About 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.
THE BUZZ! Ok, so Kirk Franklin is back in the headlines. That’s because his son Kerrion has made some very disturbing allegations. Kerrion posted an image on his social media of his back filled with scars. The caption stating that they came from violent punishment as a child, not intimacy. He added that pain is […]
THE BUZZ! Family, this one is tough. A 21-year-old Black student was found hanging from a tree at Delta State University in Mississippi. Police say no foul play, but the family isn’t convinced. They’ve brought in civil rights attorney Ben Crump. And although Police are waiting for the medical examiner’s autopsy report, the family is […]
THE BUZZ! This story is crazy. Police in L.A. found the dismembered body of a 15-year-old girl stuffed in a plastic bag inside the trunk of an impounded Tesla. That car is registered to rising star D4vd. He’s the 20-year-old singer-songwriter who blew up on TikTok with hits like Romantic Homicide and now has millions […]
THE BUZZ! A man out of Bristol, Connecticut, named Roger Barriault, just admitted to sexually assaulting a young girl over 3,600 times. Yeah, you heard me right. This started back in 2004 when the little girl was a foster child placed in his care at 9 years old. By the time she was 12, she […]
THE BUZZ! Keeping it at home. It looks like Marylanders’ are pretty happy. According to a new WalletHub study they ranked MD as the second-happiest state in the U.S., right behind Hawaii. Nebraska came in third. Some of the things they attribute to the happy are: -low unemployment rates and high household incomes-residents post about […]
THE BUZZ! Here’s some good news for the home team. A new report from Experian says Marylanders are holding it down with better credit scores than the average American. Across the U.S., nearly 1 in 4 U.S. consumers about 23% of people have a FICO score of 800 or higher. But right here in Maryland, […]
THE BUZZ! So Donald Trump was at the Museum of the Bible in D.C. Monday, talking crime in the city. He claimed Washington went from “the worst, most violent city” to “totally safe” thanks to federal troops…that is, until they included domestic violence in the stats. Now he says he can’t call it 100% crime-free. […]
THE BUZZ! Ok so 50 Cent is back at it. No more BMF. We’ve been doing the Power series for some time now. It looks like it’s time for something new. And 50 has something in the works. He just announced he has bought the rights to the classic hit movie Paid in Full. And […]
THE BUZZ! Big news out of Maryland! Governor Wes Moore just announced he’s running for reelection. And no, it’s not a presidential run. Like Kobe said, “The job’s not done,” and Moore is staying focused on Maryland. Since making history as Maryland’s first Black governor in 2023, he’s been leading hard—handling big moments like the […]
THE BUZZ! A big shout out to K. Michelle. The R&B diva is finally doing something she’s been dreaming of since childhood: making country music. She said her label kept pushing her in the R&B space because “the country scene wasn’t ready” for her. After too many promises she stood her ground with her label […]
THE BUZZ! Ok let’s go down memory lane. Remember those Publisher Clearing House commercials and they would come to someone’s house with that big ol check. Well, some folks really did win. Like this Oregon man who, back in 2012, won $5,000 a week for life. He would get a check for $260,000 a year […]
THE BUZZ! Speaking of mad. how about this. Let’s go down under where a Mom in Australia went to the hospital to give birth after her water broke. And she did give birth, but not in a room on a bed. How about on a couch in the waiting room. Luckily when labor started there […]