Biography
Snotty Nose Rez Kids are a Canadian First Nations hip hop duo composed of Haisla rappers Darren "Young D" Metz and Quinton "Yung Trybez" Nyce. They are originally from Kitamaat Village, British Columbia, and currently based in Vancouver.
Their 2017 album The Average Savage was shortlisted for the 2018 Polaris Music Prize, and for the Juno Award for Indigenous Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2019.
Metz and Nyce first connected as writers during high school - Metz wrote poetry and Nyce was a storyteller - realizing they both had a love of hip-hop. The two started recording together under the name Minay Music for a project Metz was assigned during his audio engineering program at Harbourside Institute of Technology.
The duo released their self-titled debut album in January 2017, and followed up with The Average Savage in September. In 2018, the duo received nominations for Best Hip Hop Album at the Indigenous Music Awards, and for Indigenous Artist of the Year at the Western Canadian Music Awards. In May 2018, they released the new single "The Warriors", a protest song opposing the Trans Mountain Pipeline, and signed to Jarrett Martineau's RPM Records. Their third album TRAPLINE was released on May 10, 2019. In June 2019, TRAPLINE was longlisted for the 2019 Polaris Music Prize.
In 2020, the duo released the EP Born Deadly on April 3. In 2021, the duo released their fourth album Life After, which was later shortlisted for the 2022 Polaris Music Prize. In 2022, they released their fifth album I'M GOOD, HBU?, which was shortlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize. In 2023 their video for "Damn Right", directed by Sterling Larose, won the Prism Prize.
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