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Celebration of His Majesty  on Reggae Lane ~ A Quiet Gathering

7/18/2020

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“We desire nothing but peace and the opportunity quietly and without hindrance to arch to the path of progress” ~ Haile Selassie I

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I visited Reggae Lane today, Saturday, 18th July, 2020

I saw the lane way in its full glory

Garbage, street people, stale piss in the ripe hot sun

One might believe this space is not the spot to celebrate His Majesty in its current state and I empathize with those who feel that way. 

I respect that thought very much

I respect that you may view this as an insult to reggae as well as to the Emperor

I hear your truth

For me it makes me more determined to see the lane way elevated to what it purpose truly is and supposed to be, which is to honor reggae’s contribution in Little Jamaica and Canada

I ovastand if you do not wish to be a part of a seemingly disrespectful affront to the business community as well as reggae music in Canada

Drug users, garbage and stale pee

His Majesty’s teachings are strewn through the lyrical content of the music and it is with that pride I bring his love and his energy to this historic place, Little Jamaica... Reggae Lane

I see the millions / billions spent right across the street on the construction of public transit

Billions in insurance as they go months and years late on the construction

RasTafari as our guide

I n I hope is to gather with like minded humans who see this for more than it is

Set up a support system for the street people and the street hustlers as they are our human family

A humble, peaceful love to be shared with / among ourselves who see this lane way of reggae for its true potential

No fuss or fight with those who don’t feel it

I have no quarrel with your opinions or beliefs

I see Reggae Lane as a pathway for what is considered as “urban” culture, jazz, blues, reggae, roots, hip hop; a path that many of our youth already follow

Creating our own path through these current challenges and obstacles placed before what is considered as the “ethnic’ community

His Majesty is peace

I have no plans for performance but if some brought drums, horns, or guitars, the music is appreciloved

If there is no sound, that is also fine

I have asked Ras Naphtali as well as Louis March to say a few words to whoever is gathered as I trust both with their council to their communities

1:00pm – 3:00pm


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​BILLIONS spent right across the street
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He is painted on this mural by Adrian Hayles

​Grateful to step up on this leg of this Canadian reggae journey
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​You can't smell the urine but you can feel it

​His Majesty and reggae music must show and shine to elevate the pathways before us

There are even more degrading shots that I could have taken but I chose just these

​We call on RasTafari on his earthstrong as we must


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Blessed Earthstrong Jojo Bennett ~ 13th July, 2020

7/12/2020

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Jojo Bennett

Blessed earthstrong mi bredda

Most know of my love and real bias towards you as one of your disciples.  But a so!  Mek dem gwey!  I don’t know a better human to revere

To know where you originated from with humble beginnings, to become one of the true shepherds of reggae music in Canada is both inspiring as well as massive source of pride to me

Yu always generous to me and so many others

Your stamp is indelible

No, I won’t sing your praises any further

Proud to be one of your many idrins and students in this game

Blessed earthstrong Daddy Jo, have a great rass claat day

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The Laneway of Reggae

7/8/2020

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Reggae Lane does not sit well with many within the Canadian, Jamaican, black community

I don’t like that

For whatever the reason, this spot is called Reggae Lane

The first roadway in the world named after reggae music

No matter where it is, its history, or even what it looks like currently, “reggae” light has been shone on it

I feel like we as a reggae community are missing an opportunity to elevate wherever “reggae” is called and taking it to the world stage

Reggae is bigger than Toronto, Canada

Reggae is bigger than me

Reggae is bigger than all of us

Some will tell you that JuLion’s interest in Reggae Lane is strictly fiscal and personal satisfaction and they would be right.  I believe that we should find a path through Reggae Lane to monetize among reggae practitioners

Monetize our culture

We are fully aware that none in the ‘mainstream’ will ever elevate reggae or even black culture for that matter in Canada.  They did it for a minute with MuchMusic then pulled up that rug.  We had / have no infrastructure of our own to continue earning from our talent/s

I believe Reggae Lane is that space

RasTafari and reggae music are creative cultures that historically finds their own path and creates opportunity for the village

We should be doing that here as well

Create from among ourselves

Reggae Lane was meant as tokenism by the culture we live in but it is no token of time gone as they see fit.  They do not define me

Given us a token does not ease the gentrification of Little Jamaica as they hoped that it would

We are no mascots to be paraded about yet never paid for our talent/s

Reggae Lane as a place or as a concept is the responsibility of the Canadian reggae culture

I believe that bringing an energy of RasTafari to the laneway will bless and wash away much of the negative stigma currently associated with it and calling the RasTafari energy will eventually elevate it to global love and prominence
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On the 23rd July, 2020 I was hoping to bring us down to the laneway but the obstacles of time and fiscal resources have stalled that yet I wish to share this with you my reggae heads
 
Blessings to all,
 
JuLion
 
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