Roland "Rollie" Pemberton, better known by his stage name Cadence Weapon, is a Canadian-American rapper based in Toronto, Ontario.

He subsequently signed with the American record label ANTI-, releasing the albums Afterparty Babies in 2008 and Hope in Dirt City in 2012.

Breaking Kayfabe garnered strong reviews in Canadian, American and British media, and Cadence toured extensively to support the disc, including concerts across Canada and three shows in Austin, Texas, at the 2006 South by Southwest festival.

"[7] In addition to his own recordings, Cadence Weapon has also remixed tracks for Lady Sovereign[1] and Ciara, and has written hiphop reviews for Stylus Magazine and Pitchfork Media.

Coincidentally, the Toronto alternative newspaper Eye Weekly's cover photograph the Thursday before the award was presented featured both Cadence and Pallett adopting a mock confrontational pose.

He has also been a guest performer on music by other artists, including Super Extra Bonus Party's "Radar" and Shout Out Out Out Out's "Coming Home".

[citation needed] On May 26, 2009, Cadence Weapon was sworn in as Edmonton's Poet Laureate for a two-year term beginning July 1, 2009, and as such served as an ambassador of the literary arts, as well as creating original works.

[11] Moreover, the National Post's Jesse Kinos-Goodin and Noah Love described how Drake may be Canada's most commercially successful rapper, but Cadence Weapon is certainly one of the most creative.

[15] Pemberton was based in Montreal for a period of six years in his twenties, which led to collaborations with artists such as Blue Hawaii and Jacques Greene.