Halifax singer, rapper, composer, and storyteller Aquakultre, also known as Lance Sampson, releases the new single “Make That Change,” featuring Juno Award-winning soprano Measha Brueggergosman-Lee. The track arrives in advance of Aquakultre’s fourth studio album ‘1783’, due February 6, 2026 via Next Door Records. The album brings together production from Erin Costelo, mixing by Qmillion, and mastering by Chris Athens, continuing the momentum following Aquakultre’s 2023 Polaris Music Prize longlisted album ‘Don’t Trip’.
“Make That Change” is accompanied by a lyric video shot by John Walsh and centers on cycles of violence and silence within Black communities. Sampson says, “There was always a tension between the Square and Mulgrave Park, which are both predominantly Black, and between East Preston and North Preston. As the younger generation, I feel like we were at a loss. Even now, I’m one degree separated from what happens on the street and who’s been affected by it. This song is a question particularly posed to Black men of my generation. It’s an optimistic plea for us to start thinking about the violence in our communities and how generational trauma is catching up to us, and how we are reacting to each other without love and connection.”