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REGGAE LOVE
By: Julion King canadianreggaeworld. com 876ERS JuLion # reggaeforlife
In discussion with Jason McLean of Toronto Reggae, we have decided to do a weekly“ Reggae Love” to something, someone, an incident, an artist, a producer or a musician that impacts reggae music positively. Topics can range from RasTafari, Bob, Exco, Jackie Mittoo, Koffee, Jamaica elections, politricks, human rights, love, Africa, Black Panther Movement, more love, interviews, events, domestic abuse, elevation of the village and a host of topics, some very famous and some not so famous. Yet we do hope to maintain some loving, truthful, |
respectful dialogue, even with the discussion of difficult topics I find myself getting upset at Billboard Music Awards or the Grammys, two exceedingly well respected institutions in world music culture and I find myself neither acknowledging them or caring about their opinions as it pertains to reggae music
They are not my experts. They do not govern anything about reggae because dem do not know I culture Big props to Charlamane Da God for his“ Donkey of The Week” or going further back to Chuck Berry and“ The Gong Show” except, we will attempt to show appreciation and love to something or someone inspiring to reggae music. This week I start with Jason McLean of Toronto Reggae and his dedication to this genre. Jason is a true reggae soldier who inspires me daily for all of his thankless posts and support of the genre. Daily, every day; for over five years now, he has dedicated his time to broadcasting the genre to Canadians as well as the a worldwide reggae audience
As a man running Canadian Reggae World for nearly twenty years I have a great insight to what Jason does daily on all social media and the tidbits of information he adds in like birthday trivia and past reggae event flyers, posters and photographs. Posting events weekly, keeping his site updated all
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by this army of one. Running a reggae record label, selling reggae merchandise; Toronto Reggae T- shirts for men and women, which is an expense from his own pocket while he sells a few, then sits on inventory for months. Buy a shirt, buy a Tee and donate to his reggae work daily. Buy a shirt and spread the name of a Canadian reggae soldier globally because Toronto, Canada is rated like that. Wear it on vacation please! Yet nothing deters his determination to grow Toronto Canadian reggae. Jason does this on his own time, on his own dime and will do this because of his love for reggae music. It is the thing that made me a fan of his. Jason |
McLean loves reggae music. That’ s all I really need to see in any reggae soldier. Reggae Love, because of him and his work, reggae as a genre in Toronto has elevated. He and Toronto Reggae have increased the voice of the reggae community in ways that folks are starting to take notice. No one paid him to do most of his work. He just does it. Doing similar work for CRW for nearly two decades I can fully relate to what he does and he has made me into a bigger fan of his. His work elevates my work. Bless up Selecta JaMac, I n I sending out a 5 star Reggae Love to my brother Jason McLean and Toronto Reggae. |