Raoul Juneja
| Raoul Juneja | |
|---|---|
 Raoul Juneja | |
| Born |
February 1, 1980 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Western University |
| Occupation | Columnist, TV Host, activist |
| Years active | 2001–present |
Raoul Juneja (born February 1, 1980) also known as Deejay Ra, is a columnist, TV host, music producer and activist. He is also a media expert on urban and South Asian music.[1] He has created and produced the award-winning national Canadian music TV show V-Mix on Omni Television, which ran for 173 episodes over 4 seasons.[2] He is also the executive producer of A 2Pac Tribute: Dare 2 Struggle, a posthumously released tribute album dedicated to the late hip hop icon, Tupac Shakur.[3]
Early life
Juneja was born in 1980, in Toronto, and was raised in New York City. He studied media at Western University where he began DeeJaying and appearing as a TV host and columnist.He has also interviewed prominent Canadian celebrities including Russell Peters and Maestro Fresh Wes.[4]
Career
Juneja started his professional career in 2001 founding his Lyrical Knockout Entertainment company. He also began writing articles and interviewing artists for Canada's WORD Magazine.[5] He has also written for other Canadian publications including The Globe and Mail and NOW Magazine, CBC Music and Chart Attack, interviewing artists like Bizzy Bone, DMC, Chuck D and Raekwon.[6][7]
Juneja founded Hip-Hop Literacy campaign in 2005, encouraging movie and music themed books to students uninterested in reading.The campaign was supported by renowned celebrities such as Michael Madsen, Giancarlo Esposito, Sarita Choudhury, Tiffani Thiessen, Nancy Sinatra and Stan Lee.[8]
In 2011, Juneja created and produced TV show V-Mix which ran for 173 episodes over 4 seasons on Canadian television system. His interviews on V-Mix included some prominent music artists and celebrities such as Grandmaster Flash, Ashanti, Tech N9ne, Saul Williams, Onyx, Snow, Panjabi MC, Jay Sean, Director X, Combat Jack, DJ Premier, Mix Master Mike and Dominic Purcell.[9][10]
Juneja has worked as the researcher for CBC's first South Asian Canadian music radio station, which was launched in 2014.[11] He was awarded with Anokhi Magazine's Excellence in Music Media Award and Diversity Magazine's Transformation in Entertainment Award in 2014.[12][13] He serves on the Prism Prize and Toronto Independent Music Awards juries.[14] He is a member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and The Recording Academy.[15] He is also one of the distinguished members of Artists United Against Human Trafficking, a UNODC's initiative against the crime of trafficking in persons.[16]
In 2016, Juneja joined an anti-bullying tour of Canadian schools, Conquer The Fear, as their keynote speaker[17]
References
- ↑ Thornhill native Raoul Juneja is hard to define with just one label
- ↑ TV’s hip V-Mix shines its spotlight on talented South Asian Canadians
- ↑ Dare 2 Struggle Deejay Ra talks V-Mix, 2Pac, Drake, Maestro & more
- ↑ Raoul Juneja is one of North America's foremost personalities in the fields of urban and South Asian entertainment
- ↑ Raoul has contributed to a variety of print media outlets, including Word magazine for a number of years
- ↑ Bone Thugs-n-Harmony's Bizzy Bone on the past, present and future
- ↑ DMC on how Sarah McLachlan saved his life, literacy and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- ↑ Raoul founded his acclaimed ‘Hip-Hop Literacy’ campaign
- ↑ V-MIX: BEST OF 2014 with Raoul Juneja
- ↑ Raoul Juneja (a.k.a. Deejay Ra) chats with Grammy winner Ashanti about the Def Jam 30 concert
- ↑ Desi Fashion Magazine: Issue- May/June 2014, Page 61
- ↑ Excellence in Music Awards- Anokhi Magazine
- ↑ Recipients Of The 2014 Transformation Or Diversity Awards
- ↑ Prism Prize- Past & Present juror profile
- ↑ TIMA 2016 Grand Jury Judge Profile: Raoul Juneja aka Deejay Ra
- ↑ Artists United Against Human Trafficking- Distinguished Members of the Initiative and past collaborators with UNODC:
- ↑ Up and coming artists talk anti-bullying at St. Michael Catholic Secondary School in Bolton