Dance Appeal was a politically-motivated supergroup of Canadian hip hop, reggae and soul music artists who recorded the 1991 single "Can't Repress the Cause".[1] The song, a plea for greater inclusion of these predominantly black music genres in the Canadian music industry, was released as a direct response to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's 1990 decision to deny an FM radio license to Milestone Radio for what would have become Canada's first urban music station; the single's title was intentionally chosen to result in the initialism "CRTC".
Participating artists included Maestro Fresh Wes, Dream Warriors, Michie Mee, B-Kool, Eria Fachin, Lillian Allen, Devon, HDV, Dionne, Thando Hyman, Carla Marshall, Messenjah, Jillian Mendez, Lorraine Scott, Lorraine Segato, Candy Pennella, Self Defense, Leroy Sibbles, Zama and Thyron Lee White.[2]
The song received a Juno Award nomination for Best R&B/Soul Recording at the Juno Awards of 1991,[3] and its video won the MuchMusic Video Award for Best Dance Video.[4]
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