Cadence Weapon

Roland "Rollie" Pemberton (born February 21, 1986), better known by his stage name Cadence Weapon, is a Canadian rapper based in Toronto, Ontario. Born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta, Pemberton released his first album, Breaking Kayfabe, in 2005 with positive reviews. He subsequently signed with the American record label ANTI-, releasing the albums Afterparty Babies in 2008 and Hope in Dirt City in 2012. In 2009, Cadence Weapon was named Edmonton's Poet Laureate.

His first book Magnetic Days was published by Metatron in 2014, followed by Bedroom Rapper: Cadence Weapon on Hip-Hop, Resistance, and Surviving the Music Industry, published by McClelland & Stewart in 2022. In 2026, he released the book Ways of Listening: Building a Deeper Relationship with Music in the Streaming Era, published by McClelland & Stewart.

Cadence Weapon released a self-titled album in 2018. His fifth studio album, Parallel World, was released on April 30, 2021, and won the 2021 Polaris Music Prize on September 27, 2021.