Jonathan-Ismaël Diaby is a Canadian actor and hockey player who performs as hip-hop artist JoDolo. He plays Dolo on Shoresy.
A defenseman, Diaby played junior hockey with the Victoriaville Tigres of the QMJHL for four seasons. In 2013, he was drafted by the NHL's Nashville Predators as the third pick of the third round, and #64 overall. He subsequently played for the Milwaukee Admirals of the AHL, Cincinnati Cyclones of the ECHL, and finally the Jonquiere Marquis of the LNAH before retiring in 2020.
Diaby, like many other black players, was subjected to taunts and racial slurs over the course of his career; he left in the middle of a game against the Pétroliers du Nord of Saint-Jérôme, Quebec in February 2019, while serving a penalty, when a fan leaned over the side of the penalty box, imitated an ape, and showed a picture of a baboon on his mobile phone. The next season, on November 8, after receiving similar taunts in Laval, he leapt out of the penalty box and attempted to fight a fan, leading to a 10-game suspension.
Off the ice, Diaby creates as hip-hop artist JoDolo, catching the attention of Letterkenny and Shoresy creator Jared Keeso. A clip of the music video for Feel Blessed is played as the cold open for the second episode of the series, Veteran Presence, and a clip from the video for No Discussion is shown Nat when Shoresy introduces the new players.
External links[]
- Dolo Music on YouTube
- JoDolo at Apple Music
- JoDolo at Spotify
- JoDolo Store