Ron Nelson (DJ)
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Ron Nelson (born 1962) is a
Nelson was born in Pembroke Hall, Jamaica and emigrated to Canada in 1972.[1]
He grew up in Scarborough and attended Victoria Park Collegiate Institute, where he organized a mock radio station that would pipe music to the cafeteria.[2]
Known as the "godfather of Toronto hip hop", Nelson created Canada's first hip hop radio show, Fantastic Voyage, on
With the revenues from the concert, Nelson built one of the first hip hop recording studios in Canada, "Apache", in the basement of his
Nelson was the best known hip hop concert promoter in Toronto in the 1980s and early 1990s, often staging his events at the
As hip hop became more commercial, Nelson became disillusioned with the genre and ended Fantastic Voyage in 1991.
He moved to dancehall and reggae, deejaying around the city and promoting shows before returning to CKLN in 1993 to launch what became ReggaeMania, a Friday night radio show that continued on CKLN until the radio station went off the air in 2011, and was then revived on CHIN-FM where it aired on Saturday nights from 2012 until 2014.[3]
Nelson owns and operates Reggaemania.com, an online hub which offers 24 hour internet radio station called ReggaeMania Radio, podcasts, downloads as well as news and concert listings as well as a ReggaeMania app.
Nelson attended Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University) from 1983 to 1985 earning a degree in Radio and Television Arts. He taught the course "Contemporary Black Urban Music" at York University from 2005 until 2017.
In 2023, he released his first rap album, 40 Years Too Late.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d "Canadian Hip-Hop Heads Owe A Lot To Ron Nelson And His Fantastic VoyageRon Nelson". Complex CA. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Ron Nelson on his legacy as the godfather of hip-hop radio in Toronto — and what's next". CBC Radio, Q. February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 22, 2023.
- ^ a b Nazareth, Errol; Agency, Q. M. I. "Take a reggae voyage". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ a b "He's one of Toronto's first hip hop radio stars — and also one of its last - CBC Arts". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ a b c "The hip-hop historian - Toronto Star Touch". thestar.com. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
- ^ "An oral history of hip-hop shows at the Concert Hall". nowtoronto.com. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2017.
External links
- ReggaeMania.com
- He's one of Toronto's first great hip hop radio stars — and also one of its last: Ron Nelson shares tales from his pioneering past and reveals why Drake keeps his faith in radio alive CBC Arts
- Canadian Hip-Hop Heads Owe A Lot To Ron Nelson And His Fantastic Voyage
- THE HIP-HOP HISTORIAN: Ryerson professor Mark Campbell began documenting the Canadian musical history that almost no one had written about
- Northside Hip Hop Archive: http://www.nshharchive.ca/collection/ron-nelson/