This week, we pause to recollect the life, presence, and artistry of a good friend of the present who will likely be deeply missed.
Recorded in 2021, this dialog options Grammy-winning artist John Forté in his first look on the podcast. John and Raghu discuss concerning the spirit of music, the highs and lows of success, and John’s expertise headlining the Ram Dass Soul Land Music Collection.
John Forté (January 30, 1975 – January 12, 2026) is survived by his spouse and two kids. When you’d like to supply assist, a donation hyperlink is offered right here: Honoring John Forte by Supporting His Household
This particular episode options an impressed dialog on:
- Group because the spirit of music: John Forté’s Brooklyn upbringing within the financial downturns of the 70s and 80s
- The emotional, psychological, and bodily hardships of struggling to get by in an underserved group
- Perseverance by way of love: John’s inspiration for his musical profession
- John’s highest highs, lowest lows, & what it’s like to begin over
- John’s friendship with the enduring Ms. Lauryn Hill, linking up with The Fugees, and their co-creation of a Grammy-winning, multi-platinum report, The Rating
- John’s stint in jail, the place in his cell, his refuge and musical rebirth got here within the type of an acoustic guitar
- Music as inside alchemy and Ram Dass’s affect on John’s music Gong Guru from his album Riddem Drive
- Venturing additional into spirituality: John’s deep affinity for knowledge lecturers like Ram Dass, Terence McKenna, Alan Watts, and Abraham Hicks
Hearken to John’s different go to to the Mindrolling Podcast on Ep. 405 and a dialog about resonance, integration & catharsis on this particular Ram Dass Fellowship with host, Jackie Dobriska.
About John Forté:
John Forté is a Grammy-winning recording artist greatest recognized for his work with the hip-hop group, The Fugees, writing and producing songs on their multi-platinum report The Rating. After a stint in jail whereas using the risky waves of success and failure, John coupled his refuge of music with messages of knowledge and love from inspirational religious lecturers. Hearken to John’s album Riddem Drive, and don’t miss him on the Soul Land Music Collection: Songs & Tales Impressed by Ram Dass.
“My journey with music has been the connection of getting it, experiencing it, seeing it morph and tackle completely different colours and shapes. It confirmed me from a really early age that collaboration was going to be the important thing for the supply of my continued inspiration—working with others, discovering that concord—that’s the spirit of it. The spirit of music is group, it’s communication, it’s air itself.” –John Forté
