In Columbus, it's an annual tradition around this time of year to celebrate the life of Daymon Dodson--one who seems to have touched a lot of lives in the local indie and hip hop scenes. 614 Magazine has a great article, A Day for Daymon, that really gives testament to this mans positive impact on his peers and in his communities.
Daymon Day has evolved over the past handful of years to become a day-long event that includes a basketball tournament and barbecue, graffiti writers producing a mural, and one of the most awesome parades I've ever been in.... let me explain:
The parade starts at 8pm on the north end of OSU's campus (mind you something like 56,000 students have just returned from summer break) and turns from Lane Avenue (a major street in the area) onto and down High St (Columbus's busiest stretch of clusterfuck). The streets, even though we're marching on them, aren't blocked off. Our procession holds pushy cars at bay on all sides. Bumping Tupac on full blast the marchers begin to shout "So What!" in conversation with someone singing on a mic. This, I find out, is one of Daymon's nicknames. Which is only less hilarious than us shouting his other nickname "Racist Joe"--which we did, repeatedly. After about 45mins (almost 2 miles) we concluded the parade at Milk Bar on 5th and High Sts.
Really fun to be apart of.
Check out some pics of the graff painted that day, and a short/crappy video of the parade's conclusion with everyone singing in front of Milk Bar (even though you can't understand it) "Bitch! You don't know Shit!" ...
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