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Tre Mission is a 21 year old Toronto MC burning up the U.K.'s 'Grime' scene - think fast rhymes over equally fierce electro-dub beats. Although somewhat of an indie sensation across the pond (with multiple Youtube freestyle videos racking up hundreds of thousands of views), he's managed to lay low in the hip-hop identity crisis capital of the world: Toronto.

With the Grey Cup going down right now in Toronto, I thought it was worth a look back at the rich history our city has with the CFL's annual title game and how Toronto has played a fundamental part in developing the game in Canada.

The first Grey Cup, then called the Dominion Football Championship, was played at Rosedale Field, a pitch with temporary grand-stands in what is now Rosedale Park. Sharing the majority of its ancestry with rugby, the first major Canadian Football offshoot occurred in 1903 when the Ontario Rugby Football Union adopted the rules that U of T coach Thrift Burnside (legendary name) brought from the United States.

From there it was only a few short years before the Dominion Football Championship was established, fought between 'Rugby Football' clubs from Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, Montreal and Peterborough.