Canadian musician Rufus John creates musical project inspired by Black Lives Matter protests
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Inspired by a global chorus against racism, a Canadian musician is releasing a new song this week as part of a bigger project -- uplifting Black, Indigenous and racialized voices to speak out against injustice.
On Friday, Toronto-based singer-songwriter Rufus John will be releasing the song Freedom Marching as part of a charity project.
It’s a passion project borne out of participating in protests against anti-Black racism.
“I went through a journey that was long, hard, because I had to be real,” John told CTV News.
The journey for John began in June 2020, at the solidarity march in Kitchener, Ont., where thousands took to the streets to protest racial injustice in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery.
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