Talk:Jonathan Emile
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Grammy Nomination 2011
I recently read Jonathan Emile was nominated for a grammy for 2011. He does not appear in the final selections. http://bomplist.xnet2.com/1011/msg00019.html http://www.frazegang.com/news.htm http://www.bongobeat.com/news_item.php?p_news_id=162 there is a pdf here http://www.mediafire.com/?w6rokzgkqodzpnc JusticeBlack (talk) 09:22, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
: I doubt that is sufficient coverage. These are not news sources. 132.216.19.216 (talk) 17:50, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
Radio
I heard like a 10 minute radio spot about him on CBC radio in January but I can't seem to find the link online. The interview was by Duke Eatmond.(132.216.59.138 (talk) 17:20, 9 March 2010 (UTC))
: I recently heard Jonathan Emile mentioned in another interview with Drew Da White Boy -- also by the same guy on CBC 70.81.121.134 (talk) 12:11, 5 June 2010 (UTC)
Years Active
It says 2006 and on... but he only released something in September 2009. I think it should be changed to 2009 even though he was doing stuff underground before. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.81.121.134 (talk) 07:57, 25 January 2010 (UTC)
:: I'll Change it to 2009 if no-one has any objections. Materiel prior to that date is undocumented. I also will insert new sources. http://www.apathyisboring.com/preview/en/music_and_media/82 & http://www.theconcordian.com/jonathan-emile-stays-conscious-in-a-commercial-world-1.1306722 & http://www.theconcordian.com/singing-in-a-lab-coat-max-helfer-balances-music-hobby-with-physics-studies-1.1306784 & http://www.whatsyourstrive.com/?p=2352 & http://meetyouattheshow.com/main/2009/11/interview-jonathan-emile/JusticeBlack (talk) 20:28, 12 April 2010 (UTC)
::: Makes sense. Though some of the source materiel appears before 2009. This is prior to any musical release.Wikiwahwah5 (talk) 21:46, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
External Links + More References
Should there be a section for external links? Not sure how this works. Just wondering. Also there are more available references. I think they are significant enough to be incorperated:
Featured on CBC Radio: http://www.radio3.cbc.ca/blogs/2009/3/LB-The-Rap-Sheet-Is-All-New-To-NMC
Mention in another CTV interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95qyyGO_Li0
Radio Interview: http://www.wefunkradio.com/show/2007-06-01
Someone else should insert these. I may make a mess. Still new to this. 132.216.59.141 (talk) 12:52, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
:I made some large improvements on the article however I did not include your references because they are minimal at best. Thanks Anyways.JusticeBlack (talk) 15:05, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
Name
Is Jonathan Emile his birth name?132.216.59.141 (talk) 18:51, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
: In a A Montreal News paper http://www.communitycontact.net/article.php?id=247 it is said that his name is "Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mal", but it's not clear if this is his birth name or not. JusticeBlack (talk) 19:08, 26 October 2009 (UTC)
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Picture
What about a picture? There are a couple online. 70.81.121.134 (talk) 14:53, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
:We need to have photos that are free of copyright. Online photos usually are not "free". Mattnad (talk) 14:55, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
::Maybe his album cover. His face is pretty clear on it and it is copyright "free" hi-res png. It's found at discogs.com... better than the one found at allmusic.com or hmv.com. JusticeBlack (talk) 16:54, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
:::Okay I've been bold. Sent and email, got permission and uploaded some free sourced images. JusticeBlack (talk) 18:32, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
::::Sweet! 132.216.59.141 (talk) 19:32, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
Discography
Shouldn't his albums be on a different page? 132.206.33.156 (talk) 17:30, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
:He only has 1 official release so might as well leave it how it is. JusticeBlack (talk) 08:29, 9 December 2010 (UTC)
Edit request
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Clean-up and updates to be integrated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jonathan_Emile&type=revision&diff=954818816&oldid=943838597 recent edits made to the article] (draft here was created from [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jonathan_Emile&oldid=943838597 this revision]).
- Infobox:
- Include "Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mal" as birth name
- Lead section:
- Include "Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mal" as birth name
- Early life and cancer years:
- Expand section to include info on parents' origins and time at Selwyn House
- 2009–2018:
- Clean-up on formatting and grammar
- 2019–present:
- Expand section to include info on distribution deal with Tuff Gong, single releases and release of third album
- Include info on collaboration with Etana and release of "Solidarité" video
- Controversy with Kendrick Lamar:
- Change title to "Controversy with Top Dawg Entertainment" as the lawsuit was filed by the label, not the artist
- Move from sub-section under "Activism and philanthropy" to section below "Artistry"
- Clean up section to exclude puffery and other unnecessary info
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jonathan Emile
| image = JonathanEmile2011_Hi_Res.JPG
| caption = Emile performing live at McGill University in 2011
| image_size =
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mal
| alias = Jon E
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|02|19}}
| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| origin = Negril, Jamaica
| genre = {{hlist|Conscious hip hop|reggae|R&B|spoken word|hip hop soul}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|poet|singer-songwriter|record producer}}
| years_active = 2009–present
| label = {{hlist|Mindpeacelove|Tuff Gong}}
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- Denis Brott
- The Franco Proietti Morph-tet
- Kalmunity Vibe Collective
- Paul Cargnello
}}
| website = http://www.mindpeacelove.com
http://www.jonathanemile.com}}
Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mal (born February 19, 1986), known by his stage name Jonathan Emile (or Jon E), is a Jamaican Canadian rapper, singer, record producer and activist. In October 2015, he released his debut studio album, The Lover/Fighter Document LP. His second studio album, Phantom Pain, was released in December 2016. His third studio album and first reggae album, Spaces-in-Between, was released in January 2020.
{{fake heading|sub=2|Life and career}}
{{fake heading|sub=3|Early life and cancer years}}
Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mal{{cite web|url=https://www.companiesofcanada.com/person/1091344/jonathan-whyte-potter-mal |title=Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mal |publisher=Companies of Canada |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} was born on February 19, 1986 in the LaSalle borough of Montreal, Quebec to a half-American father and a Jamaican mother.{{cite web|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/lasalle/2419011/bob-marley-album-reggae-jonathan-emile/ |title=Un LaSallois sous l'étiquette de Bob Marley |language=French |date=February 10, 2020 |first=Carl |last=Sincennes |work=Métro |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/interviews/id.2795/title.jonathan-emile-survived-cancer-kendrick-lamar-but-can-he-get-us-to-listen-to-the-loverfighter-document |title=Jonathan Emile Survived Cancer & Kendrick Lamar, But Can He Get Us To Listen To "The Lover/Fighter Document?" |date=October 19, 2015 |first=Andre |last=Grant |work=HipHopDX |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} He graduated from Selwyn House School in 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.selwyn.ca/news-detail?pk=456077 |title=Jon Whyte Potter-Mal 2003 and the message of MPL |date=April 11, 2008 |publisher=Selwyn House School |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.selwyn.ca/news-detail?pk=966919 |title=Jonathan Emile 2003 brings message of hope and justice to Selwyn House |date=February 26, 2015 |publisher=Selwyn House School |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}
Emile was trained at The Black Theatre Workshop youth initiative in Montreal with aspirations to become an actor. At the age of 17, he was diagnosed with a rapidly growing cancerous tumor.{{cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5jYzL7vSLg |title=Jonathan Emile Report CTV National & Local News |date=June 21, 2012 |first=Robert |last=Lurie |publisher=CTV News / YouTube |accessdate=}} During and after his cancer treatment, he independently developed his knowledge on studio production and musical composition, taking on vocal training and learning to play the guitar and keyboard.{{cite web|url=https://www.theibsc.org/conferences-events/past-events/2019ac/speakers/thursday |title=2019 IBSC Annual Conference – Jonathan Emile: His Story. His Voice. |publisher=International Boys' Schools Coalition |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} For the next two years, he employed his philosophy of "Mindpeacelove", creating music in the hospital and between his treatments. He finished treatment in December 2005 and completed his remission in December 2010.{{cite news|url=http://dtkmen.com/2015/01/18/mindpeacelove-jonathan-emile/ |title=MindPeaceLove With Jonathan Emile |date=January 18, 2015 |first=Lucy |last=Weng |work=DTK Men |accessdate=October 20, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916090808/http://dtkmen.com/2015/01/18/mindpeacelove-jonathan-emile/ |archivedate=September 16, 2015 |url-status=dead}}
{{fake heading|sub=3|2009–2018: The Lover/Fighter Document EP, LP and Phantom Pain}}
In 2009, Emile released The Lover/Fighter Document EP.{{cite |url=http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/chartpos.cfm?checkList=86396&dWeekOfID=2009-06-30 |title=Earshot: National Campus and Community Radio Report Chart Appearances (Canada)| date= June 30, 2009}} In 2013, he made his theatrical debut in the Montreal production of the Broadway musical Ain't Misbehavin'.{{cite news| last = Donnelly | first = Pat | title =Review: Ain’t Misbehavin’: From music to dance moves, this one’s a winner | work =The Gazette | date =October 3, 2013}} His performance achieved broad critical acclaim from both English and French media for his performance of André De Shields' original role and his notable interpretation of "The Viper's Drag".{{cite news| last = LeMay | first = Daniel | title =Ain't Misbehavin' : pas de révolution, que du plaisir!: From music to dance moves, this one's a winner | work =The Presse | date =October 4, 2013}}{{cite news| last = Pearson | first = Meghan | title =Ain't Misbehavin' Brings Down the House at the Segal Centre | publisher =BroadwayWorld.com | date =October 17, 2013}}
On October 9, 2015, Emile released The Lover/Fighter Document LP, which incorporates elements of reggae, jazz, R&B and electro-pop. The album features collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Murs and Buckshot.{{cite news| last = Emile| first =Jonathan| title =Jonathan Emile – Music | publisher= iTunes Store | url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/the-lover-fighter-document-lp/id1037129903 | date =October 9, 2015}} Emile worked and toured with material from the album while attending McGill University as a philosophy and political science major.{{cite web|last=Macdonald |first=Darcy |title=Jonathan Emile drops a record today|url=http://cultmontreal.com/2015/10/jonathan-emile-the-loverfighter-document-lp/| publisher=CULT MTL| accessdate=October 9, 2015}} He released "Heaven Help Dem" as a separate release taken from his album, featuring vocals by Kendrick Lamar.{{cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/jonathan-emiles-bittersweet-song-of-peace|author=Erik Leijon|title=Jonathan Emile's bittersweet song of peace|work=The Gazette |date=February 6, 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/blog/jonathan-emile-heaven-help-dem-kendrick-lamar-verse|author=Slava Pastuk|title=Why Can't You Listen to That New Kendrick Lamar Verse on Jonathan Emile's "Heaven Help Dem"? (interview)|work=Vice }}{{cite news|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/new-music/2015/01/kendrick-lamar-jonathan-emile-heaven-help-dem/|author= Emmanuel C.M.|title=Kendrick Lamar And Jonathan Emile 'Heaven Help Dem'|work=XXL | date= January 13, 2015}}
On December 29, 2016, Emile released his second studio album Phantom Pain.{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/jonathan_emile_details_his_phantom_pain |title=Jonathan Emile Details His 'Phantom Pain' |date=December 21, 2016 |first=Brock |last=Thiessen |work=Exclaim! |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}
{{fake heading|sub=3|2019–present: Spaces-in-Between}}
In October 2019, Emile signed a distribution deal with Jamaican record label Tuff Gong, becoming the first artist from Quebec to do so.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=744004272742008 |title=Jonathan Emile Signs To Tuff Gong International |date=October 26, 2019 |publisher=Jonathan Emile / Facebook |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://news.theurbanmusicscene.com/2020/01/jonathan-emile-releases-new-album-spaces-in-between/ |title=Reggae Singer Jonathan Emile Releases New Album "Spaces-In-Between" {{!}} WATCH VIDEO for Single "Try A Likkle More"! |date=January 27, 2020 |website=TheUrbanMusicScene.com |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} He released "Savanna", the first single from his upcoming third studio album Spaces-in-Between, shortly after.{{cite web|url=https://rootfire.net/first-listen-johnathan-emile-savanna/ |title=First Listen: Jonathan Emile – "Savanna" |date=October 24, 2019 |first=Devin |last=Morrison |work=Rootfire |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/jonathan-emile-takes-aim_178287?profile=1463 |title=Jonathan Emile takes aim |date=October 28, 2019 |work=Jamaica Observer |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} The song is named after his family's home town of Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica, where Emile spent a part of his childhood.{{cite web|url=https://www.theurbaninfluencer.com/article/jonathan-emile-releases-savanna-video |title=Jonathan Emile Releases 'Savanna' Video |date=November 11, 2019 |work=The Urban Influencer |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} In December 2019, Emile released the album's second single "Moses",{{cite web|url=https://www.largeup.com/2019/12/06/jonathan-emile-moses-video/ |title=LargeUp Premiere: Watch Jonathan Emile's Moving, Poignant "Moses" Video |date=December 6, 2019 |first=Jesse |last=Serwer |work=LargeUp |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} with its third single "Try a Likkle More" released the following month.{{cite web|url=https://www.reggaeville.com/artist-details/jonathan-emile/videos/video/jonathan-emile-try-a-likkle-more/ |title=Jonathan Emile - Try a Likkle More [1/23/2020] |date=January 23, 2020 |work=Reggaeville |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} Spaces-in-Between was ultimately released on January 24, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.largeup.com/2020/01/23/jonathan-emile-spaces-in-between-lp/ |title=LargeUp Premiere: Stream Jonathan Emile's 'Spaces-in-Between' LP |date=January 23, 2020 |work=LargeUp |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}
In February 2020, Emile collaborated with Jamaican singer Etana on the remix of "Canopy", the third song from Spaces-in-Between.{{cite web|url=https://www.theurbaninfluencer.com/article/jonathan-emile-delivers-love-soaked-canopy-remix-feat-etana |title=Jonathan Emile Delivers Love-Soaked "Canopy (Remix)" feat. Etana |date=February 25, 2020 |work=The Urban Influencer |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} In April 2020, he released a music video for the album's first song "Keep on Fighting", which was also released as a single in French with the title "Solidarité".{{cite web|url=https://topshelfmusicmag.com/videos/world-video-premiere-jonathan-emile-keep-on-fighting/ |title=WORLD VIDEO PREMIERE: Jonathan Emile "Keep On Fighting" |date=April 24, 2020 |first=Jenni |last=Lynne |work=Top Shelf Music |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}
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Emile composes and performs in the genres of hip hop, reggae, R&B and electro-pop. His vocal performance and recording style includes singing, rapping, freestyling and scatting in English, French and Jamaican Patois.{{cite news| last =Labri-Aissa| first = Sonia| title =Lover, fighter, and artist on the rise | work=McGill Daily | url= http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2015/09/lover-fighter-and-artist-on-the-rise/ | date =September 1, 2015}} Emile is concerned largely with creating contemporary popular hip hop and reggae fused with soul music that addresses social, spiritual and moral issues.
{{fake heading|sub=2|Controversy with Top Dawg Entertainment}}
In the aftermath of the death of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva, who was shot and killed by Montreal Police in 2008, Emile recorded "Heaven Help Dem", which was featured on The Lover/Fighter Document EP and addressed urban violence and police brutality against visible minorities. A second version of the song featuring American rapper Kendrick Lamar was later included on Emile's debut studio album The Lover/Fighter Document LP and directly addressed Villanueva and other victims of police brutality in North America, including Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Amadou Diallo and Sean Bell.{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2049377/kendrick-lamar-jonathan-emile-heaven-help-dem/ |title=Kendrick Lamar addresses the murders of black youths on "Heaven Help Dem" |date=14 January 2015 |first=Adam |last=Fleischer |publisher=MTV |accessdate=3 May 2020}} Lamar recorded his verse for the song in 2011 prior to signing a deal with Interscope Records.{{cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/rnwvdd/jonathan-emile-heaven-help-dem-kendrick-lamar-verse |title=Why Can't You Listen to that New Kendrick Lamar Verse on Jonathan Emile's "Heaven Help Dem"? |date=January 23, 2015 |first=Slava |last=Pastuk |work=Vice |accessdate=3 May 2020}}
Just eight days after the song's release online in 2015, Lamar's record label Top Dawg Entertainment demanded the track be taken down on grounds of copyright infringement just 8 days later. Emile disputed this with YouTube and SoundCloud who had both withdrawn the song, clarifying to Billboard that his camp "paid Kendrick Lamar for a feature, and once we paid them, they basically stopped communicating with us altogether."{{cite news|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/11/top-dawg-entertainment-loses-lawsuit-canadian-rapper/ |title=Top Dawg Entertainment Loses Lawsuit to Canadian Rapper |date=November 24, 2016 |first=Vernon |last=Coleman II |work=XXL |accessdate=May 3, 2020}} The song was restored on the two platforms two months after its removal.{{cite news|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.3175957&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter |title=Jonathan Emile vs. record label |publisher=CTV News |accessdate=May 3, 2020}} In November 2016, Emile was awarded CA$8,600 plus five percent interest after a Quebec small claims court ruled that Top Dawg Entertainment had wrongfully pulled "Heaven Help Dem" off the internet.{{cite web|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/jonathan-emile-wins-court-case-against-kendrick-lamar-1.2231818 |title=Jonathan Emile Wins Court Case Against Kendrick Lamar |date=November 24, 2016 |first=Séverine |last=Baron |work=iHeartRadio Canada |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} Emile declared that the verdict was a matter of vindication of what is right and not a strictly monetary issue.{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7587881/canadian-rapper-jonathan-emile-suit-against-kendrick-lamar-top-dawg-entertainment-prove-point |title=Canadian Rapper Wins Suit Against Kendrick Lamar's Label Top Dawg Entertainment, Just to Prove a Point |date=November 22, 2016 |first=Karen |last=Bliss |work=Billboard |accessdate=May 3, 2020}}
Following further legal threats by Lamar's management, Emile penned an open letter to Lamar on the matter in March 2017.{{cite news|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/montreal_rapper_jonathan_emile_pens_open_letter_to_kendrick_lamar_about_top_dawg_entertainment_lawsuit |title=Jonathan Emile Pens Open Letter to Kendrick Lamar Following Further Legal Threats over TDE Lawsuit |date=March 14, 2017 |first=Calum |last=Slingerland |work=Exclaim! |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}
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He shared his experiences, ambition and music offering mentoring and giving workshops to urban youth.{{cite web | last=Kersey |first=Molly | title= Bexley School Celebrates Black History Month |work= Bexley Times | url=http://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/news/bexley_school_celebrates_black_history_month_1_3817502| accessdate=October 23, 2014}}
As a Jamaican Canadian and a member of the black community, Jonathan Emile performs and participates in Black History Month events.{{cite web |first= Shari |last= Okeke|title=Union United Church Seeks $600K in Funding for Urgent Repairs | publisher= CBC News | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/union-united-church-seeks-600k-in-funding-for-urgent-repairs-1.2875907 |date= December 17, 2014}}{{cite news |first= Alycia|last = Ambroziak |title= Black History Month in Full Gear in The West Island|work= Montreal West Island Chronicle | url=http://www.westislandchronicle.com/My-neighborhood-/2015-02-17/article-4046453/Black-History-Month-in-full-gear-in-the-West-Island/1|date= February 17, 2015
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|+ List of mixtapes, with selected details ! scope="col" style="width:10em"| Title ! scope="col" style="width:20em"| Details |
| scope="row"| The Lover/Fighter Document EP
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| style="background: #b0c4de; text-align: center;" colspan="4"| Film |
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| 2011
| Look Again | Prospective buyer |
| 2013
| The Horse Latitudes | Male nurse | Short film |
| 2016
| Serialized | Officer Bradford | Television film |
| 2018
| Courier |
| style="background: #b0c4de; text-align: center;" colspan="4"| Television |
| 2012
| Tall Orderly | Episode: "When I Think About You I Shred Myself" |
| 2016
| Fatal Vows | Detective Kip Young | Episode: "The Clark Case" |
| 2017
| Lost Generation | Van | Episode: "Good Learner" |
| 2018
| Members Only | Episode: "The Boy" |
| 2019
| Deadly Secrets | Lonnie | Episode: "A Killer Hand" |
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{{fake heading|sub=2|External links}}
- {{Official website}}
- [http://www.mindpeacelove.com/ Mindpeacelove Records – Official website]
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:Category:Canadian people of Jamaican descent
:Category:Canadian male rappers
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:* Slight edits to lead (largely matches [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jonathan_Emile&oldid=954972936 current revision], without red links)
:* Slight edits to "Early life and cancer years", unsourced statement "with aspirations to become an actor" removed
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:* Slight edits to last paragraph of "Controversy with Top Dawg Entertainment" (lawsuit and conclusion)
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Jonathan Emile
| image = Jonathan Emile - Tuff Gong (cropped).jpg
| caption = Emile during a recording session in 2019
| image_size =
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mäl
| alias = Jon E
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|02|19}}
| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| origin = Negril, Jamaica
| genre = {{hlist|Conscious hip hop|reggae|R&B|spoken word|hip hop soul}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Rapper|poet|singer-songwriter|record producer}}
| years_active = 2009–present
| label = {{hlist|Mindpeacelove|Tuff Gong}}
| associated_acts = {{flatlist|
- Denis Brott
- The Franco Proietti Morph-tet
- Kalmunity Vibe Collective
- Paul Cargnello
}}
| website = http://www.mindpeacelove.com
http://www.jonathanemile.com}}
Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mäl (born February 19, 1986), known by his stage name Jonathan Emile (or Jon E), is a Jamaican Canadian rapper, singer, record producer, activist and cancer survivor. In October 2015, he released his debut studio album, The Lover/Fighter Document LP, which incorporates elements of reggae, jazz, R&B and electro-pop. The independent album features collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Murs, Buckshot and others. His debut reggae album, Spaces-in-Between, was released in January 2020 through his label MindPeaceLove and Tuff Gong.
{{fake heading|sub=2|Life and career}}
{{fake heading|sub=3|Early life and cancer years}}
Jonathan Whyte Potter-Mäl{{cite web|url=https://www.fasken.com/en/knowledge/2016/11/intellectualpropertybulletin-20161129/ |title=Quebec Court Awards Damages to Canadian Artist for Wrongful Copyright Takedown Notice by Record Companies |date=November 29, 2016 |publisher=Fasken |accessdate=May 5, 2020}} was born on February 19, 1986 in the LaSalle borough of Montreal, Quebec to a half-American father and a Jamaican mother.{{cite web|url=https://journalmetro.com/local/lasalle/2419011/bob-marley-album-reggae-jonathan-emile/ |title=Un LaSallois sous l'étiquette de Bob Marley |language=French |date=February 10, 2020 |first=Carl |last=Sincennes |work=Métro |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://hiphopdx.com/interviews/id.2795/title.jonathan-emile-survived-cancer-kendrick-lamar-but-can-he-get-us-to-listen-to-the-loverfighter-document |title=Jonathan Emile Survived Cancer & Kendrick Lamar, But Can He Get Us To Listen To "The Lover/Fighter Document?" |date=October 19, 2015 |first=Andre |last=Grant |work=HipHopDX |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} He graduated from Selwyn House School in 2003.{{cite web|url=https://www.selwyn.ca/news-detail?pk=456077 |title=Jon Whyte Potter-Mal 2003 and the message of MPL |date=April 11, 2008 |publisher=Selwyn House School |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.selwyn.ca/news-detail?pk=966919 |title=Jonathan Emile 2003 brings message of hope and justice to Selwyn House |date=February 26, 2015 |publisher=Selwyn House School |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}
Emile was trained at The Black Theatre Workshop youth initiative in Montreal. During and after his cancer treatment, he independently developed his knowledge on studio production and musical composition, taking on vocal training and learning to play the guitar and keyboard.{{cite web|url=https://www.theibsc.org/conferences-events/past-events/2019ac/speakers/thursday |title=2019 IBSC Annual Conference – Jonathan Emile: His Story. His Voice. |publisher=International Boys' Schools Coalition |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}
At the age of 18, Emile was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive and highly malignant form of cancer. For the next two years, during which he underwent one year of chemotherapy treatments, followed by radiation, he employed his philosophy of "Mindpeacelove", creating music in the hospital and between his treatments. He finished treatment in December 2005 and completed his remission in December 2010.{{cite news|url=http://dtkmen.com/2015/01/18/mindpeacelove-jonathan-emile/ |title=MindPeaceLove With Jonathan Emile |date=January 18, 2015 |first=Lucy |last=Weng |work=DTK Men |accessdate=October 20, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916090808/http://dtkmen.com/2015/01/18/mindpeacelove-jonathan-emile/ |archivedate=September 16, 2015 |url-status=dead}}
{{fake heading|sub=3|2009–2018: The Lover/Fighter Document EP, LP and Phantom Pain}}
In 2009, Emile released The Lover/Fighter Document EP.{{cite |url=http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/chartpos.cfm?checkList=86396&dWeekOfID=2009-06-30 |title=Earshot: National Campus and Community Radio Report Chart Appearances (Canada)| date= June 30, 2009}} In 2013, he made his theatrical debut in the Montreal production of the Broadway musical Ain't Misbehavin'.{{cite news| last = Donnelly | first = Pat | title =Review: Ain’t Misbehavin’: From music to dance moves, this one’s a winner | work =The Gazette | date =October 3, 2013}} His performance achieved broad critical acclaim from both English and French media for his performance of André De Shields' original role and his notable interpretation of "The Viper's Drag".{{cite news| last = LeMay | first = Daniel | title =Ain't Misbehavin' : pas de révolution, que du plaisir!: From music to dance moves, this one's a winner | work =The Presse | date =October 4, 2013}}{{cite news| last = Pearson | first = Meghan | title =Ain't Misbehavin' Brings Down the House at the Segal Centre | publisher =BroadwayWorld.com | date =October 17, 2013}}
On October 9, 2015, Emile released The Lover/Fighter Document LP, which incorporates elements of reggae, jazz, R&B and electro-pop. The album features collaborations with Kendrick Lamar, Murs and Buckshot.{{cite news| last = Emile| first =Jonathan| title =Jonathan Emile – Music | publisher= iTunes Store | url=https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/the-lover-fighter-document-lp/id1037129903 | date =October 9, 2015}} Emile worked and toured with material from the album while attending McGill University as a philosophy and political science major.{{cite web|last=Macdonald |first=Darcy |title=Jonathan Emile drops a record today|url=http://cultmontreal.com/2015/10/jonathan-emile-the-loverfighter-document-lp/| publisher=CULT MTL| accessdate=October 9, 2015}} He released "Heaven Help Dem", featuring vocals by Kendrick Lamar, as the album's first single.{{cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/music/jonathan-emiles-bittersweet-song-of-peace|author=Erik Leijon|title=Jonathan Emile's bittersweet song of peace|work=The Gazette |date=February 6, 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://noisey.vice.com/en_ca/blog/jonathan-emile-heaven-help-dem-kendrick-lamar-verse|author=Slava Pastuk|title=Why Can't You Listen to That New Kendrick Lamar Verse on Jonathan Emile's "Heaven Help Dem"? (interview)|work=Vice }}{{cite news|url=http://www.xxlmag.com/rap-music/new-music/2015/01/kendrick-lamar-jonathan-emile-heaven-help-dem/|author= Emmanuel C.M.|title=Kendrick Lamar And Jonathan Emile 'Heaven Help Dem'|work=XXL | date= January 13, 2015}}
On December 29, 2016, Emile released his second studio album Phantom Pain.{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/jonathan_emile_details_his_phantom_pain |title=Jonathan Emile Details His 'Phantom Pain' |date=December 21, 2016 |first=Brock |last=Thiessen |work=Exclaim! |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}
{{fake heading|sub=3|2019–present: Spaces-in-Between}}
File:Jonathan Emile - Canopy Growth’s Tweed Shindig 2019.jpg, Ontario in 2019]]
In October 2019, Emile signed a distribution deal with Jamaican record label Tuff Gong, becoming the first artist from Quebec to do so.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=744004272742008 |title=Jonathan Emile Signs To Tuff Gong International |date=October 26, 2019 |publisher=Jonathan Emile / Facebook |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://news.theurbanmusicscene.com/2020/01/jonathan-emile-releases-new-album-spaces-in-between/ |title=Reggae Singer Jonathan Emile Releases New Album "Spaces-In-Between" {{!}} WATCH VIDEO for Single "Try A Likkle More"! |date=January 27, 2020 |website=TheUrbanMusicScene.com |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} He released "Savanna", the first single from his upcoming third studio album Spaces-in-Between, shortly after.{{cite web|url=https://rootfire.net/first-listen-johnathan-emile-savanna/ |title=First Listen: Jonathan Emile – "Savanna" |date=October 24, 2019 |first=Devin |last=Morrison |work=Rootfire |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/entertainment/jonathan-emile-takes-aim_178287?profile=1463 |title=Jonathan Emile takes aim |date=October 28, 2019 |work=Jamaica Observer |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} The song is named after his family's home town of Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica, where Emile spent a part of his childhood.{{cite web|url=https://www.theurbaninfluencer.com/article/jonathan-emile-releases-savanna-video |title=Jonathan Emile Releases 'Savanna' Video |date=November 11, 2019 |work=The Urban Influencer |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} In December 2019, Emile released the album's second single "Moses",{{cite web|url=https://www.largeup.com/2019/12/06/jonathan-emile-moses-video/ |title=LargeUp Premiere: Watch Jonathan Emile's Moving, Poignant "Moses" Video |date=December 6, 2019 |first=Jesse |last=Serwer |work=LargeUp |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} with its third single "Try a Likkle More" released the following month.{{cite web|url=https://www.reggaeville.com/artist-details/jonathan-emile/videos/video/jonathan-emile-try-a-likkle-more/ |title=Jonathan Emile - Try a Likkle More [1/23/2020] |date=January 23, 2020 |work=Reggaeville |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}
Spaces-in-Between was released on January 24, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.largeup.com/2020/01/23/jonathan-emile-spaces-in-between-lp/ |title=LargeUp Premiere: Stream Jonathan Emile's 'Spaces-in-Between' LP |date=January 23, 2020 |work=LargeUp |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} The 10-track album produced and co-composed by Paul Cargnello contains all original compositions and collaborations with Ezra Lewis and Chanda T. Holmes. Emile also announced that another hip hop album with some reggae influences and a live reggae album had been recorded in 2019.
In February 2020, Emile collaborated with Jamaican singer Etana on the remix of "Canopy", the third song from Spaces-in-Between.{{cite web|url=https://www.theurbaninfluencer.com/article/jonathan-emile-delivers-love-soaked-canopy-remix-feat-etana |title=Jonathan Emile Delivers Love-Soaked "Canopy (Remix)" feat. Etana |date=February 25, 2020 |work=The Urban Influencer |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} In April 2020, he released a music video for the album's first song "Keep on Fighting", which was also released as a single in French with the title "Solidarité".{{cite web|url=https://topshelfmusicmag.com/videos/world-video-premiere-jonathan-emile-keep-on-fighting/ |title=WORLD VIDEO PREMIERE: Jonathan Emile "Keep On Fighting" |date=April 24, 2020 |first=Jenni |last=Lynne |work=Top Shelf Music |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}
{{fake heading|sub=2|Artistry}}
Emile composes and performs in the genres of hip hop, reggae, R&B and electro-pop. His vocal performance and recording style includes singing, rapping, freestyling and scatting in English, French and Jamaican Patois.{{cite news| last =Labri-Aissa| first = Sonia| title =Lover, fighter, and artist on the rise | work=McGill Daily | url= http://www.mcgilldaily.com/2015/09/lover-fighter-and-artist-on-the-rise/ | date =September 1, 2015}} Emile is concerned largely with creating contemporary popular hip hop and reggae fused with soul music that addresses social, spiritual and moral issues.
{{fake heading|sub=2|Controversy with Top Dawg Entertainment}}
In the aftermath of the death of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva, who was shot and killed by Montreal Police in 2008, Emile recorded "Heaven Help Dem", which was featured on The Lover/Fighter Document EP and addressed urban violence and police brutality against visible minorities. A second version of the song featuring American rapper Kendrick Lamar was later included on Emile's debut studio album The Lover/Fighter Document LP and directly addressed Villanueva and other victims of police brutality in North America, including Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Amadou Diallo and Sean Bell.{{Cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2049377/kendrick-lamar-jonathan-emile-heaven-help-dem/ |title=Kendrick Lamar addresses the murders of black youths on "Heaven Help Dem" |date=14 January 2015 |first=Adam |last=Fleischer |publisher=MTV |accessdate=3 May 2020}} Lamar recorded his verse for the song in 2011 prior to signing a deal with Interscope Records.{{cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/rnwvdd/jonathan-emile-heaven-help-dem-kendrick-lamar-verse |title=Why Can't You Listen to that New Kendrick Lamar Verse on Jonathan Emile's "Heaven Help Dem"? |date=January 23, 2015 |first=Slava |last=Pastuk |work=Vice |accessdate=3 May 2020}}
Just eight days after the song's release online in 2015, Lamar's record label Top Dawg Entertainment demanded the track be taken down on grounds of copyright infringement just 8 days later. Emile disputed this with YouTube and SoundCloud who had both withdrawn the song, clarifying to Billboard that his camp "paid Kendrick Lamar for a feature, and once we paid them, they basically stopped communicating with us altogether."{{cite news|url=https://www.xxlmag.com/news/2016/11/top-dawg-entertainment-loses-lawsuit-canadian-rapper/ |title=Top Dawg Entertainment Loses Lawsuit to Canadian Rapper |date=November 24, 2016 |first=Vernon |last=Coleman II |work=XXL |accessdate=May 3, 2020}} The song was restored on the two platforms two months after its removal.{{cite news|url=https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/video?playlistId=1.3175957&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter |title=Jonathan Emile vs. record label |publisher=CTV News |accessdate=May 3, 2020}}
As for the song's removal, Emile sued Top Dawg Entertainment, Interscope and Universal Music Group in small claims court. In November 2016, he was awarded CA$8,600 plus five percent yearly interest after a Quebec court ruled that Top Dawg Entertainment had wrongfully pulled "Heaven Help Dem" off the internet.{{cite web|url=https://www.iheartradio.ca/news/jonathan-emile-wins-court-case-against-kendrick-lamar-1.2231818 |title=Jonathan Emile Wins Court Case Against Kendrick Lamar |date=November 24, 2016 |first=Séverine |last=Baron |work=iHeartRadio Canada |accessdate=May 4, 2020}} Emile declared that the verdict was a matter of vindication of what is right and not a strictly monetary issue.{{cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7587881/canadian-rapper-jonathan-emile-suit-against-kendrick-lamar-top-dawg-entertainment-prove-point |title=Canadian Rapper Wins Suit Against Kendrick Lamar's Label Top Dawg Entertainment, Just to Prove a Point |date=November 22, 2016 |first=Karen |last=Bliss |work=Billboard |accessdate=May 3, 2020}} Following further legal threats by Lamar's management, Emile penned an open letter to Lamar on the matter in March 2017.{{cite news|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/montreal_rapper_jonathan_emile_pens_open_letter_to_kendrick_lamar_about_top_dawg_entertainment_lawsuit |title=Jonathan Emile Pens Open Letter to Kendrick Lamar Following Further Legal Threats over TDE Lawsuit |date=March 14, 2017 |first=Calum |last=Slingerland |work=Exclaim! |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}
{{fake heading|sub=2|Activism and philanthropy}}
He shared his experiences, ambition and music offering mentoring and giving workshops to urban youth.{{cite web | last=Kersey |first=Molly | title= Bexley School Celebrates Black History Month |work= Bexley Times | url=http://www.bexleytimes.co.uk/news/bexley_school_celebrates_black_history_month_1_3817502| accessdate=October 23, 2014}}
As a Jamaican Canadian and a member of the black community, Jonathan Emile performs and participates in Black History Month events.{{cite web |first= Shari |last= Okeke|title=Union United Church Seeks $600K in Funding for Urgent Repairs | publisher= CBC News | url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/union-united-church-seeks-600k-in-funding-for-urgent-repairs-1.2875907 |date= December 17, 2014}}{{cite news |first= Alycia|last = Ambroziak |title= Black History Month in Full Gear in The West Island|work= Montreal West Island Chronicle | url=http://www.westislandchronicle.com/My-neighborhood-/2015-02-17/article-4046453/Black-History-Month-in-full-gear-in-the-West-Island/1|date= February 17, 2015
{{fake heading|sub=2|Discography}}
{{fake heading|sub=3|Studio albums}}
{{fake heading|sub=3|Extended plays}}
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| scope="row"| The Lover/Fighter Document EP
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{{fake heading|sub=3|Singles}}
{{fake heading|sub=4|As lead artist}}
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{{fake heading|sub=3|Guest appearances}}
{{fake heading|sub=2|Filmography}}
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! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |
| style="background: #b0c4de; text-align: center;" colspan="4"| Film |
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| 2011
| Look Again | Prospective buyer |
| 2013
| The Horse Latitudes | Male nurse | Short film |
| 2016
| Serialized | Officer Bradford | Television film |
| 2018
| Courier |
| style="background: #b0c4de; text-align: center;" colspan="4"| Television |
| 2012
| Tall Orderly | Episode: "When I Think About You I Shred Myself" |
| 2016
| Fatal Vows | Detective Kip Young | Episode: "The Clark Case" |
| 2017
| Lost Generation | Van | Episode: "Good Learner" |
| 2018
| Members Only | Episode: "The Boy" |
| 2019
| Deadly Secrets | Lonnie | Episode: "A Killer Hand" |
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{{fake heading|sub=2|External links}}
- {{Official website}}
- [http://www.mindpeacelove.com/ Mindpeacelove Records – Official website]
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