Prita Chhabra to Sing Anthems at NBA Game
The National Basketball Association embraced India when Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor attended a Knicks game earlier this year. And now it seems like South Asians are bringing the glitz to a basketball game once again as Prita will be singing the national anthems at an NBA game this weekend.
More...Russell Peters/Deejay Ra to Appear at Tampa's 1st India Film Festival
From the record-breaking "Red, White & Brown" stand-up comedy film with a live introduction by Russell Peters, to Deejay Ra's music video night celebrating the independent music scene, Tampa's 1st India Film Festival will be paying special tribute to talent north of the border.
More...Jay Sean To Receive FILMI Music Video Award
British-Asian R&B superstar Jay Sean will be honoured at The 10th Annual FILMI South Asian Film Festival, as part of the festival’s 2nd annual Music Video Night hosted and programmed by Deejay Ra.
More...Prita Chhabra's Passion
Prita Chhabra is not only a talented singer, but an "AIDS in Africa" awareness ambassador. After her Malawi trip, Prita was reaffirmed with her passion for singing and her dedication for helping to bring awareness to the AIDS crisis.
More...Passing of Johnny "J"
"Johnny's professional contributions to my projects and his personal mentorship over the past five years has been invaluable. Our last conversation touched on collaborating on everything from film scores to the growing South Asian music industry," explains Deejay Ra.
More...'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...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...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...Stan Lee/Deejay Ra Release Literacy PSA
"The best movies in the world started out as words on a page" exclaims Hollywood comic icon Stan Lee in a new radio PSA with Canadian music personality Raoul Juneja.
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...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...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 Deejay Ra.
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...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 Deejay Ra'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," Juneja convinced the publisher, HarperCollins, to donate some books for a campus giveaway. The
response from the students was remarkably positive and Raoul
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...'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.
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