Scales Empire
Scales Empire was a Canadian hip hop band from Montreal, Quebec, active in the mid-1990s. Although they released only one known recording, "Bright Lights, Big City" on Beat Factory's 1996 compilation album Rap Essentials [Volume One], the song was a Juno Award nominee for Juno Award for Rap [Recording of the Year|Best Rap Recording] at the Juno [Awards of 1997].
The group consisted of rapper Kandu and producer T-Wyze.
In addition to its Juno Award nomination, "Bright Lights, Big City" also received a MuchMusic Video Award nomination for MuchMusic Video Award for [Best Rap Video|Best Rap Video] at the 1997 MMVAs.