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J.O.E. Daking Roy
by Alanah McGinley on 04/23/08 at 07:41 PM ET
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Patrick Roy’s baby boy Jonathan has decided to spread his wings beyond the world of badly advised goalie fights and is launching a career into the world of hip hop. (*thanks to Bethany at HLog for the heads-up.)
So I tracked down this article on the French pages of Canoe—here’s a bit of the Googley-gobbled translation:
Jonathan Roy, helped financially by his father, Patrick Roy, will launch a disc of hip-hop this summer. He already appears as a sexy star in MySpace [...] Jonathan Roy now wants to make himself known through his music. His artist name? JOE Daking.
His CD hasn’t launched yet, but with the help of Celine Dion (I swear, I’m not making this up) it will be soon. Meanwhile, you want to hear some of it?
While waiting for the exit of its disc, Jonathan is posted in the MySpace site. His songs were listened more than 27,000 times. [...]
As regards the sexy images which paper his page, he says to have done that for “the fun”. One sees him twisted naked in water falls at the sides of his girlfriend in rather daring installations.
Jonathan Roy sings in English because he does not know very well the french. He was educated in Colorado. He said he is guided by Justin Timberlake, an artist whose career he admires. “I dream to sing with him one day,” says Jonathan.
Check out his music at his MySpace page (bearing in mind that you might want to turn down your volume before clicking that link).
I wish I could bring myself to ridicule the kid more—in honor of his insane father—but I really can’t. Aside from the Justin-Timberlake-affection, he’s not giving me much to work with, because the horrible truth is this: his music isn’t actually all that horrible. Not my thing, but not deserving of any of my smartassed remarks, either.*
Which is rather sad… seems like such a wasted opportunity.
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*or maybe it’s just that if Roys stay away from hockey, they just don’t annoy me as much? That’s entirely possible.
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Tags: jonathan+roy, patrick+roy, qmjhl, quebec+remparts,
Comments
Wow… reality really is funnier than fiction.
Posted by Jennemy of the Skate from putting the b*tches in the box on 04/23/08 at 08:32 PM ET
LOL, this seriously made my day. I’m glad you enjoyed it…or something like that. :D
Posted by Bethany on 04/23/08 at 08:52 PM ET
I’m so buying this. It’ll go well with my “Grinder” CD.
Posted by Greg from Atlanta on 04/23/08 at 09:05 PM ET
Considering he is a backup goaltender, I’m glad he has something he likes and isn’t bad at.
If anything, I’d be more inclined to wish him well to compensate for his insane father.
(But the Justin Timberlake thing is extremely snicker-worthy.) 
Posted by Baroque from Michigan on 04/24/08 at 07:15 AM ET
Bwaaaahahahahahahhahah!
Posted by Hippy Dave from Portland by way of Detroit on 04/24/08 at 10:17 AM ET
Nothing to work with? Alanah, this is pure comedy gold!
Posted by the sieve from City of cows on 04/24/08 at 11:14 AM ET
OlderThanChelios—You’re quite cynical in your old age.
Jennifer— That was almost the title of this post. Seriously.
BethanyM85— Finding that made my day, and I have you to thank!
Baroque— I suppose we must make him suffer “for the sins of the father”... (But yeah, that JT thing doesn’t help him either.)
The Sieve— It is, I agree. But sometimes - as in this case - the joke sorta just tells itself and doesn’t need me interfering.
Posted by Alanah McGinley from British Columbia on 04/24/08 at 12:51 PM ET
Hey, I thought most everything was deserving of your smartassed remarks…
Posted by Macon McGinley from Georgia on 06/09/08 at 07:43 PM ET
LOL! hahaha.. this is funny. Well her girlfriend is hot. Thats all i can say.
Posted by applebottoms com on 07/01/08 at 01:16 AM ET
Sorry but he knows the french it’s his first language! He lives on quebec!
Posted by Lisa on 12/12/08 at 03:29 PM ET
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Alanah McGinley has been blogging hockey since 2003 (with a notable gap in time through 2010, kicking it with new baby Lucy while living knee-deep in chaos while reading “parenting for complete idiots” during every spare minute) sharing opinions, rants and not-so-deep thoughts with anyone who will listen.
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Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 04/23/08 at 07:52 PM ET