'Read Bill' Michael Madsen Interview
"Kids should be reading Shakespeare because everything that ever meant anything was already figured out by Shakespeare - even though sometimes it's kind of confusing to listen to, there's a lot of good lessons in there," explains Michael Madsen.
More...Bob Marley Children's Books
Through Tuff Gong Books, Cedella Marley has made selections of her father's life, most prophetic and personal poems, insights, and conversational messages continue to live in classrooms and libraries around the world.
More...Leon/Deejay Ra at 'Peoples' Canadian Premiere
Actor Leon celebrated the Canadian debut of his new reggae-soul band The Peoples last week, with shows in Toronto and Montreal as an opener for Jamaica legend Beres Hammond.
More...'Hip-Hop Literacy' at Mandela School
Taking place under the banner of Juneja's acclaimed 'Hip-Hop Literacy' program, the Tookie anniversary ceremony will be focusing on books and music meant to steer Canadian youth away from gang violence.
More...Toronto Star Interview
For Raoul Juneja, hip-hop is about much more than just the music or the stereotypes associated with it. Since starting his company Lyrical Knockout Entertainment, the 25-year-old's focus has been on literacy, politics and inspiration.
More...Vincent Cook Stars In 'Ali' Play
The overall experience of working on the "Ali" film with Will Smith would inspire Vincent to spend the next few years creating his ALI: The Man, The Myth, The Peoples' Champion production.
More...Alex Haley At Eighty Five
The PSA with Malcolm X's daughter Ilyasah was recorded as part of Deejay Ra's 'Hip-Hop Literacy' Campaign, to also encourage reading of her father's autobiography with Alex Haley amongst students of all cultures.
More...Paulina Gretzky Releases Debut Single
"Paulina has a real passion for singing, acting as well as modeling, so Janet and I have always encouraged her to work hard and follow her dreams," explains Wayne Gretzky.
More...Mandela at SkyDome
An original documentary produced about the assembling of 40,000 Canadian students for Mandela's 1998 launch of his Fund's Canadian branch, is also being released on DVD by Juneja's Lyrical Knockout Entertainment to raise donations for the Fund.
More...Key Porter Books Re-Publish 'Grey Owl' Classic
Canada's foremost ethnic author/filmmaker
returns to bookstores across the country as award-winning publisher
Key Porter Books re-prints Archie Belaney's 1936 "Tales
From An Empty Cabin" classic, inspired in part by a
'Grey Owl Birthday Recognition' campaign launched last year
by Juneja.
More...Tupac's Father Releases Tribute CD
The album was originally conceived before Tupac's 1996 murder, when he and brother Mopreme visited their father in prison and wrote the "Thug Code" to try and decrease gang violence. Half of the proceeds from the record's sales will go towards Shakur's inner city health and education initiatives.
More...'Eastern Eye UK' Interview
One
of the leading music personalities in Canada is Raoul
S. Juneja (a.k.a. Deejay Ra). A leading radio host, political
activist, respected music expert and part time actor, Deejay
Ra tells Eastern Eye UK's Asjad Nazir about what is happening
in the North American music scene.
More... Sticky Fingaz/Deejay Ra Record For 'JMJ'
To commemorate what would have been Jam Master Jay's 41st birthday, Sticky Fingaz and Deejay Ra have recorded a public service announcement in honor of the late co-founder and DJ of Run-DMC.
More...Makaveli Branded Releases Canadian Tribute Ad
Global
clothing line Makaveli Branded features Hip-Hop Activist
Raoul S. Juneja (a.k.a. Deejay Ra) in a new Canadian tribute
ad for the official clothing line of best-selling rap musician
of all time, Tupac Amaru Shakur.
More...Thomas Mapfumo/Deejay Ra at 'Panther Finale'
Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation Executive Director David Hilliard recently arranged an unprecedented multi-cultural alliance between anti-apartheid legend Thomas Mapfumo and rap activist Raoul Juneja, at the Bamboo club solo Toronto stop of Mapfumo's 'Panther-Zimbabwe Legacy' tour.
More...Bob Gundu - First Indo-Canadian 'Oscar' Recipient
The
film/photography ventures of powerhouse production team Bob
and Jag Gundu are continuing to earn the Indo-Canadian brothers
titles as diplomats of the multicultural Canadian art industry,
similar to America's Cohen or Hughes brothers being known
as senators of independent Hollywood cinema.
More...Michael Madsen/Deejay Ra Encourage 'Reservoir Reading'
Madsen
now joins fellow Tarantino alumni Robert Forster and American
literary legend Elmore Leonard as a supporter of Juneja's 'Hip-Hop Literacy' campaign, encouraging movie themed books to students uninterested in reading as alternative
literacy developing methods in the midst of entertainment
media's strongest digital age.
More...'VerveGirl' Literacy Feature
When
Leonard came to Toronto last year to promote his new novel "Mr.
Paradise" Deejay Ra convinced the publisher, HarperCollins, to donate some books for a campus giveaway. The
response from the students was remarkably positive and Juneja
realized just how strongly teens related to the movies based
on Leonard's books.
More... Panther Records Release 'Van Peebles' CD
But it ended up being a Spike Lee "Huey P. Newton Story" Canadian DVD release by the acclaimed UrbanWorks/Ventura imprint which offered Hilliard and Juneja the necessary entertainment media interest to debut the Panther Fugitives youth rap group on Canadian college radio.
More...Kareem Said - TV Drama's First Muslim Character
In addition to Eamonn's studying with Muslims at mosques and prisons to help authenticate his acting, 'Oz' creator Tom Fontana was always adamant in only selecting speech verses from the Koran for the Kareem Said character which also appear in the Bible, in an unprecendented TV drama attempt at religious reconciliation.
More...CJ Mac Releases 'C-Walk' Documentary
Although constantly a concern of countless West Coast rap artists, one issue seems to have been forgotten today by the mainstream media at large - California gang violence. "The press is ignoring LA gang slayings now cuz they're happening so frequent that it ain't considered breaking news no more," CJ Mac explains.
More...Deejay Ra's First Photographer Embarks
Holly
Mitchell, college photographer and close friend of Hip-Hop
journalist Raoul Juneja, ends a four year stay in Canada to
focus on covering events spanning the politically-charged Asian continent.
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