Games when he was dropping off some sneakers for Nike's Reuse-A-Shoe drive, then he shared his favourite things about Vancouver with me... then I caught up with a new fan of his!

Standing next to me while Kardi was being interviewed in front of the Nike store on Robson was this nice lady, who politely asked me "Now who is that young fellow?". I answered "That's cardinal official, he's a hip hop artist from Toronto", to which she replied "Oh, well, that's not something you see every day now is it?" and snapped a couple more photos of him as some people behind me reminded me of the proper pronunciation of Kardinal's name... which I always feel weird saying.