Melissa Merli: Mural of C-U's Chef Ra planned One of the most colorful characters to live in Champaign-Urbana was James Wilson Jr., better known as Chef Ra. One of the most colorful characters to live in Champaign-Urbana was James Wilson Jr., better known as Chef Ra. Ra, who had been a standout athlete and class president at Urbana High School, discovered reggae, Rastafarianism and marijuana while he was a student at the University of ...
Feb. 9, 2014 - IlliniHQ.com