Stretch Turner

Isaac Mbikay, better known as Stretch Turner is a hip hop artist from Toronto, Ontario Canada. He was born in Montreal, Quebec but moved to Toronto, Ontario a couple of years later where he grew up in Regent Park. At 14 years old Stretch took part in a hip-hop workshop at the Regent Park Media Arts Youth Centre – a program facilitated by one of the pioneers of Toronto’s rap scene Dan-e-o. He learned about the essence of hip hop as well as how to construct rap music. Stretch would freestyle in cyphers along with others which raised his level of confidence in rapping. His motivation to pursue music is influenced by the NYA program, Write from Scratch, and Ada Slaight Youth Mentorship Program in Regent Park. Some of Isaac’s influences include Nas, Mobb Deep, The Clipse, Wu Tang Clan and Jay-Z. Stretch Turner’s main mission is to create good music to distribute to the world, evolve to heights as an artist and see the world for what it is!