{"id":48472,"date":"2015-05-07T21:35:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-07T13:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=48472"},"modified":"2015-05-07T21:36:26","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T13:36:26","slug":"former-toronto-mayor-rob-ford-sings-on-track-in-support-of-fight-against-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/05\/07\/former-toronto-mayor-rob-ford-sings-on-track-in-support-of-fight-against-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford sings on track in support of fight against cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:#a7a7a7;font-size:11px;width:100%;max-width:594px;\">\n<div style=\"overflow:hidden;position:relative;height:0;padding:66.666667% 0 0 0;width:100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/188110889?et=Ygk5gZRCSDlp16IOKIlXDw&#038;viewMoreLink=on&#038;sig=ouy8mLVqCn2gboMsYEvT_CiKj1tbXAm6ExK2HaeI-nA=&#038;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"display:inline-block;position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin:0;\">\n<div style=\"padding:0;margin:0 0 0 10px;text-align:left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/188110889\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">View image<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color:#a7a7a7;text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal !important;border:none;display:inline-block;\">gettyimages.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>TORONTO &#8212; Rob Ford is lending his voice to a song in support of the fight against cancer.<\/p>\n<p>In an online music video, the former mayor of Toronto &#8212; who is battling a rare form of cancer himself &#8212; can be seen in a recording booth singing one line on the track &#8220;Not My Time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The song features 11 other singers from the Rainbow Association of Canadian Artists, a non-profit organization which celebrates diversity in music.<\/p>\n<p>Ford says he&#8217;s asking people to put their politics aside and stand behind the cause.<\/p>\n<p>Ford &#8212; whose admitted drug and alcohol abuse and outrageous behaviour earned him international notoriety &#8212; was forced out of his mayoral re-election bid last September when doctors discovered his aggressive malignant liposarcoma.<\/p>\n<p>He chose to run for city council as he sought treatment and is set to undergo surgery aimed at removing a cancerous tumour next week.<\/p>\n<p>The executive director of the Rainbow Association of Canadian Artists, who co-wrote the song, says he wanted Ford to be part of the project because of his experience with cancer and his &#8220;celebrity status.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ralph Hamelmann says he hopes the track becomes &#8220;a much-needed anthem of hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not My Time&#8221; will be released on June 22. Pre-orders of the single are currently available online for US$3.49.<\/p>\n<p>Proceeds from the sale of the song will go towards The Canadian Cancer Society and the Rainbow Association of Canadian Artists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View image | gettyimages.com TORONTO &#8212; Rob Ford is lending his voice to a song in support of the fight &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":48473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18,483],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","category-politics","mauthors-the-canadian-press1"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}