Ottawa · Canada · Independent

City
Fidelia

An artist from a small city with big dreams. Sold-out shows across North America, Asia, and Europe — and a project that funds the next Canadian independent artist with every 200 copies sold.

City of Lost Angels II album cover
The project

City of Lost
Angels II

— Sold direct. Singles rolling out on streaming now.

This was never just an album. Every 200 copies sold funds a $1,000 grant for a Canadian independent artist — committee-shortlisted, then chosen by public vote, announced live at a FRMULA workshop.

Buy it once, own it forever, and move the counter.

Progress to the next grant
195 / 200

5 sales until the next artist gets funded. How it works →

11M
Streams
14K
Followers
1+5
Album + EPs
The story

About City

Luigi Fidelia, known professionally as City Fidelia, is a Canadian rapper, community builder, and entrepreneur from Ottawa, Ontario. He's performed sold-out shows across North America, Asia, and Europe, and earned recognition from artists like Malik Yusef of G.O.O.D Music, Timbaland, and Vic Mensa.

Beyond the music, Fidelia co-founded the Real House of Ensemble in 2020 — a creative hub that has provided work to a large number of BIPOC individuals in the city — and served as program director at CHUO radio.

From the age of nine, Fidelia watched his mother support kids in their community — bailing them out of jail, housing the young and homeless. He credits her for the instinct that runs through everything he builds: when you have a platform, you use it to pull the next person up. The Independent Artist Grant is that instinct, made permanent.

City Fidelia portrait
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Recognition

Achievements

  • Complex — Top 20 Canadian artists to watch (2023)
  • SOCAN — Black Canadian Music Award distinction (2022)
  • "Mad at Me" played and playlisted on Sirius XM
  • "Can't Sleep" featured as Sleepers Pick on the Joe Budden show
  • Two billboards on Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto — "Soulmate" and "Mad at Me"
  • Opened for Freddie Gibbs
  • Lay's partnership — one of 3 Canadian artists picked to revisit a classic song
  • Christie Lake partnership — created a songwriting camp for kids
  • Featured in the Toronto Star; shout-outs from Kardinal Offishall and Belly
Live

Upcoming shows

No tour dates announced — FRMULA workshops run monthly, June through November.