NAC Presents: Globe-trotting Montreal collective Nomadic Massive

Nicolas Palacios-Hardy, a.k.a. Butta Beats, seems the perfect representation of Nomadic Massive, the heavily populated Montreal collective that celebrates a unique strain of multicultural hip-hop.He was born in Toronto to Argentine parents who made their way to Canada after fleeing the Dirty War in their homeland. Because his father worked for the Canadian International Development Agency, Palacios-Hardy lived throughout the world while growing up.
In his preteens, the future beat-boxer began t