Ryan Da Lion
Born in Brooklyn, New York, raised in Kingston, Jamaica and later residing in New Jersey, Ryan Da Lion is the product of a hodgepodge of culturally-inspired musical innovation. He attended Towson State University and went from college DJ to host and promoter to an experienced broadcast media professional. After graduating from the Broadcasting Institute of Maryland with a major in Radio and TV production, he began a career in broadcast media working as a board operator, production specialist, producer, mixer and on-air personality. After several stints in South Florida and New York, Ryan now finds himself back where it all started – with his Radio One family at Magic 95.9. You can hear Ryan Da Lion in The Lion’s Den which airs across the Baltimore Metropolitan region Monday-Friday from 10 AM - 3 PM. When Ryan is not on air, he returns to his Caribbean roots, planning and managing events for Caribbean communities up and down the eastern seaboard, including serving as the Event Manager for Jamaican Jerk Festival, the largest Caribbean food festival in the United States, occurring annually in both Washington, D.C. and New York. With the little spare time he has remaining, Ryan focuses on building out his foundation – R.O.A.R (REACH OUT AND RELATE) which focuses on social awareness issues that affect young African-American and Caribbean-American children, including literacy, hunger, entrepreneurship, and securing a path to higher education.
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HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
We continue to celebrate our culture, legacy, and African ancestry, we continue to lift up those that made a difference for us today and our current history makers, and those yet to come.
On this day in black history on February 11th 1990 Nelson Mandela was released from prison after serving 27 years. A leader of the movement for democracy in South Africa and a champion in the fight to end apartheid.
In 1961, he was arrested for treason, and was acquitted but then he was arrested again in 1962 , this time for illegally leaving the country and he was then convicted and sentenced to five years at Robben Island Prison. He found himself back in court again on trial again in 1964 on charges of sabotage. In June 1964, he was convicted along with several other ANC leaders and sentenced to life in prison.
Mandela showed so much strength and determination, his spirit would not be broken. It is said that he spent the first 18 years of his sentence in a small cell that didn’t have a bed or plumbing and he was forced to do hard labor. He wasn’t really allowed to communicate with anyone being allowed to only receive and write 1 letter every 6 months.
Today we celebrate the legend and his strength and fight for our people in Africa and across the world.
